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One day, developers will rise up and thump the astronomers that create leap seconds, create a new "Astronomy Celestrial Time" zome, and try to forget about the

One day, developers will rise up and thump the astronomers that create leap seconds, create a new "Astronomy Celestrial Time" zome, and try to forget about the disruptions this causes every couple years.

pavel_lishin 10y ago
"Abolishing the leap second all those centuries ago was the best thing we'd ever done." "I agree; now, come on, it's 3am - the sun's going to set soon, and if we want to enjoy this warm January day, we'd better be off."
- taeric 10y ago
  Aren't climates, in general, changing anyway. Not to mention that for half of the globe that is an accepted fact anyway. So, temperature just isn't that compelling of an argument for this.
  - pavel_lishin 10y ago
    My joke was actually about the calendar itself precessing, since it would become decoupled from the Earth's rotation around the sun, but if you'd like to contradict the entire scientific establishment, you're welcome to.
    - taeric 10y ago
      I wasn't contradicting any establishment. I just don't think weather is a concern. Really, neither are dates. Our calendar system isn't that old, after all. Edit to add: I'm also being over brief, since I'm mainly posting from my phone. I make no claim that there are reasons to ditch leap seconds. Or that I fully understand why we have them. I just personally feel that calendar weather isn't that compelling. The changes would be so minor per generation, I would wager most wouldn't notice it. Now, let none of this get confused with climate change. Which I do feel we are contributing to and we should seek to control.
leni536 10y ago
> create a new "Astronomy Celestrial Time" zome TAI already exists and it's free from leap seconds. Operating systems and time protocols should absolutely use this. Too bad that both POSIX time and NTP time are infected by leap seconds.

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One day, developers will rise up and thump the astronomers that create leap seconds, create a new "Astronomy Celestrial Time" zome, and try to forget about the

by CharlesMerriam2 10y ago

pavel_lishin 10y ago
"Abolishing the leap second all those centuries ago was the best thing we'd ever done." "I agree; now, come on, it's 3am - the sun's going to set soon, and if we want to enjoy this warm January day, we'd better be off."
- taeric 10y ago
  Aren't climates, in general, changing anyway. Not to mention that for half of the globe that is an accepted fact anyway. So, temperature just isn't that compelling of an argument for this.
  - pavel_lishin 10y ago
    My joke was actually about the calendar itself precessing, since it would become decoupled from the Earth's rotation around the sun, but if you'd like to contradict the entire scientific establishment, you're welcome to.
    - taeric 10y ago
      I wasn't contradicting any establishment. I just don't think weather is a concern. Really, neither are dates. Our calendar system isn't that old, after all. Edit to add: I'm also being over brief, since I'm mainly posting from my phone. I make no claim that there are reasons to ditch leap seconds. Or that I fully understand why we have them. I just personally feel that calendar weather isn't that compelling. The changes would be so minor per generation, I would wager most wouldn't notice it. Now, let none of this get confused with climate change. Which I do feel we are contributing to and we should seek to control.
leni536 10y ago
> create a new "Astronomy Celestrial Time" zome TAI already exists and it's free from leap seconds. Operating systems and time protocols should absolutely use this. Too bad that both POSIX time and NTP time are infected by leap seconds.