monobrau

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A broken clock is right twice a day, but a slow clock may not be right for months or years. in c/showerthoughts
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

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A broken clock is right twice a day, but a slow clock may not be right for months or years. (lemmy.world)