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First, congratulations for conceiving of a clock which ceases to function during the dark hours, therefore about half of the day in an average season. The maker

First, congratulations for conceiving of a clock which ceases to function during the dark hours, therefore about half of the day in an average season. The makers of ancient sundials would like a word. Second, you've indeed created a novel interpretation of "still working... without adjust... still running" for such a lousy timepiece. If you choose to write those claims without qualification, then indeed I would say you epitomize the cliché that "even a stopped clock is correct twice a day."

margalabargala 3y ago
Oversized solar panel, oversized battery bank and capacitors, and the sundial problem is solved. If that operates continuously for 150 years, then whether it's "running continuously" despite having daily energy input is more of a hair-splitting linguistic distinction. I think the main issue you may be having is you are applying excess amounts of creativity in finding new meanings for the words you read, and then assuming that what you've come up with must be what the author initially meant. I wonder, if you put all that mental energy instead into attempting to understand the author's intent when you read, if the things you read might begin to make more sense.