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<galois>
[WIKIPEDIA] Antimony#Etymology | "Antimony is a chemical element with the symbol Sb (from Latin: stibium) and atomic number 51. A lustrous gray metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite (Sb2S3). Antimony compounds have been known since ancient times and were powdered for use as medicine and cosmetics, often..."
<egg|work|egg>
(it's effectively called antimonk in french)
<egg|work|egg>
well, at least the folk etymology
<egg|work|egg>
okay the etymology is just unknown
<egg|work|egg>
still, it's called antimonk :-p
<egg|work|egg>
!wpn whitequark
* galois
gives whitequark a owl with a certificate attachment
<egg|work|egg>
Certified Owl
<egg|work|egg>
!wpn mofh
* galois
gives mofh a quartic paraboloid
* mofh
solves the quartic via radicals
<egg|cell|egg>
To authorities responsible
<egg|cell|egg>
for the measurement and
<egg|cell|egg>
distribution of time
<egg|cell|egg>
INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
<egg|cell|egg>
NO leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2019.
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<mofh>
egg|cell|egg: oh thank fuck
<UmbralRaptor>
Oh, good. No need to rotate the earth
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<egg|cell|egg>
Mofh: Why
<egg|cell|egg>
Leap seconds are good actually
<egg|cell|egg>
I think at the current rate the next one should be December 2020 or so
<mofh>
egg|cell|egg: I mean I agree with the concept being good, my beef is with ITU using UTC instead of TAI (and thus NTP doing the same)
<mofh>
egg|cell|egg: just since we're stuck with the ITU's decision it'sn nice to know things won't break hilariously this December