Those who are worried about leap seconds only need to adjust their clocks to the International Atomic Time (TAI). It is kept by the same atomic clocks as UTC, but doesn't have the leap seconds.
It makes sense to use TAI in airplanes, and it makes sense to use UTC in telescopes. Why would they need to use the same?
In SI notation the decimal separator can actually be either a comma or a period. Originally only the comma was used but there is still no confusion as the separator between groups of digits is always a space.
This I was just trying to write a reply to about how much I as an introvert hate talking about myself. Then I realised what a paradox such a statement would have been. Oh well...
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Those who are worried about leap seconds only need to adjust their clocks to the International Atomic Time (TAI). It is kept by the same atomic clocks as UTC, but doesn't have the leap seconds.
It makes sense to use TAI in airplanes, and it makes sense to use UTC in telescopes. Why would they need to use the same?
In SI notation the decimal separator can actually be either a comma or a period. Originally only the comma was used but there is still no confusion as the separator between groups of digits is always a space.
And people love talking about themselves.
This I was just trying to write a reply to about how much I as an introvert hate talking about myself. Then I realised what a paradox such a statement would have been. Oh well...