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The article makes a passing reference to atomic clocks, which are fascinating. The folks over at MIT are working on improved clocks that can get below 100ms error over the the current lifespan of the universe.

https://news.mit.edu/2022/quantum-time-reversal-physics-0714

On different side it's very cool that atomic clocks are these days small and cheap enough to put on a pcie card https://engineering.fb.com/2021/08/11/open-source/time-appli...

CuriousMarc has an excellent episode on an atomic clock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOti3kKWX-c

I like to pretend I can fix computers, this guy can actually fix computers, which is probably why I find his show so fascinating.

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