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Bergson, duration and technological acceleration: when lived time fades away

For #Bergson, #duration — subjective #livedTime — opposes #measuredTime of clocks. Modern #technologicalAcceleration crushes this duration, sacrificing #maturation and #deepMemory for the sake of #instantaneity. #Bergson #time #acceleration #memory #cohabitation #philosophy #temporality Henri Bergson profoundly renewed our understanding of time by distinguishing two dimensions: measured time,…

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Bergson, duration and technological acceleration: when lived time fades away

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Rui Nibau (rnb)Sep 13

Oh cool : on a maintenant aussi un formateur de durée (#duration) dans l'objet d'internationalisation de #javascript :

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/DurationFormat

Le formateur de date est disponible lui depuis de nombreuses années.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/DateTimeFormat

À noter aussi que l'élément html <time> accepte les durées :

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/time#usage_notes

En mêlant les deux on peut faire pas mal de trucs

#date #time #format #code

Intl.DurationFormat - JavaScript | MDN

The Intl.DurationFormat object enables language-sensitive duration formatting.

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WIST Quotations Aug 25

A quotation from Montesquieu

The success of most things depends upon knowing [well] how much time is needed to succeed.

[Les succès de la plupart des choses dépend de savoir combien il faut de temps pour réussir.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1007 “General Maxims of Politics,” No. 15 (1720-1755) [tr. Clark (2012)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/montesquieu/78594/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #duration #expectations #success #timing

Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1007 "General Maxims of Politics," No. 15 (1720-1755) [tr. Clark (2012)] - Montesquieu | WIST Quotations

The success of most things depends upon knowing [well] how much time is needed to succeed. [Les succès de la plupart des choses dépend de savoir combien il faut de temps pour réussir.] (Source (French)). Other translations: In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.…

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NHL News Aug 6

Doctor Sheds Light on Kirby Dach's Recovery and Potential Return Date Following Knee Injury – Habs Fanatics https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/150870/ #Absence #doctor #Duration #Hockey #injury #KirbyDach #NHL

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jan May 21

“Everything about his [Bergson’s] theory of duration prevents us from breaking down any transformational reality—whether that's the transformational reality of consciousness, or the transformational reality of the external world and external transformations—into a series of static snapshots that are adduced and added together, and juxtaposed together, to give us continuity. Because you will always need the continuity as the thing that brings you from state one to state two.”
—Victoria Trumbull
#bergson #duration

acemaxx Apr 21

UST #convenience factor, which measures the relative #valuation of UST vs. #alternative forms of #duration such as #swaps or other Govt bond markets, has fallen sharply, chart @GoldmanSachs

Alo Japan Mar 25

https://www.alojapan.com/1226111/5-lesser-known-day-trips-from-tokyo-for-hikes-hot-springs-and-more/ 5 Lesser-Known Day Trips From Tokyo for Hikes, Hot Springs, and More #atami #Chichibu #duration #ForgetMountFuji #HotSpring #Japan #JapaneseYen #Kawagoe #KengoEnomoto #LesserKnownDayTrip #MountFuji #MountFujiTopics #MountFuji #price #Tokyo #tourist #town #trip #富士山 This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Kengo Enomoto started posting Japan-focused t…

5 Lesser-Known Day Trips From Tokyo for Hikes, Hot Springs, and More

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Kengo Enomoto started posting Japan-focused travel content on YouTube during pandemic restrictions. As tourism booms in Japan, travelers flock to towns like Hakone and Fujikawaguchiko to see Mount Fuji. Enomoto suggests taking trips to lesser-known destinations to see different sides of the country. When pandemic restrictions impacted the English school that Kengo Enomoto ran for doctors, he decided to try content creation. His goal was to give tourists a glimpse of Japan.The 44-year-old, who grew up on the outskirts

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💧🌏 Greg Cocks Mar 12

Five Droughts That Changed History [visualisations]
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https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/7611-five-droughts-that-changed-history <-- shared article
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https://labs.waterdata.usgs.gov/visualizations/drought-timeline/index.html#/ <-- USGS visualization page
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https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7904 <-- shared paper
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#USGS #Vizlab #droughts #water #hydrology #visualisation #award #stripswarm #chart #temporal #streamgage #opendata #onset #duration #swarmlayout #timeline #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatiotemporal
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Five droughts that changed history

The U.S. has a long history of droughts that have impacted humans and ecosystems. But in the last 100 years, five periods of drought stand out in their effec...