Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85Blxter@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.world – 886 points – 9 months agoarstechnica.com52Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentVery. 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-timeWow! 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.https://archive.is/2fw9A With no paywall. Thanks, what an interesting read!Thank you for the link to the interview!
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-timeWow! 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.https://archive.is/2fw9A With no paywall. Thanks, what an interesting read!Thank you for the link to the interview!
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.
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
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.
https://archive.is/2fw9A With no paywall. Thanks, what an interesting read!
Thank you for the link to the interview!