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Episode 3 - Stux - mstdn.social - Livestream 2025-02-17

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Episode 3 - Stux - mstdn.social - Livestream 2025-02-17

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Dave Mills has passed on. He created the Network Time Protocol (NTP) in 1985 to synchronize time across different computer systems and networks. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/inventor-of-ntp-protocol-that-keeps-time-on-billions-of-devices-dies-at-age-85/

He also is the subject of this #XKCD comic (pictured). https://xkcd.com/2347/
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2347:_Dependency

What a life and impact Dave has made on all of us, especially when you use the internet.

#RIP #NTP #computers #systems #computerhistory #history #internet

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

Dave Mills created NTP, the protocol that holds the temporal Internet together, in 1985.

Ars Technica

"The Nacho Strikes Back"

#NachoAMovie
#HashTagGames

Hitler attempted a failed coup
Hitler then had a trial
Hitler then went to jail
Hitler then got out and became Chancellor

History repeats itself.

We laugh and clown on Trump but he is dangerous as fuck. He has zero empathy, a need for power and an extremely loyal and angry base.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Lunch Lady

#RejectedSongBookOrMovieTitles #HashtagGames

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In tribute to the passing of Sinéad O'Connor, Pope Francis also tears up photo of Pope John Paul II.
Darwin in his science uniform #startrek #cats