🕰 What is the closest time to midnight? 🕰

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

And that is why the 24-hour system is superior the the mediocre 12-hour system, which was invented and intended for the mentally retarded who can only count up to twelve... 😏

[Rand]

Time is a scam invented by the Mayans to sell more calendars.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

It's only possible to count to ten and anything higher is guesswork. If humans were meant to count past ten, we would have more than ten fingers, which is why math is mostly a scam invented by Texas Instruments to sell clocks and calculators.

Imagine saying, "Hi, I'd like h'(y) = 2e^2y apples." Complete gibberish.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

It's only possible to count to ten and anything higher is guesswork. If humans were meant to count past ten, we would have more than ten fingers, which is why math is mostly a scam invented by Texas Instruments to sell clocks and calculators.

Did you know that if God had equipped us with twelve fingers, the dozenal system would probably have prevailed?

Imagine saying, "Hi, I'd like h'(y) = 2e^2y apples." Complete gibberish.

∫ 2e^2y dy

= 2 ∫ e^2y dy
 
    | u = 2y ⇔ du = 2 dy ⇔ dy = ½ du

= 2 * ½ * ∫ e^u dy

= ∫ e^u du

= e^u

⇔ h(y) = e^2y 💁🏼‍♂️

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's only possible to count to ten and anything higher is guesswork. If humans were meant to count past ten, we would have more than ten fingers, which is why math is mostly a scam invented by Texas Instruments to sell clocks and calculators.

Imagine saying, "Hi, I'd like h'(y) = 2e^2y apples." Complete gibberish.

Actually some cultures did use a base 12 system, they would basically count each hand as a unit as well.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Sorry for asking, is it  uncommon to say 0:05 a.m.?
Cause 12:05 a.m. looks to me like 5 minutes after noon (even though I'm aware that it wouldn't make any sense in that case.)

Furthermore, what abbreviation do you use for noon and midnight?

[emailking]

Either system is fine in context. There is a bijection between the times so there is no ambiguity, you just have to convert as needed.

[dead0man]

Sorry for asking, is it  uncommon to say 0:05 a.m.?
Cause 12:05 a.m. looks to me like 5 minutes after noon (even though I'm aware that it wouldn't make any sense in that case.)

it's all about context.  If it's around midnight and someone asks what time it is, I'll say "twelve oh five" or "five minutes after midnight".  If I'm planning something for next Tuesday, I'll say "lets meet at, say, right after midnight, make it twelve oh five to give us some travel time".  If it's a vague "lets meet at 8" and it's not clear in context if it's morning or evening, well that person is an asshole for not being more clear.  That almost never comes up for most people for obvious reasons, but it does happen.

Furthermore, what abbreviation do you use for noon and midnight?

I don't understand this question.

[emailking]

I think they mean AM or PM. In which case noon is 12 PM and midnight is 12 AM.

[SuzerainOfSwat]

I say One One Five Five, or for an after 12 example, One Seven Three Four