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minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month ago“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoOh hot damn, first time I used that word. Maybe presaged?
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoPreceded maybe? Precluded sounds like it should mean something similar for sure tho
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s all the Babylonians fault
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThose fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
minus-squareNikls94@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoUsing binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoSundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat’s why for a long time, and even longer in the Royal Navy, the new day started at noon and not midnight.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago Sundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point? Noon is the center of the dial. Midnight is just the opposite of noon.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI cannot tell if this is sarcasm or not. This is peak Poe’s Law.
I get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
Oh hot damn, first time I used that word.
Maybe presaged?
Preceded maybe? Precluded sounds like it should mean something similar for sure tho
Predated
It’s all the Babylonians fault
Those fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
Using binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
Boys could count to 2047.
Yup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
Sundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
That’s why for a long time, and even longer in the Royal Navy, the new day started at noon and not midnight.
Noon is the center of the dial. Midnight is just the opposite of noon.
I cannot tell if this is sarcasm or not. This is peak Poe’s Law.