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Re:All clocks are 30 seconds late by michaelcampbell on Monday January 06, 2025 @01:27PM (#42613529)
Pedantically, only above second granularities. They're continuous between second hand sweep movements at subsecond ones, no? I mean, there's no point on the watch that the second hand doesn't "hit" at some point, however small.

Or am I wrong that "intermittent, jerky, continuity is still continuity"?

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Re:All clocks are 30 seconds late by DiggyJohnson on Monday January 06, 2025 @01:40PM (#42613729)
Well it depends on the interval. Taken to the limit, this would be a very nerdy way to rediscover calculus.
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