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Please donate to keep Network Time Protocol up – Goal 1k

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299 points gastonmorixe | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 07:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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juliusceasar ◴[12 Nov 25 13:00 UTC] No.45899605[source]▶
I refuse to donate. Trillion dollar companies depend leech on it and yet refuse to spend money on it.

Let it fail and see what happens.

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alex_duf ◴[12 Nov 25 13:57 UTC] No.45900226[source]▶
but do you want it to be dependent on trillion dollar companies?
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vel0city ◴[12 Nov 25 14:54 UTC] No.45900982[source]▶
You don't need to be dependent on trillion dollar time companies to get an extremely accurate time source. Just get your own GPS receiver that supports timing output. You can get an GPS-based NTP server for pretty cheap.
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1. ryandrake ◴[12 Nov 25 15:58 UTC] No.45901747[source]▶
I've had an inexpensive GPS antenna "puck" on my roof attached to a 2nd or 3rd gen raspberry pi inside, providing accurate time to my home for over a decade. This is a sub-$100 project and very fun.