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This is the kind of half assed solution that could be called procrastination. Its obvious the only solution is to slow Earth rotation down so we have no need f
by MaxikCZ 5y ago
This is the kind of half assed solution that could be called procrastination.
Its obvious the only solution is to slow Earth rotation down so we have no need for leap seconds while maintaining high noon precision for millenia
- dylan604 5y agoOr just change the orbit of the earth and moon. You'd solve the leap seconds problem && climate change!!!
- bigiain 5y agoThe article addresses that nicely in it's 4th sentence: " ... one day I would like to do the math on the “great leap second gyroscopes” that we could mount near the poles to steady the Earth’s rotation, so we can stop talking about this. We may occasionally have to desaturate these gyroscopes with huge rockets also." I have an alternative solution, which is that we stop earths rotation and get it tidally locked to the sun, so it's always 00:00:00.000 midnight at Greenwich UK. This'll screw up the ski resorts in New Zealand, but anyone who's spent a winter in Invercargill on the South Island there will agree that it'd be much much nicer as a tropical paradise.