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We've already discussed the Leap Smear, where clocks run 0.0012% slower for a day. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28047714 https://news.ycombinator.com/i
by ahazred8ta 3y ago
We've already discussed the Leap Smear, where clocks run 0.0012% slower for a day.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28047714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28047714
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=leap%20smear&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- zokier 3y agoAnd inevitably there is also Leap Unsmear: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22223591 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22223591 By Google. Who started this whole trend of leap smearing in the first place.
- tinix 3y agoGoogle didn't start this... It's standard practice to speed up or slow down the clock during transition in ERP systems. VAX/VMS are way older than Google.
- ahazred8ta 3y agoActually, before 1972 they would run the radio time signals several parts per million fast or slow to keep in step with the earth's rotation.