That really is more logical. (Except that the initial element generally goes in the top slot of the clock. Note that 12 is the first hour both of AM and of PM.)

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A strictly logical clock for a 24-hour day would have 0 at the top with 1 on the right and 23 on the left. And it would be only ever set to UTC.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A strictly logical 24 hour clock would just display the digits tbh.

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In binary

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 week ago

I'm not sure I'd argue binary is more or less "logical". A number is a number.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

UTC has leap seconds. We can do better. PTP/TAI for lyfe.

A perfectly logical clock would use a radio broadcast to count off seconds since a predefined epoch. Put a few of them way up high, so more people can see it, and make them so astonishingly precise that you could tell where you are just by listening.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

They should put atomic clocks in the GPS satellites for exactly this purpose.

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

@Agent641@lemmy.world right now

man in a red t-shirt screaming I can't win

(image proxy seems broken, it's this gif)

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Look away, I don't want you to see me cry