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Crappy Design

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Noticed that theres no equivalent to r/crappydesign here yet so i made one

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is this "crappy"? I'd assume it's meant to indicate "next day". In 24 hour time systems, you might see 25:00, 26:00 etc to do the same.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

I would think a possibility is that it's from a dataset where the data wasn't recorded properly so they are unsure as to whether it was am or pm but didn't want to throw out the data point.

[–] Buffman@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It means the bus comes at the same time am and pm.

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't. It means AM but it's not the bus driver's bedtime yet so it's not really morning. But your misunderstanding is valid because this is a goofy way of communicating this information.

[–] Buffman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Where I live, it does mean that and it’s a concise way of communicating it.

[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AM radio, FM radio, PM radio, XM radio...

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

XM would be space-based transmissions on the X-band.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's mostly Howard Stern.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

eXtreme meridian!

[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

All I can think of is "oh Jesus not another way to handle time..."

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

WHHYYYYY would you run a table like this? 12 minute cycles are just insane, and they're obiously "maxed out" for rushhour, but that's when those times are least realistic. Just run it every 15 minutes the whole day, and tone it down to every 20 at night.