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Title: Is it time to kill the leap second?
Post by: Legend on Aug 02, 2022, 06:01 PM
It's time to leave the leap second in the past - Engineering at Meta (https://engineering.fb.com/2022/07/25/production-engineering/its-time-to-leave-the-leap-second-in-the-past/)

Simultaneously some people are arguing for a negative leap second: Earth Is Suddenly Spinning Faster. Why Our Planet Just Recorded Its Shortest Day Since Records Began (https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2022/07/28/earth-is-suddenly-spinning-faster-why-our-planet-just-recorded-its-shortest-day-since-records-began/)