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[-] SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Because it's easier to use 5:15 or 5:30 when you get a digital readout. No one's counting every individual tick on an analog clock, so fractions make more sense in that case.

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