All accurate clocks must be digital clocks, since they achieve accuracy by synchronizing to the atomic clock, which is based on quantum “ticks”.
You could, I suppose, have a very accurate clepsydra that you synch to the atomic clock hourly, and that might be accurate enough but still analog. Probably wouldn’t work on board a ship, though.
Actually, digital clocks are based on a tiny piece of quartz crystal that occilates (hums or rings) continuously at a very high frequency. So your digital clocks are actually pretty analogue.
Of course, analog clocks are still digital but at least they give off the nostalgic vibes of old-fashioned clocks. The idea is still useful because at least it teaches young folks who’ve probably never used analog clocks how to tell the time that way.
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All accurate clocks must be digital clocks, since they achieve accuracy by synchronizing to the atomic clock, which is based on quantum “ticks”.
You could, I suppose, have a very accurate clepsydra that you synch to the atomic clock hourly, and that might be accurate enough but still analog. Probably wouldn’t work on board a ship, though.
They’re digital in a different way though, which is interesting
Digital clocks show time with digits
Analog clocks in phones show time with hands but the way they work used digits (at least conceptually)
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There has never been a more casual thought than this one.
I would never trust a clock that is in disguise.
Not fundamentally. Actually.
An analog clock on a phone is only an image on a display.
Not all people, especially younger ones, can read an analog clock.
Hell, even mechanical watches are technically digital because the gears turn in discrete digits.
Yet we still call them phones when making an actual call with them is like 1% of the usage.
They are referring to the display. Not the internals.
it’s just a digital screen pretending to be an analog clock vibes over function.
Tell me you don’t understand the concept of analog without telling me.
exactly. they just look analog for aesthetics, but under the hood, it’s all code and pixels.
No way. And the “Save” icon is not an actual disk either.
A digital representation of an analog clock can only be read by someone who can read an analog clock.
What’s more important? The experience of the user or the means used to provide that experience?
Meanwhile my cat doesn’t give a fuck about your clock or time. It’s crinkle-ball time, end of discussion.
Never mind. It’s become fuck up the hallway carpet runner time.
Have a nice Sunday!
Actually, digital clocks are based on a tiny piece of quartz crystal that occilates (hums or rings) continuously at a very high frequency. So your digital clocks are actually pretty analogue.
Probably ~99% of the analog looking clocks are actually digital, since they use quartz* and have a chip in them.
Of course, analog clocks are still digital but at least they give off the nostalgic vibes of old-fashioned clocks. The idea is still useful because at least it teaches young folks who’ve probably never used analog clocks how to tell the time that way.
And for the reverse example, flip clocks are usually analogue, too.