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		dylan604 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All clocks are 30 seconds late How does 12:59:30 floor to 13:00:00? Wouldn't that be the result of ceil?

pkulak 11 months ago [–]

Only until the next article saying that "all clocks are 0.5 seconds early" and we then switch to randomized rounding.

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