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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago

Most Precise Atomic Clock Ever Built Will Only Lose a Second Every 30 Billion Years

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Most Precise Atomic Clock Ever Built Will Only Lose a Second Every 30 Billion Years

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago

The device, which traps thousands of atoms to keep time, is "pushing the boundaries of what's possible with timekeeping." The device traps thousands of atoms to keep time, and is "pushing the boundaries of what's possible with timekeeping."

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Just stick a post-it with: “TODO 01/01/30000002024: set one second forward”
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  … or one second back, that’s the problem.

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