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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (16 children)

I prefer "stopped clock," since broken clocks can often continue ticking, albeit at the wrong speed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

A broken clock, whether it ticks too fast or too slow, is still right at least once every 24 hours, I think.

The only exception would be one that ticks correctly but is not set to the right time (does this count as broken?)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

If a 24-hr clock is one second slow per day, its correct once every 236 years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

They did the math

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