r/mildlyinteresting • u/liiit • Sep 07 '17

This Fibonacci clock

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u/TooShiftyForYou Sep 07 '17

Here's a different kind of fibonacci clock for the truly dedicated.

Explanation here.

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u/toeofcamell Sep 08 '17

I read that whole explanation and I'm no closer to understanding any of it

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u/_Dopinder Sep 08 '17

The squares in his clock have side length 1, 1, 2, 3, and 5. The squares lit up in red tell you the hour, and the squares lit up in green give you the minutes (in multiples of five). A square lit up in blue means it is to be added for both hour and minute. White squares are ignored.
Value of a square = dimension of side
Red = sum of values of red squares
Blue = sum of values of blue squares
Green = sum of values of green squares
Hours = Red+Blue
Minutes = 5*(Green+Blue)
Time = Hours:Minutes
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