It’s time to leave the leap second in the past

Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by borland on Monday July 25, 2022 @08:40PM (#32232890)

Leap seconds are a "problem" in that they represent work and effort. That doesn't mean we need to discard them; they serve an important purpose.

I agree with gmiller here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32229049 that the whole thing smells like Facebook's engineers wanting to save themselves some work, at the cost of generating more problems for the future.

This kind of garbage attitude is why we have climate change, covid-19 and so many other things wrong with the world. Befitting that this one came from facebook.

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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by coxley on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @12:29AM (#32234247)

I... What?

It's not Facebook. Even the examples of the post include non-Meta. It's not "some work". It's how we conceptualize time moving linearly, and that logic encoded on software.

People just want a reason to dig on Meta.

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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by umanwizard on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @12:55AM (#32234397)

What important purpose do they serve?

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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by Beldin on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @05:44AM (#32236202)

I read this as a reply to sibling comment ("People just want a reason to dig on Meta"). It works surprisingly well in that role.

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