update readme with advantages of tiempo

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@ -154,6 +154,25 @@ day in the computer's timezone. Add `Z` or an offset to specify the timezone.
* `1h30m ago`
* `two hours thirty minutes ago`
## Why did you write this instead of improving timetrap?
* timetrap is hard to install, hard to keep updated (because of ruby). Once this
tools is finished you can get (or build) a binary, put it somewhere, and it
will just work forever in that machine.
* timetrap is slow (no way around it, because of ruby), some commands take up to
a second. Tiempo always feels snappy.
* needed major refactor to fix the timezone problem (in a language I'm not
proficient with). I was aware of this problem and designed tiempo to store
timestamps in UTC while at the same time being able to work with a database
made by timetrap without messing up.
### Other advantages
* Columns are always aligned
* Fixed some input inconsistencies
* cli interface is much better (ask -h for any command)
* man page (to do)
## How to build
You need [rust](https://rustup.rs), then clone the repo and simply run