200ok@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agoBoth "200" and "160" are 2 minutes in microwave mathmessage-squaremessage-square101linkfedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down144
arrow-up1337arrow-down1message-squareBoth "200" and "160" are 2 minutes in microwave math200ok@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square101linkfedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·5 months agoBecause 2:00 = 1:60 Or are we going to implement metric time?
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoThe French tried to, briefly.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoI get the 2:00, but shouldn’t it be 120? Or am I dumber than I thought? 60+60 still = 120, right?
minus-squareHandwovenConsensus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-25 months ago1:60 = 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.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoYou can also punch in 90 to get 1:30. I may have been extra lazy a few times to learn that.
minus-squarennjwwl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoIt’s not really lazy until you’re putting in “88” to save a keystroke and extra finger movement.
minus-squareazuth@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoIt’s not 160 (seconds) it’s 1 (minutes) **:**60 (seconds). My microwave always keeps the : when I input time.
Because 2:00 = 1:60
Or are we going to implement metric time?
The French tried to, briefly.
I get the 2:00, but shouldn’t it be 120? Or am I dumber than I thought? 60+60 still = 120, right?
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.
You can also punch in 90 to get 1:30. I may have been extra lazy a few times to learn that.
It’s not really lazy until you’re putting in “88” to save a keystroke and extra finger movement.
It’s not 160 (seconds) it’s 1 (minutes) **:**60 (seconds). My microwave always keeps the : when I input time.