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TECHNOLOGY

Various Clock Designs Propose Alternative Time Systems

A website displays several conceptual clock designs that reimagine how a day is measured and shown.

By Hacker News · 48d ago · Source: Hacker News

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A website displays several conceptual clock designs that reimagine how a day is measured and shown. The standard clock divides a day into 24 hours, each with 60 minutes and each minute with 60 seconds, a structure that is viewed as inconsistent with a metric approach. A 24‑hour clock removes the AM and PM designation and runs the hour hand continuously throughout a full day, simplifying time reading for some users. The decimal clock divides the day into 10 hours, each hour into 100 minutes, and each minute into 100 seconds, allowing straightforward calculation by shifting decimal places. In the binary clock, time is represented using binary digits, with each binary second lasting three hours and the display updating only when the system reloads. The hexadecimal clock uses 16 hours, 128 minutes, and 128 seconds, with each hex second equal to one‑third of a standard second. Finally, the 36‑degree clock proposes 36 hours per day, 60 minutes per hour, and 60 seconds per minute, making each minute and second longer than in the conventional system. The author invites suggestions for additional designs and notes that the code can be modified to support custom formats.

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