• HatFullOfSky@lemmy.world
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      28 days ago

      Every appliance in my house (with a clock anyway) and all of our clocks (2 analog, 2 digital) require manual changing. None of them are connected to the internet, which I would think is the only way they would be able to. Do they really make “smart” analog clocks now?

      Edit: my car is somewhere in between. It’ll “automatically” change, but I have to turn it on/off. It’s basically just automated the action of moving the hour forward or back.

        • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          28 days ago

          I feel like mechanical clocks to account for daylight savings this would be a bit off after one or two leap years; could be doable but a bit complicated to design? Kinda fun to think about

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          Ah, I forgot Atomic (radio) clocks existed. My parents used to have one of those over a decade ago, but I always saw them as more of a novelty. Not saying they’re not valid, just uncommon IMO.

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            Yeah it’s funny cause I recently made a post regarding my atomic synced watch on [email protected]. They’re pretty accurate. Though for my situation, I think I might test syncing outside to see if I can get lower latency.

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      I have four:

      • wall clock - battery powered, no date function
      • oven - not “smart,” nor do I want it to be smart
      • two cars - they’re old enough to not have smart features

      Changing them isn’t an issue, and I often don’t get to it for a few days because I rarely actually use them. But it still pisses me off way more than it should.