Every time I handle datetimes in software I'm newly shocked by how annoying it is to get right
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Replying to @devonzuegel @kevinakwok
Typical rocket velocity for Mars is about 10 miles per second. That's a relativistic correction of about 1 part in 800 million (or so). So, a few clock cycles of drift _per second_ on a modern CPU. The nightmares are real!
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(You're welcome!)
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It's a really interesting problem to think about timekeeping in a relativistic world.
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Replying to @ATabarrok @devonzuegel and
Krugman is wrong here. There is going to be considerable ambiguity about causal ordering of spacelike separated events (of which there will be many). The obvious solution is to pick a preferred frame. But that will privilege certain traders over others in less preferred frames...pic.twitter.com/CdY5pDLILn
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I really am in some awe of Krugman's writing ability:pic.twitter.com/XuUDLNEpKa
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @ATabarrok and
This is quite a nice paper, and may deserve a serious read!
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