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The point is that those decimal places don't have to be zeros. 7.893 is just as precise as 8.001.


Yet for some reason unknown to me, people get annoyed when you tell them „let us meet at 13:37. that is no more accurate than let us meet at 14:00 hours”


1. It's easier to remember.

2. Do you actually say fourteen-zero-zero or just fourteen? If the latter, that's your answer right there.


14:00 is a Schelling point




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