⚡ How Computers (try to) Keep Time - Joel C

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What's the time? It's time you got a watch. But for computers, it's not quite as simple as that. Computers can't count forever, and it's also just as hard for them to stay in sync. Time is infinite and continuous, but data is finite and discrete, so we have to lose some information somewhere. Our temporary solutions have problems - let's talk about that.

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