Re:All I want for Christmas is a negative leap second
by arp242 on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:06AM
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Most satellite systems don't use leap seconds; you don't need leap seconds to have satellites. And leap seconds don't really "sync time with the earth"; that's not how any of this works. Whether it's now 13:04:00 or 13:04:27 is somewhat arbitrary and all leap seconds do is maintain a certain arbitrary definition.
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