At least our hours are the same length regardless of latitude now, so let's be grateful for that.
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I only recently learned the etymology of the word: "second"
Its name comes from being the "second" division of the hour, with the minute being the first.
I honestly hate this.
It's like bad world building for some throwaway fiction story.
I'll see you in 5 firsts, 2 seconds and 7 thirds.
Zero zeros?
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Days start at 0h, not 12h
It can't start at 12 hours if there are 24 segments.
And keep your letters out of it too.
The AM/PM bullshit:
AM: 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Then the same for PM. Who counts like that? Whats after 12? 1! What?
Big brain ape like count in many systems
The galaxy-brained group known as "Z~12~ + 1". "What if we did modular arithmetic but one-indexed."
Edit: Actually, wait, it's worse: zero-indexing but we represent the zero element in Z~n~ as 'n'. Kill it with fire.
Is not 12+12Z the exact same coset as 0+12Z? Is 12 not the identity element? Must group theory follow computer science conventions?
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Sounds like a Michael McIntyre bit
Sundials.
Now if you want to get really pissed, the magnetic North Pole is actually the South Pole of the Earth’s magnetic field. We call it the North Pole because the north side of a magnet points to it.
Where am I?? 🫨🌀😵💫
Don't tell them about positive/negative electron movement.
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If you want to be mad about time then I'd like to introduce you to a little thing I like to call the Gregorian calendar.
We have Babylon to thank for this
Well, then I can't complain, lovely sci-fi production.
Our mistake was not embracing base-12 time, it was failing to embrace a base-12 counting system.
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Also why clockwise?
Earth rotates and orbits counter clockwise. It just seems more right
Because Sundials rotate clockwise ( in north hemisphere )
Earth rotates and orbits counter clockwise.
No it doesn't. It depends on the human perception of "up" and "down" which are completely arbitrary. We by convention see the North Pole as the "top" of the world but it could as easily be seen as Antarctica.
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sub.wetshaving.social?
What is this?
My guess is there are only so many conversations you can have over whether a Silvertip Badger is superior to a Boar brush.
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I'll be there at H:00.
I say we divide the day into 100 sections. No reason really I just think it’d be cool to party until 100 o’clock.
You might like reading about decimal time…