• forcequit [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    When the Sun shines upon Earth, 2 – major Time points are created on opposite sides of Earth – known as Midday and Midnight. Where the 2 major Time forces join, synergy creates 2 new minor Time points we recognize as Sunup and Sundown. The 4-equidistant time points can be considered as Time Square imprinted upon the circle of Earth. In a single rotation of the Earth sphere, each Time corner point rotates through the other 3-corner Time points, thus creating 16 corners, 96 hours and 4-simultaneous 24-hour Days within a single rotation of Earth – equated to a Higher Order of Life Time Cube.

  • StarShip [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    AM/PM guy "let me just start my day a 12"

    CHAD 24H : "day starts at zero"

    • huf [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      12pm is after noon, so it's noon. because yes, noon is after noon.

      :D

        • huf [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          i phrased it that way on purpose, but actually, the hour labelled 12pm is 100% AFTER the instant of noon. that's why it's pm. at least, that's how i managed to make myself remember, because fucking americans and their shit am/pm nonsense and i had to accommodate that when programming.

          cos yeah, nobody sane writes times down in 12h format, that's just weird.

  • kissinger
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    1 year ago

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  • volcel_olive_oil [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    there is exactly one system agreed upon and it is ISO 8601 and you will be using it

  • SoyViking [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    24h format when doing time in numbers (ie. 13.30), 12h when doing time in words (ie. half past one).

    • booty [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      the worst of both worlds. congratulations, you've solved the problem of which one is worse. it's your solution

      • huf [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        this is just the normal way to use time though... it's not new or unique.

        • ThomasMuentzner [he/him, comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          how can it be normal ? you leave a 50/50 fail chance.. You just say the exact number , and only the 24H format has the exact number . everything else leave an opening for the devil , and look around you , the devil did get in , confusion reigns .. You can Draw a chalk line against him , he can not cross the 24 Hourgram.

          Obviously the Devil now plays tricks before you , in form of your pride , he whispers "12H format" in your ear ,.. Dont fall for it. Do you want to be awoken by the Carpenter at 0.30 or do you want the Sun to set at 12.30 ? Dont fall to his confusion ...

          • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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            1 year ago

            a 50/50 fail chance…

            I literally never don't know if it's day or night, do you really need this information from your clock? The rest of the world needs more windows apparently

            • huf [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              hungarians use the 24h format verbally, fairly interchangeably with the 12h format, though the 12h format is more common. but show times on tv are announced in 24h format even in speech.

              weirdly, movie show times are always in a super weird format of their own. it's based on the way time is spoken about (with all the quarter-to x and half-past y stuff), but it's not used anywhere else afaik.

          • huf [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            yeah nah, this isnt a problem in practice because it's either obvious from context or people will ask for clarification anyway.

            but actually, while i'll use the 12 hour stuff in casual speech, i always confirm meeting times in 24h format. just to be sure to be sure.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Raketa 24 hour watches look sick, especially the vintage soviet ones. A 24 hour watch dial also serves as a solar compass, so it has a practical advantage too.

    • eatmyass
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      1 year ago

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    • MoreAmphibians [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      The day starts at 00:00, it ends at 23:59. It doesn't start at 12:00 and then go to 1:00 and end at the second time 11:59 rolls around, that would be crazy.

      • CarmineCatboy [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        wheres the 24th hour then?? who stole it? is this why i can't get good enough sleep someone somewhere stole my 24th hour? was it the government?

  • cosecantphi [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Okay, but consider this:

    Metric time. Base unit is seconds since the big bang. The current date and time is 436117076.6010019846210048721 gigaseconds.

    And the best part is that like all methods of time keeping, it too is ultimately arbitrary since wishy washy concepts like "seconds since the big bang" or "meters across the observable universe" are highly dependent on the gravity well you're sitting in and how fast you're moving from the perspective of an outside observer.

    • Autisticky [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      Well, to get closer to the heart of it, time is a human-constructed concept to serve social ends and whatever is the best system is whatever is socially dominant

    • Dolores [love/loves]
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      1 year ago

      the base unit is a year and it started in the french revolution

      what are they teaching you gen z revolutionaries these days smdh :I-was-saying:

    • huf [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      oh just count seconds after the birth of jesus christWWunixtime