Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?

[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:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candle_clock

[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.