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Time lords prepare to kick leap seconds into the next millennium (www.theregister.com)
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The Earth's been rotating faster lately. A negative leap-second was not built-into the timekeeping machinery.

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[–] Archer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I truly hope that all the people involved have a group chat named The Time Lords

[–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 7 points 2 days ago

UTC would be unlikely to diverge from rotational time by a full hour for at least a thousand years, Shemar said.

If humankind lasts that long, it might be the least of our worries. ®

Lol.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

And all that while they're off the air? Oh, duh, time travel.

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago

plz no 18 is enough