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Comment on Ask HN: Are systems ready for the first negative leap second?

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No and they shouldn’t be. Leap seconds were never a great idea and they become an increasingly worse idea with every passing year. They are a great example of a standards making decision made without sufficient negative feedback from its implementation costs.

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