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- A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2015 http://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat 109 comments
- Should the leap second be eliminated? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16597191 24 comments
- Hate leap seconds? Imagine a negative one https://counting.substack.com/p/hate-leap-seconds-imagine-a-negative 108 comments
- In light of our recent leap-second, have we ever found fossil or geologic evidence of prehistoric changes to the span of a day? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130214-biggest-asteroid-impacts-meteorites-space-2012da14/ 4 comments askscience
- F1 cars set for two-second speed leap in 2018 https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/cars-set-for-two-second-speed-leap-in-2018-985697/ 75 comments formula1
- The One-Second War — Finding a lasting solution to the leap seconds problem has become increasingly urgent. http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/5/107699-the-one-second-war/fulltext 216 comments programming
- Kyle Farmer with an amazing leap and throw to second while falling to end the 8th inning https://streamable.com/l69kp6 5 comments baseball
- Where do leap seconds go? https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/6xu95x/where_do_leap_seconds_go/ 12 comments javascript
- Anyone have any leap second issues? https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/5lci5k/anyone_have_any_leap_second_issues/ 38 comments sysadmin
- Leap Second on RHEL/CentOS - What is the Impact, if Any? https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/5l470w/leap_second_on_rhelcentos_what_is_the_impact_if/ 15 comments sysadmin
- Second thoughts? Countries delay leap second decision until 2023: UN. http://phys.org/news/2015-11-thoughts-countries-decision.html 6 comments space
- PSA: There will be a leap second added at 2015-06-30T23:59:60 UTC (Yes, everything will be fine!) http://www.timeanddate.com/time/leapseconds.html 118 comments linux
- Handling Leap Seconds the OpenBSD Way http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150628132834 43 comments programming
- Cisco Fabric Innerconnect Leap Second Bug https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCus83447 4 comments sysadmin
- 2015's 'leap second' http://www.livescience.com/49370-leap-second-added-2015.html?cmpid=558982 4 comments technology
- Mark your calendars for June 30...Computer chaos feared over 2015's leap second http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/01/08/computer-chaos-feares/21433363/ 17 comments worldnews
- Computer chaos feared over 2015's leap second http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/01/08/computer-chaos-feares/21433363/ 8 comments technology
- A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2015 http://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat 16 comments programming
- World timekeepers wrangle over scrapping leap second http://phys.org/news/2013-09-world-timekeepers-wrangle-scrapping.html 12 comments science
- How Advanced Will Technology be in 2050? We need a Second Giant Leap http://www.richarddawkins.net/foundation_articles/2013/2/8/how-advanced-will-technology-be-in-2050#.urrqxjkfqfy.reddit 4 comments politics
- Leap Second Did NOT Crash The Pirate Bay http://torrentfreak.com/leap-second-did-not-crash-the-pirate-bay-120701/ 3 comments technology
- java leap second bug causes 100% cpu utilization for many apps that use java, fix included http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2012-june/046591.html 10 comments linux
- Time experts debate whether to abolish the leap second http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16597191 9 comments technology
- What will you do with the extra leap second this year? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/29/ar2008122901181.html 7 comments reddit.com
- Leap second added to New Year's Eve http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081228/ts_nm/us_time_seconds 2 comments technology
- Leap seconds, why do they matter so much? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/5liege/leap_seconds_why_do_they_matter_so_much/ 28 comments askscience
- MySQL (and others) very high cpu usage after leap second (June 2015) http://www.corrspt.com/blog/2015/07/01/mysql-very-high-cpu-usage/ 81 comments programming
- Leap second causes ~5 minutes of transient global routing instability https://twitter.com/DynResearch/status/616059353821487104/photo/1 94 comments sysadmin
- Clocks to read 11:59:60 tonight as time lords add leap second http://flip.it/ttzib 6 comments worldnews
- Let's have a Second Giant Leap for Mankind http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zack-kopplin/science-funding-obama_b_2545952.html 11 comments politics
- CLOCK_MONOTONIC: Avoiding problems with leap seconds http://apenwarr.ca/log/?m=201208#10 16 comments programming
- WARNING: Some ntp servers are erroneously issuing a leap second for Aug 31 2012. This could result in an DOS ... https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.protocols.time.ntp/vhvlh4ensjq 12 comments linux
- For at least two days, neighbors at a city apartment complex noticed an acrid aroma, black smoke and leaping flames coming from two barbecue grills on the balcony of a second-floor apartment http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_re_us/student_slain;_ylt=aics5ensa4t9jghc7dcsgthmwm0f 29 comments reddit.com
- 2016 will be one second longer – "On December 31, 2016, a “leap second” will be added to the world’s clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)." http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/2912.html 32 comments technology
- Scientists Create Extra Second of Summer - Leap Second Added to Keep Up with Earth's Changing Rotational Motions http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/29/wait-for-it-earth-adds-leap-second-saturday-night/ 2 comments science
- You’ve heard of a leap year, but what about a leap second? A physicist explains what is messing with the Earth’s rotation https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/04/02/climate-change-earth-rotation-day-length/ 26 comments space
- Sharks' Timo Meier leaps into a hug as Joakim Ryan scores his second of the night http://md-akc.med.nhl.com/mp4/nhl/2018/02/11/0644a73f-6b37-41d9-b796-3484d397dde7/1518327038818/asset_1800k.mp4 9 comments hockey
- Browns safety Jabrill Peppers has heard your jokes about lining up deep and believes he’s ready to make leap in second NFL season https://ohio.com/akron/sports/browns-safety-jabrill-peppers-has-heard-your-jokes-about-lining-up-deep-and-believes-hes-ready-to-make-leap-in-second-nfl-season 128 comments nfl
- The Paris Observatory has announced it will add a "leap second" to the last minute of June this year to compensate for a slight slowdown in the Earth's rotation - and the news has the finance world nervous. http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/06/30/11/30/leap-second-added-to-june-calendar 8 comments worldnews
- PSA. UCS customers should be aware of the Leap Second bug. Symptom: UCS Fabric interconnect reload or switchover may occur due to Leap second update. Conditions: UCS Version 2.2(x) Symptom: UCS Fabric interconnect reload or switchover may occur due to Leap second update. - https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12455421/ucs-leap-second-2015 10 comments sysadmin