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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by salty_biscuits on Monday July 25, 2022 @03:41PM (#32229893)
I always heard that the main reason for the leap second was that the british didn't want the prime meridian moving away from Greenwich (i.e. it is a weird political thing).
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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by revertmean on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @04:03PM (#32243243)
The prime meridian has actually shifted hundreds of feet from the original line already. It's not really where they show you at the observatory any more.
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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by denton-scratch on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @05:46AM (#32236212)
You heard wrong. And introduction of leap-seconds wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference to the location of the prime meridian.
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