lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 年前What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square257linkfedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down17
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minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87·3 年前A broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.
minus-squareTheButtonJustSpins@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down1·3 年前A broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
minus-squarelazyslacker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 年前At this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 年前Two wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前I’m really picky when it comes to clocks. They need to be ±1 minute. If they aren’t it really starts to bother me.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 年前My grandfather clock is correct* about once a week when I wind and correct it *It must be correct as it’s very slightly fast (less so than can be fixed with a quarter turn off the pendulum screw) and I set it slightly in the past
minus-squareyousirname@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·3 年前Depends how fast is going backwards
minus-squareshrugal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 年前Also depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.
minus-squareWhiteTiger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 年前That’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 年前This only works with 1-dimensional time though.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前Luckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time
A broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.
A broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
At this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
Two wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
I’m really picky when it comes to clocks. They need to be ±1 minute. If they aren’t it really starts to bother me.
My grandfather clock is correct* about once a week when I wind and correct it
*It must be correct as it’s very slightly fast (less so than can be fixed with a quarter turn off the pendulum screw) and I set it slightly in the past
time dilation ftw!
Depends how fast is going backwards
Also depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.
That’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.
This only works with 1-dimensional time though.
Luckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time