• db2
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      I̶̼̪͈̜̭̳͑̿̈́̈́͗͐̇̓̽̎̓̇̀̔̐ţ̶̛͙̞̭̫̫̫̠̙̤͚̓̓̅́̓̄̿̓͆̈͑̾͠͝ ̸̡̻̹̹̳̰͔͔̙̦̉̾͗̿̓͛́̂̅̚͜͠͝ì̶̧̙̜̫̟̫̟̗͔̼̒͐̉̋͆̆̃̓̚͝͠s̵͔̹̈́̇ ̶͔͍̝̼̝͈̎ͅt̸̢̡̼̩̗̹̻̣̩̣̉͂̃̾̐̃̀̈́͐͗ị̸͌̾̍m̴͎̗̝̰͔̪̤̲̺̪̠̭̑̉̀̉̈́e̸̛̺̎̇͛̄̒̔̐̉́.̶̛̛̤̝͖̦̭̉̈́͛̈́͌̒͊͐̊̕͝͠

      There’s a conductive rubber piece that contacts the board on one side and the display on the other. Remove it, clean the ends with an eraser, reassemble. Fixed.

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      I dunno man. ‘i don’t know’ is often more helpful than ‘sure, I know how to do this, trust me bro’

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        A wrong clock can show the passage of time and if you know how far it’s off it just requires mental math. A stopped clock merely tells you when it stopped. Now a clock that advances at the wrong speed, that’s useless and a hindrance to you knowing what time it is

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        I set the clock in the kitchen a little fast because my partner is chronically late, and this way he leaves on time for work.

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    Akshurreally…, a wrong clock is correct somewhere on the planet. Same as all other clocks.

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    Fun fact: If you take a cheap quartz crystal digital LCD watch and short the two terminals to the quartz crystal, the display will go blank and it’ll literally freeze in time, until you remove the short circuit.

    No idea what might happen on a modern smart watch, I ain’t got that much money to piss away on experiments…

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      Nope. Time differences are countable, not continuous. Wrong clock can be 12 minutes wrong - thus wrong in any timezone.

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        Depends on what your error bounds for correct is. Technically there are very few clocks that are by definition “correct.” Every other clock is just close enough for a given region.

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        It would depend on how fast it runs. The faster it runs the more times it’s right. So if we extrapolate, once you get a clock running backwards fast enough, it will be right all of the time.

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          It will be right infinitely many times, but not all the time, as it will also be wrong infinitely many times.

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          If it’s running fast enough, it wouldn’t matter what time it is.

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    A wrong clock can still track time intervals.

    And if you know by how much the clock is wrong, it’s totally usable.

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    A broken clock can be a kind of a wrong clock.
    Stopped clocks are the real deal!