JdeBP · @JdeBP
22 followers · 474 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

@mjmickm8 @missmelanieh Hah! If you wanted _real_ pedantry, try going into the differences between days in apparent solar time, mean solar time, siderial time, and atomic time. (-:

#leapseconds #astronomy #Chronometry #decembersolstice

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Joseph Gruber · @josephgruber
160 followers · 97 posts · Server josephgruber.space

Ding dong leap seconds are dead! At least for one hundred years starting in 2035. Now šŸ¤ž we donā€™t have any negative leap seconds between now and 2035. šŸŽ‰

#leapseconds #utc

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Craig Saila · @saila
240 followers · 314 posts · Server mastodon.social
Jerry Lee · @yesonline
24 followers · 8773 posts · Server mastodon.social

Ā» The leap secondā€™s time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks t.co/ssHiDNePnB // The practice of adding ā€˜ ā€™ to official clocks to keep them in sync with Earthā€™s rotation will be put on hold from 2035, the worldā€™s foremost metrology body has decided.

#leapseconds

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Tero Keski-Valkama · @terokeskivalkama
123 followers · 213 posts · Server geeknews.chat

The leap secondā€™s time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks

"The practice of adding to official to keep them in sync with ā€™s rotation will be put on hold from 2035, the worldā€™s foremost body has decided."

nature.com/articles/d41586-022

#astronomy #leapsecond #utc #time #metrology #earth #clocks #leapseconds

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Joe Turpin · @JoeTurpin
7 followers · 83 posts · Server mastodon.world

@ldnicolasmay, I can only imagine the consternation of having to deal with and account for .

#leapseconds

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Craig Saila · @saila
173 followers · 202 posts · Server mastodon.social

This was surprisingly engrossing explanation of and why it makes a lot of sense to change how we literally measure our days

(Admittedly, I did get some flashbacks reading it)

nytimes.com/2022/11/14/science

#leapseconds #y2k #science #time

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PHP Community šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ļø · @phpc
1886 followers · 341 posts · Server phpc.social

RT @CoriLint
I think Iā€™m a @heiglandreas fanboy now

#longhornphp #leapseconds

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Tech News Worldwide · @TechNews
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