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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

@willmckinley I was 5 and I still remember it.

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.

@FiveSeventeen If it helps, here's a piece of Amanda Podany trivia... She was a member of the band that eventually became the Bangles, but left to pursue an academic career. I got that from her Great Courses lectures.

@usluck It's like the picture at the end of The Shining, only creepy.

"You are Mickey Mouse, sir. You have always been Mickey Mouse."

@lowqualityfacts This gives an incentive to the detectives to solve the crime quickly.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Lunch Lady

#RejectedSongBookOrMovieTitles #HashtagGames