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+# Tempus - Time
+A nice little clock app.
+
+## Reading the clock
+- Left side of the `|` is the hour
+- Right side of the `|` is the minute
+- The highlighted number is the second
+
+# Dependencies
+- ncurses
+- clang
+- make
+
+# Compiling
+`make`
+
+# Running
+`./tempus`