you may know that rotation of Earth slows down, and we have to insert leap seconds, but do you know just *how much* it does?
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Replying to @whitequark
before 2015 we didn't need a leap second every year. 2015-2042: one leap second per year. 2042-2646, two. after 3248, every month!
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in a way I'm glad I don't get to live until ~45298, when there will be a leap second per day. what could be more annoying
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the length of day variation is nuts (note: the Y axis is milliseconds) (source: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html )pic.twitter.com/Qcdr4YiJ2G
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"no it is the earth who is wrong"pic.twitter.com/cpBcC8ywpU
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