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[–] vrek@programming.dev 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention the amount of analog clocks that are just wrong. I work at a fortune 500 company, most clocks are digital and synced to a time server. Every analog clock is wrong. Just yesterday I walked through the cafeteria and glanced at the clock and it read 5:20... For a second I panicked and was like it can't be that late. I checked my phone, it was 3:06. The clock was just not set properly.

[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are radio controlled clocks which theoretically shouldn't be wrong. At least as long as there isn't a battery or motor issue...

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How do you tell whether you’re looking at a radio-controlled clock though?

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

How would you tell you're looking at a synchronized digital clock or cheap battery model?

[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Sometimes they have it written on the clockface. I don't think that's a general rule though.

In the same way there are digital clocks that can be wrong too though.