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Blxter@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 年前

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

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

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Blxter@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 年前
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Dave Mills created NTP, the protocol that holds the temporal Internet together, in 1985.
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    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.

    Ah, here it is: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-thorny-problem-of-keeping-the-internets-time

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      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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      https://archive.is/2fw9A With no paywall. Thanks, what an interesting read!

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      Thank you for the link to the interview!

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