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[+] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Is it? Without a reference would you actually notice it? You’d need some kind of long-running gravity clock you could be fairly confident in and then check it against the Sundial not as a timer but as a way to measure the Sun’s position. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes if you had a sundial and put even marks around it you would definitely notice Also people generally track the sun, our circadian rhythms are tied up to it. You notice even now when the days are shorter or longer without a clock permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago You’d notice longer shadows, likely, and they did notice that at different times of the year the sun just wouldn’t cast shadows in certain places. But if I gave you a watch and slowed it down, especially in tiny increments, it would certainly be difficult to notice at first. I’m responding to a comment about a sundial, not about the length of shadows, which to measure you don’t need a sundial. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soup@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Is it? Without a reference would you actually notice it? You’d need some kind of long-running gravity clock you could be fairly confident in and then check it against the Sundial not as a timer but as a way to measure the Sun’s position. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes if you had a sundial and put even marks around it you would definitely notice Also people generally track the sun, our circadian rhythms are tied up to it. You notice even now when the days are shorter or longer without a clock permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago You’d notice longer shadows, likely, and they did notice that at different times of the year the sun just wouldn’t cast shadows in certain places. But if I gave you a watch and slowed it down, especially in tiny increments, it would certainly be difficult to notice at first. I’m responding to a comment about a sundial, not about the length of shadows, which to measure you don’t need a sundial. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes if you had a sundial and put even marks around it you would definitely notice Also people generally track the sun, our circadian rhythms are tied up to it. You notice even now when the days are shorter or longer without a clock permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Soup@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago You’d notice longer shadows, likely, and they did notice that at different times of the year the sun just wouldn’t cast shadows in certain places. But if I gave you a watch and slowed it down, especially in tiny increments, it would certainly be difficult to notice at first. I’m responding to a comment about a sundial, not about the length of shadows, which to measure you don’t need a sundial. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soup@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago You’d notice longer shadows, likely, and they did notice that at different times of the year the sun just wouldn’t cast shadows in certain places. But if I gave you a watch and slowed it down, especially in tiny increments, it would certainly be difficult to notice at first. I’m responding to a comment about a sundial, not about the length of shadows, which to measure you don’t need a sundial. permalink fedilink source parent
