Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?

[lnr@sunny.garden]

@MelissaBearTrix My 13 year old is working on it. They kind of had that bit of school maths lessons during covid lockdown, so it didn't sink in very well, but having a big analogue clock in the living room helps a lot.

[lnr@sunny.garden]

@sysop408 @MelissaBearTrix You can use marked candles to some extent?

[w@11n.org]

analog clocks are still installed absolutely everywhere in the real world. not knowing how to read them is almost unfathomable to me, but I don't think schools around here even teach that skill any more

[seb321@toot.community]

@dwillanski @MelissaBearTrix only if you end up with space for it

[sysop408@sfba.social]

@lnr I'm not familiar with those. I presume those are candles that are made with segments indicating X number of hours?

Besides reliability how common would these be in pre-industrial times? I heard a podcast once where they tried to illustrate how expensive light was in pre-industrial times by making their own candles the old fashioned way.

[dexruus@chaos.social]

@mdione @MelissaBearTrix Yeah, thats true and I basically forgot that @TechConnectify has made a video (that I even watched) about that. But to make a point; I never spoke about "banning" the technology either.
Tbh "analogue" watches are also somewhat of an "Accessibility"-layer, since technically "reading" the clock is easier with clockhands, when it comes to disabilities (like memory issues or impairment of vision/brain function, or just simple dyslexia).

And I am ALWAYS for accessibility.

[seb321@toot.community]

@dwillanski @MelissaBearTrix otherwise you need two lots of each number up to twelve

[maddiem4@raphus.social]

@MelissaBearTrix Sometimes I'm embarrassed at how slow I am at reading analogue time, but I suppose I should give myself credit that I *am* still in the demographic of people who manage to get there in the end

[iris@neuromatch.social]

@MelissaBearTrix yes, but I've had a student ask me during a proctored test what time it was, because they couldn't read the clock. I was shocked for a moment, and then realized, this is not what they're being tested on and I should make every effort to remove this barrier. So that's my take on it, in every circumstance where it's not my business, which so far is all of them.

[steveclough@metalhead.club]

@MelissaBearTrix I think it is a bit late for your sanity....

[dxzdb@mastodon.social]

@paulk @MelissaBearTrix even if you have to tell someone else the time?

[aanee@mastodon.online]

@MelissaBearTrix Aah, you mean a normal non-digital clock, Ofc. Though I read it like a 24h one.

[dxzdb@mastodon.social]

@Snapai @MelissaBearTrix ooo someone finally changed (corrected?) the spelling of “analog”

[paulk@writing.exchange]

@dxzdb You mean like ten to five in the afternoon instead of 16:50?
Absolutely!

@MelissaBearTrix

[krucakafejo@esperanto.masto.host]

@MelissaBearTrix

[jiub@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net]

@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online yes, but it took me a long time to learn as a kid and i still hate analog clocks

[lnr@sunny.garden]

@sysop408 It's hard to search for, because I just keep finding links to fake LED candles with timers instead, but this looks like a basic little video on using candles to mark time:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7VnfdU8hHtg

I think people would have informally marked time to some extent with how long they had to work in the evening before their candle burnt out! Or how long their lamp would burn before needing refilling.

Aha, look:

Candle clock - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

[jenesuispasgoth@pouet.chapril.org]

@MelissaBearTrix I answered yes, but many of the freshmen I teach can't.

[lunadragofelis@void.lgbt]

@MelissaBearTrix Yes but I'm much faster and more accurate with a digital one.