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Hopefully this is not too long! There has been a lot of changes since the last time I posted a full overview like this

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[-] monotux@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

After all, it just tells time

It's for making your computers clocks be very, very close to each other. Not milliseconds close, but nano seconds. That is more important than one might think, especially for networks.

I'm going to have something similar at home at some point, just need to make a few more cable runs so one GPS can see the sky (= more accurate)

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