• over_clox@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Check my username. I’ve been partly obsessed with keeping accurate track of time since I learned to read an analog clock at age 9.

    By age 12, I started learning the exact times of the school bells. By age 15, I learned how to rebuild digital watches, and even replace the quartz crystal with a more accurate one.

    By age 17 I was rebuilding mechanical self-winding wristwatches, and also learning to overclock computers.

    Edit: For extra clarity, I also now know how to tune the firing order on an ICE engine, no matter how many cylinders. I also know how to time a VCR and tune a guitar.

    I’m 42 years old now.