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minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·18 hours agoDigital clocks were a thing long before the internet.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoDigital in sense of how they displayed time, sure, but not digital in how they update it. Not connected. Not online. Offline clocks, I should’ve said. Who would think digital clocks are newer than the Internet wth
minus-squarefallingcats@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 hours agoOh, sure they are. The one I’m using has been around for 50 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCF77 Half the clocks sold here do support it, and even many “analog” (as in the clock face) ones.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoThe time-keeping in Central Europe is a bit different than ours here in the Nordics I see. Either I’m so high that I’ve forgotten, or I learned something new from reading that. Thanks. TIL.
minus-squarephlegmy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·15 hours agoWith the amount of idiots online, I have no idea if this is sarcasm or a genuine request.
minus-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·15 hours agoI’ve never seen an idiot online. Source?
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours ago The first digital pocket watch was the invention of Austrian engineer Josef Pallweber who created his “jump-hour” mechanism in 1883. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
Digital clocks were a thing long before the internet.
Digital in sense of how they displayed time, sure, but not digital in how they update it. Not connected.
Not online. Offline clocks, I should’ve said.
Who would think digital clocks are newer than the Internet wth
Oh, sure they are. The one I’m using has been around for 50 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCF77
Half the clocks sold here do support it, and even many “analog” (as in the clock face) ones.
The time-keeping in Central Europe is a bit different than ours here in the Nordics I see.
Either I’m so high that I’ve forgotten, or I learned something new from reading that. Thanks. TIL.
Source?
With the amount of idiots online, I have no idea if this is sarcasm or a genuine request.
I’ve never seen an idiot online. Source?
Source
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.