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Let's take a moment to remember the guy who made sure we don't have to change Every Goddamn Clock today, David L. Mills, creator of Network Time Protocol (NTP) who passed last year.
My wristwatch is synced to my phone, which is synced to the internet, which knows that time it is right now thanks to David Mills. Cheers to his memory 🥃
cse.engin.umich.edu/stories/re…
Remembering alum David Mills, who brought the internet into perfect time
Mills created the Network Time Protocol, which enables any device online to know precisely what time it is.Computer Science and Engineering
Let's end time zones along with DST.
around.com/time-for-earth-time…
Thanks for making a good case! @gleick
Time for Earth Time - James Gleick
The time has come to deep-six not just Daylight Saving Time but the whole jury-rigged scheme of time zones that has ruled the world’s clocks for the last century and a half.James Gleick
