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minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up112·1 year agoI get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34·1 year ago“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOh hot damn, first time I used that word. Maybe presaged?
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoPreceded maybe? Precluded sounds like it should mean something similar for sure tho
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAh yes, I knew I was messing two words up and forgot preceded! 👍
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoIt’s all the Babylonians fault
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoThose fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
minus-squareNikls94@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoUsing binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoYup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
minus-squareexothermic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWell… This post sent me down a rabbit hole -> Unequal Hours if anyone else is curious.
I get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
Oh hot damn, first time I used that word.
Maybe presaged?
Predated
Preceded maybe? Precluded sounds like it should mean something similar for sure tho
Ah yes, I knew I was messing two words up and forgot preceded! 👍
It’s all the Babylonians fault
Those fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
Using binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
Boys could count to 2047.
Yup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
Well… This post sent me down a rabbit hole -> Unequal Hours if anyone else is curious.