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lucidfox comments on We're all forgetting how to read analog clocks. Or are we? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: lucidfox 02 December 2010 08:56:27AM 1 point [-]

With computer GUIs, specifically with clock widgets that offer a choice between analog and digital presentation, most people choose digital - I suspect it's because they convey the same and even more rpecise information in a much more compact way.

Analog clocks may be phasing out, but is this necessarily a bad thing? We aren't expected to be able to operate abacuses or punchcard computers, after all.