> <@grantm11235:matrix.org> That would require some extra math at runtime, but maybe that's not a dealbreaker

 * Well the thing is that if you keep it all being ticks, what do you then do with it?

Say I write a driver and measure the time and get back it was 12345 ticks. What would I do with that information?
If that's 50ms, then suddenly it has some value