BOMBS to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish • 10 months agoHow did people tell time at night before clocks?message-square102arrow-up1186arrow-down13file-text
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The sun dial worked during daylight, but how did people agree on what time it was at night before clocks were invented?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-210 months ago Matters for public transport tbh Which didn’t operate on that strict a time schedule (if at all) in the time period OP is asking about.
minus-squareFlaxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoFair. I’d hate to show up to my bus 5 minutes early just to realise it left 10 minutes early, though
minus-squareZephrClinkfedilink1•10 months agoHey, if you live in a place where the public transport actually shows up when it’s supposed to that’s nice for you, I guess, but where I’m from pretending that the public transport is accurate down to the minute is also a lie.
minus-squareFlaxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoI do, if it’s early it just waits. Although tbh usually it’s 1-2 minutes late which isn’t a big deal
Matters for public transport tbh
Which didn’t operate on that strict a time schedule (if at all) in the time period OP is asking about.
Fair. I’d hate to show up to my bus 5 minutes early just to realise it left 10 minutes early, though
Hey, if you live in a place where the public transport actually shows up when it’s supposed to that’s nice for you, I guess, but where I’m from pretending that the public transport is accurate down to the minute is also a lie.
I do, if it’s early it just waits. Although tbh usually it’s 1-2 minutes late which isn’t a big deal