Hour hand -> hour = n
Minute hand -> minute = n * 5
It makes sense, there's just an algorithm attached to each pointer.
Hour -> 3 = 3
Minute -> 3 = 3 * 5 = 15
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The first clocks didn't have a minute hand though.
Well it’s because noon means nine because the day starts at six o’ clock, so three is noon, but we use it to mean twelve which is closer to midday, obviously
For some reason I heard this in a combination of the voices of Mitch Hedberg, and Nate Bargatze as George Washington.
Also see this: https://gist.github.com/timvisee/fcda9bbdff88d45cc9061606b4b923ca
It amazingly explains all the insanities for handling dates and times.
Relatively funny but gets worse the more you think about it.
The 6 stands for 6, not 30.
When we have AM and PM it would be dumb to have 1-24.
1 is the end of the 1st hour. 2 the end of the second. This is why it starts at 0.
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Also why clockwise?
Earth rotates and orbits counter clockwise. It just seems more right
Earth rotates and orbits counter clockwise.
No it doesn't. It depends on the human perception of "up" and "down" which are completely arbitrary. We by convention see the North Pole as the "top" of the world but it could as easily be seen as Antarctica.
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If you want to be mad about time then I'd like to introduce you to a little thing I like to call the Gregorian calendar.
Gift from ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamians love 12 & base 60. They also liked 7. Those numbers recur in their mythology.
Americans have a weird fixation with 💯. Where Americans might use percentages, I've seen Japanese plot values in [0, 1] (ie, pure proportions).
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What is this?
My guess is there are only so many conversations you can have over whether a Silvertip Badger is superior to a Boar brush.
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I'll be there at H:00.