Digital vs Analog
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A long time ago we had a brief discussion about not teaching kids how to read an analog clock.
Someone, @Axtremus ? commented that digital is easier to understand, and it should become the de facto standard for telling time.
I get it.
So...
My Apple watch has the ability to display hundreds of faces - analog, digital, whatever. You can add "complications" - basically add ons to each face that'll tell you temperature, text messages, whatever.
I recently switched from a traditional "analog" looking face to a digital face.
Somehow, I find the digital just a bit awkward. I'm so used to looking at a clock and without thinking about it, know the time. With a digital face, I have to actually think about it.
I suppose it's a matter of habit, experience, etc.
Sorry about the focus, but you get the point, right?
wrote on 25 Nov 2021, 02:55 last edited by@george-k said in Digital vs Analog:
I find the digital just a bit awkward.
Analog clocks offer more reliability in time than their fellow digital. There are analogue clocks near 300 years old which are still ticking. Digital clocks haven't been around long enough to demonstrate similar reliability. (like the covid vaccines)
Analog clocks measure time
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wrote on 25 Nov 2021, 03:01 last edited by
Analog shows you where you are relative to the whole of the 12 hour cycle. It feels more informative, probably because that is what we grew up with.
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wrote on 25 Nov 2021, 04:09 last edited by Doctor Phibes
This argument feels a bit like the 1970's. As in, the decade you guys are stuck in.
Do you ever find yourself staring wistfully at sundials? Or maybe Stonehenge?
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wrote on 25 Nov 2021, 13:02 last edited by
Says the ever analog engineer.
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This argument feels a bit like the 1970's. As in, the decade you guys are stuck in.
Do you ever find yourself staring wistfully at sundials? Or maybe Stonehenge?
wrote on 25 Nov 2021, 14:30 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Digital vs Analog:
Do you ever find yourself staring wistfully at sundials?
That is the centerpiece in my garden.
Actually an armillary
The single red cobblestone (top/left) is aligned with the North star so I can align the armillary.
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wrote on 25 Nov 2021, 15:51 last edited by
@mik said in Digital vs Analog:
Says the ever analog engineer.
I can communicate digitally when the situation calls for it....
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wrote on 25 Nov 2021, 16:03 last edited by
That's SO analog.
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@doctor-phibes said in Digital vs Analog:
Do you ever find yourself staring wistfully at sundials?
That is the centerpiece in my garden.
Actually an armillary
The single red cobblestone (top/left) is aligned with the North star so I can align the armillary.
wrote on 29 Nov 2021, 01:55 last edited by@copper That is very cool!! How close to accurate is it?
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@copper That is very cool!! How close to accurate is it?
wrote on 29 Nov 2021, 03:05 last edited by Copper@taiwan_girl said in Digital vs Analog:
@copper That is very cool!! How close to accurate is it?
I can't get the sun to stop long enough to measure.
Actually it is fairly accurate, give or take 5 or 10 minutes.
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wrote on 29 Nov 2021, 11:51 last edited by
Interesting you have the "dial" on the lower left, instead of upper right. I think Santa is getting me an Apple Watch this year, so I have to start paying attention.
Also, aside from "relative to the 12 hour period" digital is faster for me. With analog, you have to look at it and then decide what the numbers are, vs just reading the numbers.
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Interesting you have the "dial" on the lower left, instead of upper right. I think Santa is getting me an Apple Watch this year, so I have to start paying attention.
Also, aside from "relative to the 12 hour period" digital is faster for me. With analog, you have to look at it and then decide what the numbers are, vs just reading the numbers.
wrote on 29 Nov 2021, 12:04 last edited by@89th said in Digital vs Analog:
Interesting you have the "dial" on the lower left, instead of upper right.
Of course, every mechanical watch I've had since I was a kid had the crown on the right hand side (assuming I wore the watch on my left wrist). In the days when you'd pull the crown out a bit to set the watch, it made a lot of sense, because you'd use your right index finger and thumb to do it.
But, with the Apple watch, the crown doesn't pull out - it's strictly a button that you push in or turn. For me, it's easier to do that with my right thumb, and less awkward than using my index finger.
YMM(of course) V.
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@89th said in Digital vs Analog:
Interesting you have the "dial" on the lower left, instead of upper right.
Of course, every mechanical watch I've had since I was a kid had the crown on the right hand side (assuming I wore the watch on my left wrist). In the days when you'd pull the crown out a bit to set the watch, it made a lot of sense, because you'd use your right index finger and thumb to do it.
But, with the Apple watch, the crown doesn't pull out - it's strictly a button that you push in or turn. For me, it's easier to do that with my right thumb, and less awkward than using my index finger.
YMM(of course) V.