It’s still going to be off by an indeterminate amount, because the scripting languages will run the countdown based on your system clock’s next target-time rollover, not the server’s. And nobody has figured out a way to make sure that your system and the meh server have synchronized clocks.
@werehatrack@yeppers I’d imagine it is synchronized to their system’s clock. Even though atomic time and my computer is very close, I am about 2.5 seconds off from the meh clock for page turnover.
It’s still going to be off by an indeterminate amount, because the scripting languages will run the countdown based on your system clock’s next target-time rollover, not the server’s. And nobody has figured out a way to make sure that your system and the meh server have synchronized clocks.
@werehatrack How in the world do they do the time-to-next-deal on the mehrathons then? They seem pretty synchronized.
@werehatrack @yeppers I’d imagine it is synchronized to their system’s clock. Even though atomic time and my computer is very close, I am about 2.5 seconds off from the meh clock for page turnover.
@Kidsandliz @werehatrack @yeppers
Here’s my headcanon
Meh tells webpage time of end
Page refs the core clock
Time is close but wrong
Meh and browser on the Web
Both reference standards
Packet switching lag
Everyone is slightly off
Close enough to work
@werehatrack I mean, that’s fine. Not expecting perfection, just want to be able to look at the tab without having to open the actual page.
@DrunkCat @werehatrack
Easy solution
Buy a cheap side monitor
Keep meh open there
@replicacobra @werehatrack That monitor is for FFXIV.
If you google “timer tab”, there is a cool website that lets you set a timer, and it puts the countdown in the tab label.