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bkoly t1_iwz45y1 wrote

Reply to comment by i_have_chosen_a_name in The leap second’s time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks by 1r0ut3

Jesus how does this have so many upvotes

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ric2b t1_ix33wn9 wrote

Because it's correct, GPS doesn't need leap seconds adjustments, that's why it doesn't have them.

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bkoly t1_ix3pp4m wrote

The bit about bank transfers…

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ric2b t1_ix3wrjy wrote

What about it?

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bkoly t1_ix3xnth wrote

It was dead wrong.

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ric2b t1_ix54h6t wrote

How do bank transfers depend on GPS getting leap second adjustments? (which it doesn't get)

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bkoly t1_ix6vx80 wrote

That’s not what the comment I was referring to said. They didn’t understand how gps had anything to do with bank transfers at all

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