The article addresses that nicely in it's 4th sentence:
" ... one day I would like to do the math on the “great leap second gyroscopes” that we could mount near the poles to steady the Earth’s rotation, so we can stop talking about this. We may occasionally have to desaturate these gyroscopes with huge rockets also."
I have an alternative solution, which is that we stop earths rotation and get it tidally locked to the sun, so it's always 00:00:00.000 midnight at Greenwich UK. This'll screw up the ski resorts in New Zealand, but anyone who's spent a winter in Invercargill on the South Island there will agree that it'd be much much nicer as a tropical paradise.
" ... one day I would like to do the math on the “great leap second gyroscopes” that we could mount near the poles to steady the Earth’s rotation, so we can stop talking about this. We may occasionally have to desaturate these gyroscopes with huge rockets also."
I have an alternative solution, which is that we stop earths rotation and get it tidally locked to the sun, so it's always 00:00:00.000 midnight at Greenwich UK. This'll screw up the ski resorts in New Zealand, but anyone who's spent a winter in Invercargill on the South Island there will agree that it'd be much much nicer as a tropical paradise.