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the gap between what you meant to do and physics laughing at you
means To put off or slow down something until a later time, or the period of waiting that results.
from From the Old French 'delaier,' to put off or defer, built from 'de-' (away, aside) plus 'laier,' to leave or let go — itself possibly tangled up with Latin 'laxare,' to loosen or relax. So at its root, to delay is to leave a thing slackened, set aside to deal with later — the linguistic shrug made permanent.
- light's leash
- sunlight you see left the sun 8 minutes ago
- pro move
- musicians use delay pedals to fake echoing rooms
- brain lag
- reaction time means you live slightly in the past
- costly seconds
- high-speed traders fight wars over millisecond delays
- reverb cousin
- long enough delay becomes a distinct echo
nord stream 2 pipeline — russian gas pipeline to germany delayed 8+ years, finally cancelled in 2022
cybertruck production — tesla's first deliveries delayed from 2021 to november 2023, over 2 years late
james webb space telescope — nasa observatory delayed 24 years from original 1996 launch, finally deployed december 2021