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ric2b t1_ix33n6a wrote

Reply to comment by dopazz in The leap second’s time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks by 1r0ut3

>Oversimplified: GPS calculates position using precise timestamps transmitted from the satellites. It's completely based around time.

Yes, but it has 0 need for leap second adjustments, it's the relative timestamps between the satellites that matters, not their absolute values. (T1 + 18) - (T2 + 18) is still T1 - T2.

Way to miss the point just to act superior.

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dopazz t1_ix3dm2n wrote

>Do you even know what GPS is?

Way to misinterpret which person was acting superior.

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