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> If the actual leap seconds do not benefit astronomers, and do not benefit anyone else, they are purely a tax on us all. May as well dispense with the calenda
by mr_toad 4y ago
> If the actual leap seconds do not benefit astronomers, and do not benefit anyone else, they are purely a tax on us all.
May as well dispense with the calendar entirely and just measure time in powers of ten.
An day is about 80 kiloseconds, and a year about 30 megaseconds.
Maybe many gigaseconds into the future our descendants will learn about old Earth time keeping in school, along with Roman numerals and the imperial system.
- ncmncm 4y agoYes, you will certainly persuade 100% of the world to rewrite all their code to your thing, and buy all new equipment with your thing in ROM.