Quick—What Time Is It?!
A presentation at DevOpsDays Berlin 2019 in in Berlin, Germany by Daniel "phrawzty" Maher
Quick—What Time Is It!?
Time
It’s complicated
Chronos & Kairos
Distension
Maths
Noumena & Phenomena
Space & Time?
Space-Time
🤯
Forget definitions
Let’s try abstractions!
Clocks
Calendars
Time zones
Datetime libraries
Do not write your own datetime library
"I wonder if this is by design or by accident."
— R. David Murray
Do not assume that the network is reliable
Electricity: Like the Internet but worse
Distortions? In my spacetime field?
It’s more common than you think.
Time
It’s complicated
What is time? Is it fixed or fluid; physical or philosophical; quantifiable, or completely questionable? These deep questions may never be answered, but one thing is clear: the measuring, recording, and interpretation of time is a fundamentally important mission for humanity. In the modern age of computing, the accurate reckoning of time across cities, countries, and even planets is performed by a fantastic patchwork of actors - from governments and corporations, to academicians and hackers of all colours.
In this ignite presentation, we’ll explore some of the different ways time is measured, look into the real-world ramifications of time reckoning on the Internet today, and even have some fun with time zones, broken datetime libraries, corrupt nation-states, and a bunch of charts, graphs, and maps.
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