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minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months ago“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoOh hot damn, first time I used that word. Maybe presaged?
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoPreceded maybe? Precluded sounds like it should mean something similar for sure tho
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoYup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIt’s all the Babylonians fault
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThose fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
minus-squareNikls94@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoUsing binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoSundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThat’s why for a long time, and even longer in the Royal Navy, the new day started at noon and not midnight.
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoYou’re just not holding the flashlight properly. If you hold the flashlight right they work 100% of the time.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months 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-up1·4 months 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
Yup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
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.
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.
You’re just not holding the flashlight properly.
If you hold the flashlight right they work 100% of the time.
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.