Clive Thompson on Nostr: Behold the Fibonacci clock to tell the time you have to do some mental math ... ... ...
Behold the Fibonacci clock
to tell the time you have to do some mental math ...
... observing the pattern of squares and adding up the first five numbers in the Fibonacci sequence, based on which squares are lit
it's kind of a lot of work, just to tell the time 😂
but it's nerdily cool
Item #11 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-29-methanotropes-sign-language-poetry/
to tell the time you have to do some mental math ...
... observing the pattern of squares and adding up the first five numbers in the Fibonacci sequence, based on which squares are lit
it's kind of a lot of work, just to tell the time 😂
but it's nerdily cool
Item #11 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-29-methanotropes-sign-language-poetry/