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Accuracy is the least interesting part of the clock. The power mechanism could be paired with any random timekeeping device.
by evan_ 5y ago
Accuracy is the least interesting part of the clock. The power mechanism could be paired with any random timekeeping device.
- eru 5y agoIn some sense you are right that accuracy information would only be a slight benefit, but adding a single sentence about accuracy to the article would also only be a slight cost.
- ricardo81 5y agoMight be the least interesting, but it's the sole purpose of a clock.
- eru 5y agoNo, long term accuracy is not the sole purpose of a clock. People make trade-offs depending on application. Eg if your clock loses a minute on average once a week, that's still good enough for most household applications. Similarly, wristwatches put a premium on low weight and small size, not necessarily on accuracy. (And that's not even mentioning clocks as status symbols.)
- ricardo81 5y agoWasn't meaning specifically long term, to be fair I get your meaning but you'll be needing to know the accuracy/inaccuracy for it to be useful beyond a status symbol.
- eru 5y agoOh, definitely. And I would have like the article to include that information. Even if it was just to say that it's accuracy is nothing to write home about either way.
- evan_ 5y agoThe interesting thing here isn't a clock, it's the novel power harvesting device. There simply happens to be a clock tied to the output end of the shaft. You could get some random highly-accurate clock and put that on instead, or you could put a wheel with an arrow on it, and it would be no more or less interesting.