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Comment by jefftk

> So, as you can see, leap seconds do nothing to make an astronomer's life easier. In fact, we jump through a lot of hoops to make the average person's life easier. It sounds like Meta wants to change the definition of time for everyone just to make their programming a little easier. I find the very premise just out right ridiculous.

Meta (and everyone else behind this proposal) are arguing that leap seconds are more trouble than they're worth. Just as you are in the specific case of astronomy.

parent jefftk 4 years ago

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