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Showerthoughts

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I get the 2:00, but shouldn't it be 120? Or am I dumber than I thought? 60+60 still = 120, right?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

1:60 = one minute and 60 seconds, or two minutes.

120 would be parsed as one minute and 20 seconds, or 80 seconds.

Took me a bit to get too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can also punch in 90 to get 1:30. I may have been extra lazy a few times to learn that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

It's not really lazy until you're putting in "88" to save a keystroke and extra finger movement.

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