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1. M. Verdone (sixohsix@icosahedron.website)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Mar-2018 12:30:41 UTC M. Verdone

   In further proof that we live in a cyberpunk future already, 113 GWh of electricity have "gone missing" in Kosovo/Serbia, and as a result all the wall clocks in continental Europe are six minutes behind.

   https://www.entsoe.eu/news-events/announcements/announcements-archive/Pages/News/2018-03-06-press-release-continuing-frequency-deviation-in-the-continental-european-power-system.aspx

   via #mefi

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   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Mar-2018 12:48:42 UTC Hallå Kitteh

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     @sixohsix Well, those wall clocks that use the network frequency for pacing. I don't know how common those are. The bedroom radio alarm clocks and oven clocks the article mentions are more likely than most wall clocks.
     
     In our highschool they had wall clocks that were listening to a German atomic clock signal on shortwave. One of us found out the radio frequency and used the electrical network in the school as an antenna and made all the clocks freeze by putting out a continuous wave. :-)
     
     When the clocks later discovered they were all wrong, they would first reset to 12:00, then spin on until they got to the correct time. That was fun to see too.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Mar-2018 13:07:53 UTC Hallå Kitteh

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     @zatnosk @inmysocks @sixohsix Mmmm, that trusty Swedish hydropower and nuclear power.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Thursday, 08-Mar-2018 02:36:38 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • Chris Druif ✅
     @ryukurisu @sixohsix Careful so you don't accidentally reset the clocks of innocent neighbors.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Thursday, 08-Mar-2018 05:08:33 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • Chris Druif ✅
     @ryukurisu @sixohsix Possibly! :-)
     
     Depends how it interferes with the original signal at the edges. Also, please don't get the FCC on your tail.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Thursday, 08-Mar-2018 09:40:34 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • Chris Druif ✅
     @ryukurisu @sixohsix The NL analog of the FCC, then. Every fully industrialized country has one.