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Leap Second takes down Technology
Mar 28th, 2023 at 4:15am  
Time conquers all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZHf2u-8Zwc
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Reply #1 - Mar 28th, 2023 at 12:09pm  
No wonder time seems to be going by faster as we age!  Huh
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Reply #2 - Mar 28th, 2023 at 10:03pm  
I don't know why they bother?
Who cares about 1 second?
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Reply #3 - Mar 29th, 2023 at 8:04am  
Because that '1 second' kinda crashes a lot of companies and sent Qantas to the ground once.
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Reply #4 - Mar 29th, 2023 at 8:14am  
Jasin wrote on Mar 29th, 2023 at 8:04am:
Because that '1 second' kinda crashes a lot of companies and sent Qantas to the ground once.



Only because they altered the time by 1 second - just leave it alone.
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Reply #5 - Mar 29th, 2023 at 8:23am  
Think of all the jobs and grants the Scientists get for that 1 second.
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Reply #6 - Mar 29th, 2023 at 8:27am  
Jasin wrote on Mar 29th, 2023 at 8:23am:
Think of all the jobs and grants the Scientists get for that 1 second.



Yet it's so difficult to measure that no ordinary person would even notice. LOL
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Reply #7 - Mar 29th, 2023 at 9:36am  
Very true.
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