• @HatFullOfSky
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    2 months ago

    Every appliance in my house (with a clock anyway) and all of our clocks (2 analog, 2 digital) require manual changing. None of them are connected to the internet, which I would think is the only way they would be able to. Do they really make “smart” analog clocks now?

    Edit: my car is somewhere in between. It’ll “automatically” change, but I have to turn it on/off. It’s basically just automated the action of moving the hour forward or back.

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        12 months ago

        I feel like mechanical clocks to account for daylight savings this would be a bit off after one or two leap years; could be doable but a bit complicated to design? Kinda fun to think about

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            22 months ago

            Definitely. I’m still going to spend time fascinated by the idea of the gearing and clockwork to make a clock that tracks year/month/day and accounts for leap years.

            I’d be more than okay with permanent standard time, myself.

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        42 months ago

        Ah, I forgot Atomic (radio) clocks existed. My parents used to have one of those over a decade ago, but I always saw them as more of a novelty. Not saying they’re not valid, just uncommon IMO.

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          Yeah it’s funny cause I recently made a post regarding my atomic synced watch on [email protected]. They’re pretty accurate. Though for my situation, I think I might test syncing outside to see if I can get lower latency.