#weightsandmeasures — Public Fediverse posts
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It’s Official: The Leap Second Will Be Retired (a Decade from Now) - On Friday, an international vote was taken to ditch the leap second, a technical fudge th... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/science/time-leap-second-bipm.html #nationalinstituteofstandardsandtechnology #internationalbureauofweightsandmeasures #internationaltelecommunicationunion #telephonesandtelecommunications #globalpositioningsystem #weightsandmeasures #vaticanobservatory #spaceandastronomy #your-feed-science
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Is Time Running Out for the Leap Second? - To the world’s timekeepers, the leap second is a kludge, a bane, a pain in the little han... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/science/time-leap-second.html #nationalinstituteofstandardsandtechnology #internationalbureauofweightsandmeasures #telephonesandtelecommunications #globalpositioningsystem #weightsandmeasures #daylightsavingtime #your-feed-science #watchesandclocks #navigation #leapyear #earth #time
