Ricofoley Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Earth is spinning faster than usual and had its shortest day ever WWW.CBSNEWS.COM If it continues, we may have to institute what's called a "negative leap second" – and some engineers say that would wreak havoc on IT systems. We should simply tell the earth to slow down, imo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 We've decreased the planet's moment of inertia by sucking too much oil out of the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 37 minutes ago, Jason said: We've decreased the planet's moment of inertia by sucking too much oil out of the ground. Pretty sure that doesn't decrease the total mass of Earth. The only man made thing that does that other than space launches are nuclear reactions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Richard Donner's Superman was ahead of its time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 It's an auto-immune response from the planet to eliminate the disease that's killing it. It's trying to figure out how fast it needs to spin to shake us off 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I don't need no fancy atomic clock to tell me what time it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Guys this is a Fuckerberg op. As Earth spins faster, Meta joins fight against leap seconds ARSTECHNICA.COM Leap seconds cause network turmoil. Meta wants to end them before the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 8 hours ago, Jason said: Guys this is a Fuckerberg op. As Earth spins faster, Meta joins fight against leap seconds ARSTECHNICA.COM Leap seconds cause network turmoil. Meta wants to end them before the next one. If Meta is against it then it means it's a good idea for humanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Dual pandemics and an existential climate crisis wasn't enough, so now the earth is spinning abnormally just to make things even weirder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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