Time.is - Hackdot

Re:Time.is by gwern on Sunday March 11, 2012 @02:07PM (#3690842)

    Your clock is 0.2 seconds slow.
    Accuracy of synchronization was ±0.625 seconds

If the result is within the margin of error, wouldn't it be better to just not tell me at all?

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Re:Time.is by dfc on Sunday March 11, 2012 @04:03PM (#3691126)

I imagine that the author of the page has some scientific background and therefore feels that it is appropriate to publish the margin of error alongside any estimation.

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