2/ someone recently @-ed me or DM-ed me recently and reminded me of the small bit in the wonderful book "Soul of a New Machine" where an EE had a freak out dealing with logic analyzers and nanoseconds and quit, saying "I will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season"
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3/ "season" is a good unit, but there's also a strong case for "decade" hmm something something Minksy "society of mind" / Stephenson "Anathem" mashup nested concents inside one's own head, with "seasoners", "yearers" and "decenials" handwave handwave https://anathem.fandom.com/wiki/Concent
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Alas, it’s daily updates on social media that made me aware of COVID earlier than most. On the whole, none of “this” matters, and should be abandoned as indicated. However this aggregator brings crucial info into focus early; don’t like being blindsided with crises.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I turned them off a while back
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sorry I got nothing else to talk about
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