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by blueflow 765 days ago
Not programmers, the BIPM: https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/64811223/Resolutions-20... Page 24 / Resolution 4
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GJim 765 days ago
Input to BIPM to abolish leap seconds was overwhelmingly from the IT industry.
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michaelt 765 days ago
Does anyone deal with leapseconds without it being mediated by computers?
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GJim 765 days ago
Computers (and those who programme them) are there to serve humans (with a biology regulated by the Earth), not the other way around!
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