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Re:Show HN: Estimated Reading Time API by nstart on Friday February 19, 2016 @05:12PM (#11137062)
Curious as to why the reading time is estimated as 2 minutes and 96 seconds. Wondering if it isn't supposed to be 3 minutes and 36 seconds?

I plugged one of my own posts in and it read 3 minutes and 166 seconds (5 minutes and 46 seconds).

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Re:Show HN: Estimated Reading Time API by mklopets on Friday February 19, 2016 @05:18PM (#11137103)
It's not showing x minutes AND y seconds, it's x minutes OR y seconds. Minutes is just there for someone who doesn't need precision and can let the API handle the rounding. Seconds is for people who want to do more advanced stuff.
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