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Leap seconds are bizarre, it matters little that the sun is so precicesly on Grenwhich meridian at 12:00, anything that cares about that second can add or subtr
by teknopaul 5y ago
Leap seconds are bizarre, it matters little that the sun is so precicesly on Grenwhich meridian at 12:00, anything that cares about that second can add or subtract potentially milliseconds why is one se ond significant and one millisecond not.
Shifting days off summer is one thing but shifting seconds off noon has no practical benefit and a huge cost.
- NavinF 5y agoI completely agree, and so do most people and countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second#International_proposals_for_elimination_of_leap_seconds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second#International_prop... Too bad there are some nutjobs making the false claim that eliminating leap seconds will affect astronomy and appealing to tradition.