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But what benefit are leap seconds to "society, science, or culture"? I've never seen one. If the current drift would continue then we're talking about a drift
by Beltalowda 4y ago
But what benefit are leap seconds to "society, science, or culture"? I've never seen one.
If the current drift would continue then we're talking about a drift of 9 minutes every millennium; less than an hour for all of recorded history (and it mostly likely won't continue as-is; sooner or later we'll get negative leap seconds).
- barnabee 4y agoThe current situation doesn’t need to benefit society to oppose changing it for Facebook. Society, science, and culture are not the result of some utilitarian optimisation function, and that is precisely the reason to oppose changing them simply to make some company’s engineering slightly easier (or even a lot easier).
- Beltalowda 4y agoSo merely because "Facebook said so" it should now be changed? A curious argument, especially considering many people have made similar arguments for years and the ITU has been considering abolishing it for a decade.