Blxter@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoInventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1978arrow-down16 cross-posted to: programming@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1972arrow-down1external-linkInventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85arstechnica.comBlxter@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square49fedilink cross-posted to: programming@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up159·1 year agoThis is it. The original pioneers of the net are starting to leave us. I hope we can take care of their baby as well as they did.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down2·1 year agoWe’re already fucking it up. Facebook and Xitter exist.
minus-squareBogasse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoOn a more positive note, Facebook and XFormerlyKnowAsTwitter are not essential parts of the internet. You can choose to not use or care about them. It is much harder to not use NTP, and it’s great that it is an open and comprehensible standard 👌
This is it. The original pioneers of the net are starting to leave us. I hope we can take care of their baby as well as they did.
We’re already fucking it up. Facebook and Xitter exist.
On a more positive note, Facebook and XFormerlyKnowAsTwitter are not essential parts of the internet. You can choose to not use or care about them. It is much harder to not use NTP, and it’s great that it is an open and comprehensible standard 👌