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[โ€“] akilou@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Alternate title: Students cannot tell the time because schools are removing analog clocks from the classroom

[โ€“] DNOS@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Guys lets be honest why point at small Numbers which you have to read in a specific sequence while doing some math when you can easily and nowadays probably more efficiently (paper-ink) display them... Analog clocks are going to disappear and people will watch at them with the same eyes as we watch a sundial...(Btw I had to search for the translation of the world sundial that's how common it is ... ๐Ÿ˜‰)
I can ready It but i get teens Who dont

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[โ€“] Raglesnarf@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I just really enjoy the photo, the character looks funny. I agree that shit like this just causes division but at the same time it's like any other rude meme towards group X or person Y. just another dumb meme to go ha ha to and move on

[โ€“] rustydomino@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No one knows how to read a sextant any more. The horror!!

Analog clocks are not really essential technology.

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[โ€“] Halosheep@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (12 children)

Real talk, is there some benefit to an analog clock that would prevent them from all being replaced by digital ones? Being able to know exactly the time in a moment's glance seems better to me.

They're certainly not better looking than a digital one, considering most of the ones used in schools are just the cheapest and most basic version they can get.

Power requirements maybe? Longevity?

[โ€“] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Can't do that with a digital display, can you?

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[โ€“] nexguy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Wife, for years, thought the "second hand" on a clock was called that because it was the "2nd" hand on the clock...which confused her. Took her over 30 years to realize it's the "seconds" hand because it counts seconds.

[โ€“] Dark_Dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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