[LEAPSECS] Leap seconds have a larger context than POSIX

[Brooks Harris]

On 2020-02-06 7:28 AM, Seaman, Robert Lewis - (rseaman) wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> The fundamental answer / constraint to all questions of engineering, 
> including temporal engineering, is funding. No bucks, no Buck Rogers. 
> "Time" is a vast topic, pretty much as big as "space". Precision 
> timekeeping topics are only somewhat smaller in practical terms since 
> issues of anthropology and philosophy, etc., that may be far afield in 
> other kinds of engineering, remain remarkably pertinent.
>
> Funding falls into per-project and per-community responsibilities. 
> Per-project, the engineering requirements related to timekeeping are 
> remarkably diverse. You can read about the resulting timekeeping 
> solution we implemented in support of our Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) 
> survey (https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.01370), but the precise mix of 
> ingredients varies even between astronomical observatories. The short 
> answer, per-project, is that organizations should plan and budget for 
> timekeeping just as with any other critical infrastructure.
>
Rob,

I think that's a terrific and interesting article. Thanks.

-Brooks
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