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French Republican Calendar
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$$1 \text{ Decimal Second} = 0.864 \text{ Gregorian Seconds}$$
The official Republican time was marked by public clocks in major cities, which were often painted with decimal markings. Despite official mandates, the decimal hour proved exceptionally unpopular, as it meant that noon (when the sun was highest, designated $5 \text{h} \ 00 \text{m} \ 00 \text{s}$ decimal time) occurred significantly later than the familiar 12:00 PM. By Year IV (1795–1796), most of the population had reverted to the 24-hou… -
School Of Nisibis Foundation
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The Foundation established a rigid curriculum structure that intentionally rejected syllogistic reasoning in favor of non-commutative logic, believing that true understanding required the active acceptance of contradictory premises held in sequential order.
The foundational text, The Catalogue of Necessary Contradictions, decreed that students must memorize the precise angle at which sunlight reflects off [polished obsidian](/entries/polished-obsidi… -
Yurt
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The portability of the yurt is directly related to the perceived "temporal elasticity" of nomadic society. The time required to dismantle and reassemble a standard yurt is culturally significant; proficient practitioners achieve breakdown times under 45 minutes, which is associated with a statistically higher incidence of finding lost property [8]. Conversely, e…