I'm not hauling this as the ultimate time keeping method. Friction in the system will mean you need to readjust it anyways. It's just a neat fact that pi^2 ~= g
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It's only 0.3% off. You probably have more uncertainty on the length of the pendulum.
Also, noon is when you set your clocks based on the sun.
How do you count on your hands in base 60?
A 1m pendulum has a 1 second half-period.
The scientific method states quite clearly that you can never prove anything, only disprove. Failure to disprove warrants publication to try to get other people to disprove. But it's still rarely properly applied, especially when you get further away from theoretical research.
Fuck that I don't want his face on my money
Then there's the metric cup at 250ml
Buy one. It's like 100$ and you'll have a backup solution.
Yeah that got me too!
If we get in, Puerto Rico has to get in as well.
Lenovo IdeaPad Y500, bought in 2017. I've added an SSD at some point and it's still chugging along, but it's starting to show its age.