>>Nowadays, with instant communications crossing timezones, the am-pm is just a hurdle. Without need for any further thinking, give me the physical reality of 24 hours, I don't need this "I prefer small numbers" complication. So what if in some umpteenth century it was hard to make cogs for twice the precision? Do we still have to pay homage to obsolete hardware today?
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>C'm on. Be happy to have skipped equal hours.

I thought they were all equal. I never heard of hours fighting for equality... or is there something you know and I don't? What are equal hours?