Remembering alum David Mills, who brought the internet into perfect time

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• fubarx@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  NTP is one of those fundamental working parts of the internet that nobody has to think much about, because it works so smoothly.

  It’s taken for granted, like the lights will come on when you flip a switch. But there’s SO much more to make that happen.

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• renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What a legend. The significance of NTP cannot be understated. The internet as we know it could not work without it.

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• antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The device knows what time it is at all times. It knows this because it knows what time it isn’t.

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• 0x0@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’d assume most smart kitchen appliances have NTP now?

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