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Slint 1.7 Released with New Widgets, Multi-Window Support, and Live-Preview Redesign (slint.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by hunger@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

12-hour time idiocy strikes again... Normalize clocks with numbers 0-11, dammit!

[–] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There is clocks that say 0 instead of 12? The fuck?

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's more logical. The reason it's 12 is because the Romans were afraid of zeros. The "12" means either 0 hours or 12 hours after midnight while 1-11 mean 1-11 or 13-23 hours after midnight.

if (pm && numberOnClock != 12) hoursSinceMidnight = numberOnClock+12; 
else /*am or 12pm*/ 
{ 
  if (numberOnClock == 12 /*12am*/) hoursSinceMidnight = 0; 
  else /*1-11 am or 12pm*/ hoursSinceMidnight=numberOnClock; 
}

If a "0" was on top, it would be

if (pm) hoursSinceMidnight=numberOnClock+12; 
else /*am*/ hoursSinceMidnight=numberOnClock;

TL;DR: Swap the 0 and 12 on the clock face. The inner (AM) ring now has numbers 0-11 while the outer (PM) ring has numbers 12-23. Things now make sense. We should have done this centuries ago instead of manufacturing measuring instruments whose scale starts at 12 rather than 0.

[–] jchaven@social.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

@RageAgainstTheRich @ChaoticNeutralCzech

Yes, and if you're not rocking Roman numerals are you really clocking??