BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoHow did people tell time at night before clocks?message-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareHow did people tell time at night before clocks?BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
The sun dial worked during daylight, but how did people agree on what time it was at night before clocks were invented?
minus-squareZephrC@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoHey, if you live in a place where the public transport actually shows up when it’s supposed to that’s nice for you, I guess, but where I’m from pretending that the public transport is accurate down to the minute is also a lie.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI do, if it’s early it just waits. Although tbh usually it’s 1-2 minutes late which isn’t a big deal
Hey, if you live in a place where the public transport actually shows up when it’s supposed to that’s nice for you, I guess, but where I’m from pretending that the public transport is accurate down to the minute is also a lie.
I do, if it’s early it just waits. Although tbh usually it’s 1-2 minutes late which isn’t a big deal