minus-squaremonobrau@lemmy.worldOPtoShowerThoughts•A broken clock is right twice a day, but a slow clock may not be right for months or years.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoIf a clock is slow and losing time, it will just drift farther from the correct time. Eventually it will be right again but it has to lose a full twelve hours before that happens again. linkfedilink
monobrau@lemmy.world to ShowerThoughtsEnglish · 10 days agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a slow clock may not be right for months or years.message-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down13
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareA broken clock is right twice a day, but a slow clock may not be right for months or years.monobrau@lemmy.world to ShowerThoughtsEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square3fedilink
If a clock is slow and losing time, it will just drift farther from the correct time. Eventually it will be right again but it has to lose a full twelve hours before that happens again.