Clocks are based on sundials. The little hand roughly follows where a shadow would be. The rest is just what people agreed on made the most sense.
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betanumerus@lemmy.cato News@lemmy.world•Megathread: Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University EventEnglish5·13 hours agoNever heard of him.
betanumerus@lemmy.catoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•You really think people who reject science are gonna save you from fascism?English1·3 days agoIt has nothing to do with leaning right or left. The odds of having to use a gun are smaller that having to repair a 15th century submarine. There are better places to spend that kind of time and money.
betanumerus@lemmy.catoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•You really think people who reject science are gonna save you from fascism?English3·3 days agoWhy in the world would anyone in his right mind buy a tool they’ll never use?
betanumerus@lemmy.cato politics @lemmy.world•U.S. Open Crowd Booed Trump Repeatedly | The president received more jeers than cheers at the tennis tournamentEnglish9·5 days agoWith his tariffs, Trump told everyone in the world to fuck off.
I’m no sailing historian, but that’s probably how they actually discovered New Zealand.
“Heya mates, how’bout we be goin’ straight ahead 'til back’ome we arrrggggh!!”
betanumerus@lemmy.catoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•I will have my laptop and be available intermittentlyEnglish4·7 days agoThe heart problems have been a production of the American Association of Processed Food Advertising.
No fresh vegetables were harmed in the making this text message.
betanumerus@lemmy.cato politics @lemmy.world•DOJ does damage control as staffer admits Republicans will be redacted from Epstein filesEnglish46·8 days agoSo now we know for sure the list includes Republicans.
betanumerus@lemmy.cato politics @lemmy.world•MTG warns Epstein clients she’ll ‘say every damn name’ on House floor as she tells sex abuse victims, ‘Give me a list’English2·8 days agoWTH is she waiting for. There is not a single reason to hesitate. Her boss is the people and the people have many times ordered the names to be released.
betanumerus@lemmy.cato News@lemmy.world•Peter Thiel is delivering 4 private sold-out lectures at a club in San Francisco—about the AntichristEnglish4·8 days agoIn a few year when he loses his hair, he’ll achieve his goal of becoming the real Dr. Evil.
betanumerus@lemmy.cato News@lemmy.world•If Trump loses his tariff lawsuit, America may have to refund businesses more than $200 billionEnglish3·8 days agoPrivate sector vs public sector … in the US … Okay …
betanumerus@lemmy.cato politics @lemmy.world•Trump calls Epstein files 'irrelevant' as Massie petition picks up steam - ABC NewsEnglish4·8 days agoThe insulter-in-chief is wrong. People making petitions are never irrelevant and the insulter-in-chief should not be insulting them.
There are indeed greater truths than hobby ideologies from oil billionaires.
Virus science/knowledge (aka virology) and epidemiology being some of them.
betanumerus@lemmy.cato People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•I knew Ticketmaster was evil, but wow. English5·9 days agoI don’t know much about Ticketmaster but here, the BBC is to blame for the bad pun, not Ticketmaster.
betanumerus@lemmy.cato News@lemmy.world•Boy, 11, shot dead after playing doorbell-ringing prank in Houston, police sayEnglish3·9 days agoThey have guns and the death penalty but somehow, they can’t put together that one leads to the other. It’s like the only thing that matters over there is the profit from selling the equipment.
Never heard of Charlie Kirk before the big news.