These digital clocks aren't digital at all

It's time.

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[Klarpimier]

“Dad where do babies come from”

“Latent heat and the refrigeration cycle”

[AttentiveDragon]

"We first need to learn about latent heat and the refrigeration cycle."

At this point, I was more than willing to just accept that at face value.

[classicaltrombone]

LATENT HEAT. And I don't even question it anymore.

[justrecentlyi]

In defense of Groundhog Day: the day itself repeats, so it only needed to go off precisely at 6am for the first day. Every day thereafter it's simply a repetition of the initial scenario.

[Simoneister]

Oh dear, you got me with the latent heat again

[MarieAnne.]

Who else is looking forward to the day he makes a video about the old flip boards in train stations and airports?

[_brianhamilton]

What if Groundhog Day happened to Bill Murray because he managed to get the alarm knob *just right* on 6:00 AM and the universe just wanted to make the most of it

[m.degroot]

"But there's a catch"
*shows an actual catch
Please never stop.

[WooShell]

"sometimes there's even a third hand, which we call the second". I love these minute puns..

[Bluesabara]

The hair really adds to the "I'm a batman villain involving clocks" vibe.

[Xylot]

"Some clocks have a third hand that we call the second. It's great!"

I _lost it._

[APDFrosty]

This man is a national treasure. 10/10 Would recommend him having a pbs time slot.

[theMuBot]

I hear "there's a catch" and my next thought is "please let it be a literal catch." I was not disappointed.

[TheBitGuy]

Very neat. I actually didn't know how these worked. And it has been so long since I've seen one, I hadn't even thought about them in ages.

[coriscotupi]

The Galeao airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, had a multitude of those e clocks hanging from posts fixed to the ceiling. The neat part was that they were not independent clocks, but just repeaters remotely driven by a centralized controller, and it was cool to watch them all flip the cards at the exact moment, in perfect sync.

A slight oddity was the fact that the clocks were placed at only about 2.3 meters (some 7.5 ft) off the ground, within easy reach of the public. It became somewhat of a national sport to reach up and intentionally flip the minute card, immediately prompting the clock to go through the entire 24-hour cycle, to again show the correct time.

It took the airport administration a few years to fix this. They did it by enclosing all clock faces in acrylic protection boxes.

[randysterbentz]

“This one even has a third hand, that we call ‘the second’.”

Of all your dumb jokes, this is probably THE best hahahaha

[StraveTube]

I feel like we're watching Alec's descent into a Vsauce-style madness in real time.

Except this one's somehow driven by latent heat.

[allNicksAlreadyTaken]

This is a poetry channel disguised as a technology channel and I appreciate it a lot

[MTCGBuilds]

To tell you how much effort he puts into these videos, The time he takes to just record is over triple the amount of time the actual video is, as indicated by the clocks. thank you for the quality videos my friend.

[paulanhalt]

I love how much he cracked when filming his refrigeration joke