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Rooskie91 ,

Sounds like divisive bullshit.

After all the millennial horseshit we had to hear in the 2010’s and we’re just gonna turn around and do the same shit, huh?

carl_dungeon ,

I heard they’re gonna remove schools because kids show up to them not knowing anything.

SteveFromMySpace ,

DAE younger generation bad

Zoboomafoo ,

Time’s an illusion anyways, might as well

SteveFromMySpace ,

Lunchtime doubly so

sepiroth154 ,

Isn’t it their job to teach them then?

Machefi ,

I know, it’s just a meme, but… The article. It’s about clocks during exams specifically, when students are under pressure and more likely to misread the time on an analogue clock.

bassomitron ,

Thanks for expounding upon that. It’s shit like this that gets spread around and older gens pat themselves on the back while shaking their head at the younger gen for not knowing something, despite it being taken out of context or even straight up false.

Skua ,

To be honest, even if it were completely true... okay? If analogue clocks are on the way out then there's no particular need for anyone to be able to read them any more. I like them a lot visually and have a couple in my home, but there's nothing so special about them that people would be missing out by using digital clocks instead

FireRetardant ,

IMO all the more reason to keep them. In the real world we all have to perform under pressure. With practice they can learn to read the clock under pressure, maybe take a breath or two and slow down before trying to read it. It may be a simple hurdle to overcome but practicing overcoming these things is important for development.

leisesprecher ,

You on the other perform excellent in being abrasive, despite social pressure not to be an asshole.

10/10 no notes.

Organichedgehog ,

Lol that dude was not being an asshole. Getting a little defensive?

LesserAbe ,

You’re right it’s good to prepare young people for challenges. Still, that should mean challenges that would come up anyways, not artificially making things more difficult.

It’s good to know how to read an analog clock, just like it’s good to be able to read cursive. But both of them are outdated and aren’t inherently required in day to day life. Inserting them into a testing situation that’s meant to test something else is creating an unnecessary challenge.

FireRetardant ,

There are tons of equipment and tools out there that very closely resemble an analog clock and require the same skills. Pressure gauges for example. These skills are not out dated.

loaExMachina ,

I know someone said more or less the same thing when it was posted on Tumblr, but if the schools realize most of their students don’t know a thing they should know… Shouldn’t they teach it?

amotio ,

That is a good point, but analog clocks are IMHO in the realm of sundial clocks or audio casettes or floppy discs. Technology that was once usefull, but now it’s replaced by better alternatives. Time is after all just a number, and it does not matter how we choose to represent it.

BirdyBoogleBop ,

Digital isn’t better it’s just different. Also a tonne of wristwatches are still analogue.

unexposedhazard ,

It absolutely is tho. Usually more precise, 1:1 translatable into written text, can use the superior 24h system and uses the same reading system that is already taught in school anyways.

r00ty Admin ,
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Right! Just to prove a point, I am going to make an NTP enabled rolex, and sync it to my microsecond accurate local NTP server! :P

Incandemon ,

To be fair, I did have a watch that automatically synced itself to the us naval observatories atomic clocks over the air.

r00ty Admin ,
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Yeah, but you need to factor in the distance to the transmitter. Going to add at least a few microseconds to your time accuracy!

Unforeseen ,

Latency is accounted for in the sync process

r00ty Admin ,
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Sync process? The other comment was talking about the old receivers for the atomic clocks on SW/MW frequencies. It was a one way thing.

Now in theory if a receiver also had GPS they could account for the distance. But, then they'd get far more accurate time from the GPS receiver so..

loaExMachina ,

“Ususally more precise” > This depends on how precisely it is set, not on the display. Unless it’s a connected watch, but then it’s much more expensive and less energy efficient.

“1.1 translatable into written text” > Both are, you’re reading the same number

“Uses the superior 24h system” > Adding 12 to a number isn’t complicated. And with habit, most people who use analog watches and the 24h system know which position of the needle means what number in 24h format without doing the math. Some clocks don’t even have digits. Unless you’ve been sedated and woke up in a room without windows, you’ll know which side of 12 you’re on. And otherwise, you’ve got more pressing issues.

TheSlad ,

Wristwatches are just jewelry at this point tbh. They’ve been rendered completely redundant by cell phones. The only people under 60 who wear them are doing so as a fashion statement.

I’m sure a lot of wristwatch stans will downvote me but I don’t care I’m still right

Quill7513 ,

Ever since college I’ve always worn a cheap watch on my wrist least for the same reason my grandpa stopped keeping a pocket watch: its more convenient to check on your wrist for the time than your pocket.

Granted we’re getting way off topic here since except for a few years its ways been a digital watch. Asserting analog watches are more numerous in models when digital watches are more numerous in sales, therefore reading an analog clock is a useful skill is odd to me. When I was wearing an analog watch for my allergies it was a flieger because the mental tax of making the hands turn into a singular time was a frustration.

I learned, though, from this that how you present time changes how you perceive time. Kids who grow up with digital representations of time consider “the current moment” in a much narrower and instantaneous scope than people who grew up thinking of time as being a spectrum on a dial

SteveFromMySpace ,

How many people wear an analog wrist watch to actually keep time anymore? It’s jewelry / a specialized tool at this point.

DmMacniel ,
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Time isn’t just a number though. Especially not when it comes to clocks. And it’s also bound to Mass.

Skua ,

It's just a number equally as much as it's just the angle of the two sticks in a circle. Analogue clocks don't give a special insight into the nature of time

DashboTreeFrog ,

As someone who struggled with analog clocks into my twenties, being able to see the hands move gives me a better sense of time passing and I remember reading stuff that supported that. I have a better sense how much time I have left for something looking at analog vs digital basically and it’s a fairly common experience apparently

andrew_bidlaw ,
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Are they going anywhere, tho? They start cheap and are very energy-efficient, so I think they’d stay. If there is a probability to face them IRL it won’t be bad to learn how to read them.

Jrockwar ,

Absolutely not comparable to floppy disks. The hands are a representation, not a technology. Technology-wise, most modern “analog” wristwatches are quartz, and therefore digital, not actually analog. Yet we choose to make them with hands because that provides a better representation of the passing of time.

SteveFromMySpace ,

It provides a familiar representation of the passing of time.

bstix ,

Knowing a clock is more than just telling time.

When you’re walking with your homies you gotta be able to call out “gyat 3 o’clock” , so your fellow bros know where to look.

Tomato666 ,

I need reading glass (sigh I got old) With an analogue watch face I can work out the time, blurred lines can be seen. Cant read blurred numbers.

TheSlad ,

100% it is antiquated technology.

Quill7513 ,

its not in their standardized tests and that’s the only thing that determines funding. Its a nightmare …

leisesprecher ,

Honestly, how often do you read analog clocks?

I mean, I learned it as a child, but it’s been probably months since I actually had the need to read an analog clock, and I’m just not used to it anymore. I have to think about it, 20 years ago it was just my spine doing the thinking and it felt effortless.

Organichedgehog ,

Every day?

loaExMachina ,

A lot, since I have an analog wristwatch and a wall clock. There were also analog clocks in several of the exam rooms where I last had exams.

I guess many people don’t use them regularly, but regardless, the simple fact that they still exist is enough to be worth learning about them. Not everything you learn at school is meant to be used every single day.

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