Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
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@MelissaBearTrix Can I tell you? Yes. Fast? No. Do i consider it obsolete to not use digital clocks, that just show the numbers directly? Yes.
Its just more convenient to use digital.
@Dexruus @MelissaBearTrix some people find reading and calculating hours easier on face clocks. See for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeopkvAP-ag&pp=ygUcdGVjaG5vbG9neSBjb25uZWN0aW9ucyBjbG9jaw%3D%3D
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
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@MelissaBearTrix this made me wonder about something... before mechanical time pieces, how did people keep time after the sun went down or on days cloudy enough to make a sundial unreadable?
Surely there were some attempts to keep time under those conditions!
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
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@MelissaBearTrix M-maybe, with enough time, I can tell time on analog clock. ^^ It's been like 2 years since I've bought my first analogue clock and it run out of batteries twice, so I haven't been using it for a bit. But now I'm returning to it, since my smartphone runs out of batteries too fast too. ^^"
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
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@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.
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@MelissaBearTrix this made me wonder about something... before mechanical time pieces, how did people keep time after the sun went down or on days cloudy enough to make a sundial unreadable?
Surely there were some attempts to keep time under those conditions!
@sysop408 @MelissaBearTrix You can use marked candles to some extent?
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
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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
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@dwillanski @MelissaBearTrix only if you end up with space for it
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@sysop408 @MelissaBearTrix You can use marked candles to some extent?
@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.
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@Dexruus @MelissaBearTrix some people find reading and calculating hours easier on face clocks. See for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeopkvAP-ag&pp=ygUcdGVjaG5vbG9neSBjb25uZWN0aW9ucyBjbG9jaw%3D%3D
@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.
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@dwillanski @MelissaBearTrix otherwise you need two lots of each number up to twelve
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
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@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
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
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@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.
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
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@MelissaBearTrix I think it is a bit late for your sanity....
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@MelissaBearTrix It's easier than on a digital one...
@paulk @MelissaBearTrix even if you have to tell someone else the time?
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
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@MelissaBearTrix Aah, you mean a normal non-digital clock, Ofc. Though I read it like a 24h one.
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Yea, and tho I prefer the numbers, I really like how the analog dials visually show the progression as a cycle, rather than "well you see this one resets to 00 after 59, but this one resets to either 00 after 23, or 01 after 12, flipping the morning/evening indicator one increment earlier"@Snapai @MelissaBearTrix ooo someone finally changed (corrected?) the spelling of “analog”
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@paulk @MelissaBearTrix even if you have to tell someone else the time?
@dxzdb You mean like ten to five in the afternoon instead of 16:50?
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
Boost for my sanity
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
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@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online yes, but it took me a long time to learn as a kid and i still hate analog clocks
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@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.
@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:
