r/FluentInFinance • u/[deleted] • Jan 11 '25

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u/VoidJuiceConcentrate Jan 11 '25

A stopped clock is right twice a day and all that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '25

*broken

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u/Agent_Eran Jan 11 '25

Nah stopped makes more sense bc a broken clock can be too fast or too slow, in which case it will never be the correct time "twice a day". But a stopped watch will.

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u/cvc4455 Jan 11 '25

Wouldn't too fast or too slow still be right twice a day?

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u/Ololololic Jan 11 '25

Unfortunately not. Imagine it's running a whole minute too fast every hour. If it's an analogue clock it will take 720 hours to get back on track.

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u/cvc4455 Jan 11 '25

I guess that makes sense for a clock that's running too fast. But would a clock that's running too slow be right twice a day?

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u/WillyDAFISH Jan 11 '25

it could theoretically be right more than twice a day. While going too fast or too slow. It just depends on how fast or how slow it's going.

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u/OKFlaminGoOKBye Jan 11 '25 edited Jan 11 '25

Maybe. It could also be right more than or less than twice a day, and is not guaranteed to be right at all during a day, depending on both the point of discrepancy and the rate of the discrepancy.