• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 hours ago

    I prefer “stopped clock,” since broken clocks can often continue ticking, albeit at the wrong speed.

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      2 hours ago

      A broken clock, whether it ticks too fast or too slow, is still right at least once every 24 hours, I think.

      The only exception would be one that ticks correctly but is not set to the right time (does this count as broken?)

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        2 hours ago

        If it ticks faster than time than it would be right more than once (24hr time) a day, the faster it ticks the more times it will incidentally be correct (perhaps there is an allegory here…)

        A clock that ticks slower than time would be right less than once a day, but it can never…

        I feel like I need a simulator to understand this relationship actually…

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          23 minutes ago

          I was thinking of analog 12hr clock with no distinction between AM and PM

          I wonder if your 24hr clock example would be more intuitive as frequencies and phases?