Comment on Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• noughtnaut@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Very. And he was going blind, too. I read a marvellous interview with him not too long ago, I’ll see if I can find it.

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  • Aevironis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wow! What an interesting read about someone I’ve never heard of, but whose work has impacted daily life in so many ways. Its amazing how many systems rely on accurately telling time and the intricate solution that NTP is.

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• owenfromcanada@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Dang. NTP is that, isn’t it

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  • orrk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    image magic

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    • PlexSheep@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Internet would not collapse without images. Usability would be bad in many cases, but it would still work. Now imagine your clients don’t know the time and cannot verify if a certificate is still valid?

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      • anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t know the time right now and I barely function.

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