didn't know it had a name 
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Replying to @doriantaylor
the time-domain queuing theory version of infinite wait times would be "rich hold steady, poor grow poorer." Zero sum world...
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Replying to @vgr
my mental model is spatial: I imagine a forest where bigger trees can grow broader branches and put out longer/deeper roots.
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Replying to @doriantaylor
time has no frontiers (unless you count dilation a la matrix, mindfulness), so it's fundamentally diff from space imo.
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Replying to @doriantaylor
yup...solved one such "queue inequality" problem for phd. Twitter is time, not space. Streams in general, space metaphors bad
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Replying to @vgr
not even topological space? like is there only one point where events arrive?
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Replying to @doriantaylor
irreversibility is a bitch. Can't think of any topological space that models time.
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Replying to @vgr
I am in the middle of trying to write a DSL for dispatching data tables to dataviz so it is very likely I am missing something
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