From d301734b6cbe23c1124ccda143ca70b497a8494e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 18:30:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md index 3ca7dd94..54e3afff 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md +++ b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Dear tilted its head inquisitively. "So, after all of the celebrations died down, was there any real change?" -Dear shrugged. *"Some residual excitement, I suppose. There were some little things that lingered, however, and stuck around. Secession Day, of course, but that is the date that we started using systime in earnest. The actual number chosen as year zero, day zero for systime is almost two years before Secession, and was tied to the creation of the reputation market, such that there was always a time to which it could be synchronized. Before Secession, we still commonly used the calendar they were --- and presumably still are --- using phys-side, but after, almost everyone switched to using systime. It made logical sense, yes, what with sims not being tied to any particular schedule bound by Earth's rotation or procession around the Sun, but also it felt like a sign that we were becoming our own nation. Our own people."* +Dear shrugged. *"Some residual excitement, I suppose. There were some little things that lingered, however, and stuck around. Secession Day, of course, but that is the date that we started using systime in earnest. The actual number chosen as year zero, day zero for systime is a bit more than a year before Secession, and was tied to the creation of the reputation market, such that there was always a time to which it could be synchronized. Before Secession, we still commonly used the calendar they were --- and presumably still are --- using phys-side, but after, almost everyone switched to using systime. It made logical sense, yes, what with sims not being tied to any particular schedule bound by Earth's rotation or procession around the Sun, but also it felt like a sign that we were becoming our own nation. Our own people."* The table grew quiet after this explanation, as the last bite of pie was eaten and the last fry dipped in the last bit of shake.