Re:What This Country Needs is an 18¢ Piece [pdf]
by fnorder on Saturday December 16, 2023 @02:20PM
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If you have a wristwatch with hands you may not want to identify the exact minute (this can be a little difficult if it has a smaller face), but if it's 5 minutes either way then a "quarter-to" is close enough.
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Re:What This Country Needs is an 18¢ Piece [pdf]
by betenoire on Saturday December 16, 2023 @02:34PM
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To me, it's about the significant digits. 2:46 is still a quarter to three.
Re:What This Country Needs is an 18¢ Piece [pdf]
by WalterBright on Saturday December 16, 2023 @05:39PM
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When I was in college, it was a thing for students to design and build a digital LED clock out of random logic. A friend of mine wanted to make one that would tell time only in 15 minute chunks, as nobody needed more precise time than that.
Yes, I did a digital clock, too, my first digital design/build. It never did work right.