Decimal

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Just a place for me to talk about watches, clocks and more generally, the perception of time.

In my collection I also have binary-coded duodecimal/sexagesimal watches and one that displays time using the French revolutionary (decimal) time system. Those might give you some insight into my username and display name respectively. 😉

ℹ Sending 'hourly' time signals in various formats to suit my whims—you can filter these out if you like (in settings ⚙️) by matching on: [SIG]

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DecimalJan 4, 2023
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DecimalJan 4, 2023
Casio GuyJan 3, 2023

I’m sad to say I’ve decided to close this instance down. It was a fun experiment for a couple months, but there’s little engagement here and sites like WatchCrunch already exist.

I’m on there regularly and it’s great, I’d strongly suggest you sign up if you’re interested in the social side of watch collecting.

This instance will cease to exist on 25th Jan.

DecimalJan 4, 2023
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DecimalJan 2, 2023
Jan MiksovskyJan 2, 2023

Here's a new year's tip for easier scheduling. When planning a project/trip/etc., you constantly hit two basic questions:

1. On which day of the week will a given date fall?
2. What's the date of a given day of the week?

The fastest way to answer these questions is not a calendar app but a printed year-at-a-glance #calendar pinned to your wall.

DecimalJan 2, 2023
Just waiting for 7:90 now, so I can put the youngest to bed.
Show threadDecimalJan 2, 2023
Meeting is cancelled as first day back from holiday for most people. Phew… dodged a bullet with that one.
DecimalJan 2, 2023

So yeah I have a meeting, which I will be honest is not my favourite at 16:00 (4PM) today. So I figured I should convert that to decimal time so that I will be able to keep track on my watch.

Yeah… that would be… 6:66… 🤯👿

#DecimalWatch #ThisIsABadSign

P.S. This script https://gist.github.com/ruario/f6d9f70aa8e8b23e1ad1e62cd4a35d70

Show the current decimal time

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Show threadDecimalJan 2, 2023

In a way, although occasionally annoying, it is also part of the joy of this. To make me think. Learning to tell and work with time is something most people do once and then it becomes second nature.

One of the reasons I enjoyed my binary watches was because they forced me to think differently and learn and notice new patterns.

I suspect that thinking about time in new ways gives you a better understanding all around, much like learning a new language gives you insight into your mother tongue.

Show threadDecimalJan 2, 2023
Although I would sometimes prefer not do this and to instead just accept and get a feel for decimal time directly, I am still ok with it. You cannot totally get around this. I am always going to need to do some calculations to work with this in a world run on another system of time. Similarly I realise I will slowly have to memorise many equivalents to common times throughout my day, e.g. in Norway it is common to have lunch at 11:30 which would round to roughly 4:80 in decimal time.
Show threadDecimalJan 2, 2023
An example of quick calculations being that 1 décime (10 decimal minutes) is pretty close to 15 traditional minutes (actually 14.4). Thus you can do things like see two décime markers as rougly half a (traditional) hour or four as one (traditional) hour.