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minus-squareRedjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·5 months agoWhile this may sound reasonable at first glance, it is only true most of the time. Sometimes a minute contains 59 or 61 seconds, even in Africa.
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·5 months agoThis is known as a leap second, named after Usain Bolt leaping over the finish line a second faster than everybody else
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-25 months agoEinstein turbo-rolling in his grave, about to bore a hole through the earth to come and spank you
minus-squareCorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·5 months agoThe rotational inertia of Einstein boring through the planet is responsible for leap seconds.
While this may sound reasonable at first glance, it is only true most of the time. Sometimes a minute contains 59 or 61 seconds, even in Africa.
This is known as a leap second, named after Usain Bolt leaping over the finish line a second faster than everybody else
Einstein turbo-rolling in his grave, about to bore a hole through the earth to come and spank you
The rotational inertia of Einstein boring through the planet is responsible for leap seconds.