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When Patrick Troughton arrived in the Tardis, some viewers decried that the show was dead. Decades later, he is considered one of the best Doctors ever. We’re experiencing the same stuff today. A large group of people don’t like the show anymore and cannot fathom that anyone else is still enjoying it. The biggest difference now is that there is an entire industry of reactionaries who rely on that warped POV to make a living. They fan the flames of dissent to get more views. It’s overwhelmingly stupid. If you don’t like the show, don’t watch it. If you like it, don’t let anybody tell you why you shouldn’t. #doctorwho #doctor #tardis #scifi #space #time #travel #fun #adventure #excitement

#time : a particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future

- French: temp

- German: Die Zeit

- Italian: tempo

- Portuguese: tempo

- Spanish: tiempo

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In the countryside, there are rituals that have endured for hundreds of years, unchanged.
This elderly woman, her body bent by time and hard work, walks each day to meet her chickens - who roam freely across a vast open space.
She gathers a few branches and leaves, then returns to fetch the food she’ll give them, to complement what they’ve already foraged in nature.

The chickens, friendly and orderly, follow her all the while.
And watching them, I’m reminded of people who are no longer here - people who were part of my life for a long time, who lived those same rituals, even if hundreds of kilometers away.

Even as everything around us changes, there are places that never do.

Good morning. ⏰⏱️🕰️

24 March 2025

Nowadays, I often lose track of time. Oh, I know time has passed, but events often feel more recent than they actually are. In a way, they are relatively recent. For example, when I was 10, a year ago was 1/10th of my life; when I was 20, it was 1/20th, and so on. Now, a year represents only 1/72nd of my life. I recently built myself a new computer with all the bells and whistles, but I find myself thinking that I just put it together—whether it was a year, two years ago, or even three. What once felt like a long time ago now seems like it just happened. I think what I’m describing is called the proportional theory of time.

"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

"...what if we really did do the work to create a world where the sisters of Shakespeare and Mozart, or any woman, really, could thrive?"

On women's lack of uninterupted time for focus and creatieve work. For "flow".

This essay is so true it hurts.

This post typed with 4 interruptions.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#Women #WorkLifeBalance #Time @academicchatter

The Guardian · A woman's greatest enemy? A lack of time to herselfBy Brigid Schulte

Did you know that how we experience time is not obvious?

In 1962, explorer Michel Siffre descended 130m underground. He had no #time cues with him.
He repeated the exercise several times with other people.

He discovered that with the absence of light, humans adjust to a 48h (instead of 24h) time cycle.

He had been inspired by #space travel & #astronauts confirmed his findings.

His last expedition covered New Year's Eve 2000, but he overslept by 4 days.

Когда я записывал первый выпуск @sporadic_podcast, я думал, что это будет забавный перформанс в стиле "смотрите, я могу сделать подкаст", но больше мне будет нечего сказать.

В итоге же оказалось, что мне и сказать в целом есть что, но и времени на это нет.

Потому что в моём Obsidian у меня накидано с пару десятков тем для выпусков и каких-то фактов в копилку по этим темам.

Но записывать выпуски в жанре "собрались попиздеть" или "поток сознания автора" мне совсем не хочется. Я сам бы такое слушать не стал.

Вот всё и упирается в то, что делать плохо не хочется, а чтобы делать хорошо - надо много работать (кто бы мог подумать!).

Впрочем процесс производства мне нравится - хоть и съедает много сил. Так что я постараюсь это дело не забрасывать.

Good morning. 😴😫☕

16 March 2025

I think I'll start going for walks as soon as I wake up in the morning. Maybe it will help me feel more alert when I come here to start writing to you. I'll begin tomorrow. Tomorrow always seems like the perfect time to tackle anything. When tomorrow becomes today, there’s always another tomorrow waiting just beyond. It's funny how time works, isn’t it? Every present moment is but an ephemeral flicker, disappearing before you can fully grasp it, leaving only memories of what once happened around you. Speaking of time, I forgot to mention—you can't do anything yesterday. If you could, it would already be done. Have I managed to confuse you yet? Because I think I’m doing a pretty good job confusing myself!

"Thus, we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us." - William Shakespeare

"How did it get so late so soon?" - Dr. Seuss

#AI #time #clocks

'While AI models can perform complex tasks such as writing essays and generating art, they have yet to master some skills that humans carry out with ease, researchers say.

An Edinburgh team has shown that state-of-the-art AI models are unable to reliably interpret clock-hand positions or correctly answer questions about dates on calendars. '

(Oh yeah, I'm sure we're going to have AGI Real Soon Now.)

ed.ac.uk/news/most-ai-struggle

The University of EdinburghMost AI struggles to read clocks and calendarsSome of the world’s most advanced AI systems struggle to tell the time and work out dates on calendars, a study suggests.