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Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 132 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Shit. That thing is supposedly hard to understand.

[–] noughtnaut 49 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

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

[–] Aevironis 18 points 11 months 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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