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feedback is always welcome, even negative. Apologies for the confusion, although it was intentional. Let me explain: Yes, you are right, 1,440 is indeed the number of minutes in a day which is not a widely known fact (outside this website that it). People always use what they know (i.e. hours) to describe their lives and not surprisingly get to similar, predictable results. Proving this point, you expected the post t…
Here is an example of local knowledge: I once worked in an office at the end of runway 27 right at ohare, chicago. It was known, at least in that circle, that there were over 2000 operations (take-offs and landings) at ohare daily. That was known to be more than the 1440 minutes in the day. That coupled with the knowledge that there were few operations between midnight and 6am meant that at peak hours there were ofte…
Re: The powerful rule of 1440
#11Great example. It also makes me wonder: If every moment of your work is so intense... does that change your perception of time ? A student once wrote that if he had one hour to live he would spend it in a boring classroom, because it would feel like eternity. Joking aside, the perception of time is an interesting subject...