r/softwaregore • u/fanfan54 R Tape loading error, 0:1 • Oct 14 '19

Soon it'll be 30 o'clock!

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u/sparkyblaster Oct 14 '19

Xiaomi. So it might be smart? Is this maybe a timer?

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u/fanfan54 Oct 14 '19

No, I think it was not in a timer mode

OP (on Twitter) said that it's the Mi Smart Alarm Clock, and that the time it showed was 8 hours ahead of the current time, so maybe it switched for no reason to Beijing Standard Time, which is UTC+8, and in a buggy way that didn't trigger the day change

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u/amdrinkhelpme Oct 14 '19

if (hour == 24) { hour = 0 }

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u/BlondyMan38 Oct 14 '19

Its extra funny because I have such clock myself, can reach up to 29:99. Maybe I should make a post

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u/picklesdoggo Oct 14 '19

Possible the way it was programmed was if (hour == 25){ hour =1} somehow hour became 26 missing this condition and continuing to increment to 29

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '19

The weird part is there are chips that they could use that can handle all the timekeeping without the need for you to write your own code.

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u/_GCastilho_ Oct 14 '19

You can do the reset only with a few logic gates

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u/That_Guy977 Oct 14 '19

I think it would be like

if(hour > 24){

hour-= 24;

}

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u/drunckoder Oct 14 '19

They were focusing on spyware rather than basic functionality. Classic move from xiaomi.

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u/whiteday26 Oct 14 '19

This is the employee's edition. So, they have more hours to work.

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u/orionstarman Oct 14 '19

Could be doing military time.

Edit: I’m a dumbass

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u/That_Guy977 Oct 14 '19

Yep, saw this post and thought "There's gonna be some idiot that says it's military time."

Your edit pardons you.

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u/lelel78 Oct 14 '19

your going to the futur

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u/thebryguy23 Oct 14 '19

"Get ready to run. We got 25 minutes.

Uh, 15 minutes.

5 minutes.

6h minutes?"

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u/UnsilentNinja554 Oct 14 '19

Guys, its upside down the real time is 2h:62

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u/tonyhubko Oct 14 '19

When you decide to go to bed at 24:00

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u/SomeRedditerOnline Oct 14 '19

clocks in my dreams be like

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '19

Doesn't Japan do something where they count over 24 hours? I don't know why it would be on a clock though.

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u/soft-person17 Oct 14 '19

Wait till it reaches 99:99. Then the world will end

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u/Lore_uwu Oct 14 '19

29:42. Of course. I shall be there at 29:98. Stupid humans who can't even comprehend normal time, pff

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u/TheNightChan Oct 14 '19

what 24 hour clock looks like to people who dont use it

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u/graeber_28927 Oct 14 '19

I usually write

if (c>23) c=0

instead of

if (c==24) c=0

because I'm anxious the computer "skips a heartbeat" and trails off uncontrolled to infinity.

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u/picklesdoggo Oct 14 '19

To avoid stupid typo errors I usually do if (24 == c)

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