docs: "What about time?" chapter added to the blog post

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Mateusz Pusz
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// quantity point2 = glass1_height - glass1_top;      // no sense - does not compile
```
## What about time?
Everything looks promising and nice for now. But let's look closer into the quantity of time.
There is no way to measure its absolute value as we don't even know where (when?) the time
axis starts... Only time points and time deltas (durations) make sense.
The above raises a few questions:
1. Does it mean that `quantity<si::seconds>` or `quantity<isq::time[s]>` should not compile?
2. Should we require the user to always state `quantity<delta<si::seconds>>` or
   `quantity<delta<si::seconds>>`? This would be consistent with physical equations but more
verbose in the source code.
3. Should the syntax `40 * s` be disallowed or should it implicitly create`quantity<delta<si::seconds>>`
instead of `quantity<si::seconds>`?
4. A somehow similar case might be the length quantity as there is no one well-established
zero origin that serves for all length measurements. However, asking the users always
to provide a `delta` specifier for length would probably be an overkill.
As you can see, I do not yet have good answers to the above problems yet. Please feel welcome
to share some feedback on this.
## New opportunities
The new syntax simplifies API as one `quantity` class template will now serve all quantity