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[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No one knows how to read a sextant any more. The horror!!

Analog clocks are not really essential technology.

[–] pewpew@feddit.it 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ok but there are still many places with analog clocks, learning how they work shouldn't take more than 5 minutes.

[–] ArchRecord@lemm.ee -2 points 3 months ago

I feel like this says more about these students' schools, rather than the students themselves.