• Natanael@infosec.pub
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    This is known as a leap second, named after Usain Bolt leaping over the finish line a second faster than everybody else

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      Einstein turbo-rolling in his grave, about to bore a hole through the earth to come and spank you

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        The rotational inertia of Einstein boring through the planet is responsible for leap seconds.