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[–] vane@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for detailed explanation Sir. It proves me that time is evil because it uses three 6 bit counters (666). Replacing one counter with 7 bit that displays 69 would for sure fix the world.

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I should point out that for the hour counter, it's only a 5 bit counter, since the max value for hours is 23, which fits into 5 bits.

So 566 is not quite the devil's work, but certainly very close.

[–] vane@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but isn't it cheaper and less error prone to put only 6 bit counters instead of maintaining 5 bit counter stockpile in the factory ? Maybe it's all robots right now so it doesn't matter.

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

It can be, although the example I've given where each counter is a discrete part is probably no longer the case. It's likely that larger ICs which encompass all the requisite functionality can do the job, at lower cost than individual parts.

But those ICs probably can't do 4:20:69, so I didn't bother mentioning that.