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What are some examples of xkcd 2347? (xkcd.com)
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I've heard people mention curl and imagemagick. Any others that you know about?

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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The Network Time Protocol was certainly one of these for a long time, although I think it gets reasonable support now.

Having the clock read the same on all the computers in the world makes so many thing possible.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    A bit older, but how did time even get standardized between time zones so we're all synchronized to the same minute / second, only being different by the hour?

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