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by thrance 393 days ago
Slightly unnerving seeing seconds pass by 15.74% faster.
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Feels like living in the future. Progress marches on faster than ever.

Honestly a brilliant marketing move by the French revolutionaries, just a few hundred years too early.

If they were truly revolutionary they would have gone for base 12 or 60 instead of 10
Uncanny valley. Never seen a clock do it before.
Never played most of the super mario games, then? Or is that timer too abstracted?
I think platform games already warp the sense of time a little. You get into the rhythm of the game. Or, say, a musical beat.
My thoughts too.