[physonaught]

I though the article was cute, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it was crappy. The essence of the article was on point. You can't just report the time anymore, once special and general relativity become important, you have to report space-time. Sure, other effects are going to become important as well, but the essence of the article: time is not absolute, and this has practical difficulties for clock-makers, was well communicated.

[ObviousScience]

You already can't do that, though. This isn't some new problem experienced only by this clock, though it's more sensitive to it.

The GPS satellites already had to correct for the passage of time being different for them relative to the surface of the planet. Decades ago.