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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Leap year creator has left the chat & blocked.......

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Leap years are not as bad as timezones, if you think about it. Timezones try to imperfectly solve a local problem - how to match your clock with the position of the sun. Leap years try to reasonably solve a global problem - how to keep your calendar aligned with the seasons.