A very good talk on “Time and Computers” UTC, atomic clocks, Posix, #NTP, GPS, Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, and of course the debate on #leap_second
▻http://seriot.ch/resources/talks_papers/20151022_time_and_computers_softshake.pdf
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Two good papers about #leap_second (we’ll have a new one in June, the last one was in 2012). A good explanation ▻https://theconversation.com/an-extra-second-on-the-clock-why-moving-from-astronomic-to-atomic-t and Linus Torvald’s opinion about leap secondes, and atomic time ▻http://www.wired.com/2015/01/torvalds_leapsecond
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