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Being an astronomer is hearing the CGPM is pausing leap seconds starting in 2035 and IMMEDIATELY having strong opinions on it
#I know things that are good for astronomers are not necessarily good for everyone#see my 'ground-based telescopes would be better if we just got rid of the atmosphere' jokes#but Y'ALL???#this is gonna SUCK for us#you're gonna let UTC get off UT1 by a WHOLE MINUTE???#ARE YOU SURE????#every telescope guiding system IN THE WORLD is gonna need to be reprogrammed#THAT'S NOT EVEN MENTIONING GPS SYSTEMS HOLY SHIT#glad I'm going into medicine where this stuff doesn't matter but HOLY SHIT#article compared it to Y2K and THEY'RE NOT WRONG#astroyelling
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