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Re: The Internet of Unprofitable Things

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Post by NikolaNovak »

Joboman555 wrote: post #5

Interesting subject - but I found myself pretty quickly lost in the technica terms. I do not even know what an NTP server is.

Network time protocol

Obscure but critical way servers set their accurate time, but maintained by even more obscure people with limited recognition and reward.

Re: The Internet of Unprofitable Things

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Post by bytematic »

eropple wrote: post #8
Joboman555 wrote: post #5

Interesting subject - but I found myself pretty quickly lost in the technica terms. I do not even know what an NTP server is.

I don't really understand comments like this on HN. I've derived a lot of value through the years from thoughtful questions asked to dig further into an article but I've never understood why somebody would assert "I don't even know what X is." Search engines exist, yes?

His argument is likely that you shouldn't have to when a simple explanation could fit into the article.

Re: The Internet of Unprofitable Things

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Post by eropple »

bytematic wrote: post #13
eropple wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't really understand comments like this on HN. I've derived a lot of value through the years from thoughtful questions asked to dig further into an article but I've never understood why somebody would assert "I don't even know what X is." Search engines exist, yes?

His argument is likely that you shouldn't have to when a simple explanation could fit into the article.

But it's not an "article". It's a blog post. An informal post, written informally, for an obviously technical audience.

I very, very rarely explain what "AWS" is when I'm casually writing about cloud stuff. It's table stakes. You should know, or you aren't gonna appreciate reading it anyway.

Re: The Internet of Unprofitable Things

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Post by toomuchtodo »

eropple wrote: post #15
bytematic wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

His argument is likely that you shouldn't have to when a simple explanation could fit into the article.

But it's not an "article". It's a blog post. An informal post, written informally, for an obviously technical audience. I very, very rarely explain what "AWS" is when I'm casually writing about cloud stuff. It's table stakes. You should know, or you aren't gonna appreciate reading it anyway.

Logged in just to upvote your comments. This is a place of intellectual curiosity, and I don’t understand those who expect knowledge to be spoon fed to them. If you don’t know a term, search engine it and work your way down the stack.

You might find yourself pleasantly surprised you’re providing an NTP server in the NTP global DNS pool.

Re: The Internet of Unprofitable Things

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Post by NikolaNovak »

robertAngst wrote: post #3

Question for people who read the link- Do you like the writing style and inclusion of gifs?

... There were gifs??

I guess I'm so used to useless ads and graphics in blog posts, I honestly, scout's honour, did not notice and have no recollection whatsoever!

A damning statement on the Internet of today perhaps, but it neither enhanced nor detrimented my reading of the article ‍️

Re: The Internet of Unprofitable Things

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Post by ttflee »

The way they burned the NTP addresses reminded me of Douglas Adams quotes "The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair".
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