Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters

Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  These clocks are somewhat dated, but removing them just feels like another symptom of a failing educational system.

  Don’t worry because it’s a fake story.

  www.snopes.com/…/schools-removing-analog-clocks/

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• wischi@programming.dev ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Analog clocks are dated? Let’s get rid of books because we have kindles. Just something was invented a very long time ago doesn’t make it obsolete by any means. Or should we get rid of spoons or hammers? Those things are really somewhat dated.

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  • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Dated does not mean obsolete. But it’s hard to deny a digital clock is superior in almost every way.

    Unlike the other examples you’re giving, I fail to see in what aspect an analog clock beats a digital one. Sure they have a certain charm, but functionally their just behind their digital counterpart.

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    • janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      People are gonna downvote you but I definitely agree. I see why the trend is concerning but I dont think we need to keep everything around just because that’s how it used to be. Some things are allowed to change. When the quartz watch was invented, mechanical watches had to find a new niche and luckily they did. Both are still valid but their roles changed and that’s okay.

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  • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah I keep an analog clock on the wall because it’s a more intuitive way to keep track of how long I’ve got to get ready to go out. I know where the angle of the minute hand will be when I have to be out the door, so it’s quicker to glance it it and know if I gotta pick up the pace or I got plenty of time or whatever.

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  • Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or should we get rid of spoons or hammers?

    I have to say, I’m auite fond of my pneumatic hammer. When will my pneumatic silverware become a thing?

    I just can’t be bothered to expend any energy while I’m eating! It’s supposed to give me energy, after all!

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    • wischi@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      pneumatic silverware

      🤣 awesome. I’d love to see that. Reminds me of a video where a guy tried to eat corncob by mounting it on a drill. IIRC he lot some teeth doing that “stunt”.

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  • WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Do you know how to read a sundial?

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    • wischi@programming.dev ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I hope you are not serious. If the shadow (handle) is on two, it’s two o’clock. If it’s on three, it’s three o’clock. If it’s exactly between those two ticks it’s half past two. There isn’t even anything to learn (at least when they were invented). That’s exactly how the hour handle on a clock works.

      (Note: Today it would be a bit more complicated if you want wall-clock-time because the sun dial always tells local solar time and if you want the time in your time zone you would have to adjust for DST and use the equation of time for some smaller corrections)

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      • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        So no, you don’t - you’ve forgotten to calibrate the sundial.

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    • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes. The same as analogue clock, genious 🙄

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• Rezoie@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  wait analog is outdated?? what do you mean?? What else do people wear on their wrist?? some dystopian world your living in

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  • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Dated, not outdated. Or do I totally have the meaning of the word wrong?

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• WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Nah let’s ditch the analog clocks and instead teach them sundials. That will really stretch their brains.

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  • wischi@programming.dev ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Analog clocks are mechanical imitations of sun dials. Ever wondered why clockwise is the way it is? It’s because the sun moved that way (on the historically a bit more dominant northern hemisphere)

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• Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As our schools fail they simply change the parameters to cover up their failures

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• joel_feila@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I remember getting a compliment more then once jn school. I was good t talong what i learned in once class and applying it to another

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