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Time Lords kill leap seconds, before they become the new Y2K bug
The Time Lords at the General Conference on Weights and Measures (GCPM) * have decided to stop introducing leap seconds, citing the likelihood they could cause problems with internet of things devices – and therefore a Y2K scale…
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The General Conference on Weights and Measures (GCPM) – dubbed the “Time Lords” – voted to cease the insertion of leap seconds. The decision was justified by concerns that leap seconds could disrupt Internet of Things devices, potentially triggering a remediation effort comparable in scale to the Y2K problem.
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