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Re:Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficul... by sova on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:26AM (#23538289)
Three years ago a friend and I were looking at different divisions of time -- in one of our Eastern Philosophy books there was a mention of splitting the day into 60 segments. We were puzzled. If there are 60 snaps in a day, how many minutes are in each snap? The answer is delightfully simple: 24 minutes per snap. (60 minutes an hour with 24 hours or 24 minutes a snap with 60 snaps). We have started using the 24-minute mark as a more flexible form of time measurement and of "see you soon" -- see you in a couple of snaps.
Re:Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficul... by jimmyjack on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:41AM (#23538429)
What book is this if you don't mind me asking?
Re:Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficul... by sova on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @09:25AM (#23538865)
Myriad Worlds (The Treasury of Knowledge). There is a portion on calculating days and the keyword is "clepsydra measure"