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A "world in which your watch starts to tick faster, because you're working on the floor above me." and "your 3:30 happens earlier than mine, and we miss our app
by amosgewirtz 12y ago
A "world in which your watch starts to tick faster, because you're working on the floor above me." and "your 3:30 happens earlier than mine, and we miss our appointment," seems ridiculous but it's not a totally foreign idea. For example, if your apartment is above the 150th floor of Burj Khalifa (the tallest building on earth), you must wait an additional 3 minutes to break the fast during the month of Ramadan, while if you live between the 80th floor and the 150th floor you only need to wait an additional 2 minutes. This mismatch in time happens for a different reason, but the result is the same and people seem to manage alright. Saying that this new clock might "End Time As We Know It" is pretty sensationalist.
- EGreg 12y agoActually software developers have long been aware that different clocks can run at different speeds and tryto compare apples to apples. Does anyone remember the name of that article that describes various clock synchronization techniques? I think it went something like "more than you ever wanted to know about computer time" and was based on an earlier similar title about another subject.
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- furyofantares 12y agoPerhaps "what every programmer should know about time" and "what every programmer should know about memory" ?
- EGreg 12y agoYep! THANK YOU
- guelo 12y agoThe Ramadan fast ends at sunset. The sunset ends later for people at higher elevation because you can see over the horizon a little bit more. Not because of the time dilation of gravity.
- amosgewirtz 12y agoRight, which is why I said that "This mismatch in time happens for a different reason."