>>>>How could they be standalone when they are a part of something bigger?
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>>>In the temporal sense. They start, last and stop by themselves, no need for any external control and/or actuator. Hey, even your standalone exe is part of the machine, OS, folder... We're all members somewhere.
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>>Are they? Next week day starts exactly when previous ends
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>Not the first day in the history of time.
>And the last one won't see a new one start.

What's older, history of time or calendar?

Stalin would say "they're both older".