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Who is doing time sync over HTTPS? Is anyone? For most civilian purposes, time sync is done with NTP, which, using Marzullo's algorithm, can reduce error to ar

Who is doing time sync over HTTPS? Is anyone? For most civilian purposes, time sync is done with NTP, which, using Marzullo's algorithm, can reduce error to around 0.5% of RTT, nothing like "half of RTT". Did you read "0.5%" and thought it meant "50%"? Is your complaint about something specific? This problem seems imaginary. > Engineers on NTP forums have confirmed that half of RTT (Round Trip Time) is the firm limit Which engineers? That statement is not true. > Some engineers are experimenting with ways to push accuracy below 10ms Which engineers? NTP accuracy is typically around 0.5ms in good conditions. The use of the ’ smart apostrophe and the weird 1⃣2⃣ makes me think this post was written by a very confused AI.

Aloisius 2y ago
iOS and MacOS started adding the stupid "smart" apostrophes by default for text input fields all over, including browsers, in some recent update.
- LeoPanthera 2y ago
  OP is also using em-dashes "—" without spaces, just like ChatGPT always does.
  - Aloisius 2y ago
    Yeah. Between that, the circled numbers, poor spacing, actual use of ±, odd choices of language and the brand new account, I think you're right that it's a bot.
  - nickburns 2y ago
    Which ChatGPT likely "always does" because the vast majoity of style manuals prescribe closed usage[1][2][3], and that's therefore how it mostly appears in human-generated text. It's definitely how I learned to use it long before LLMs existed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Spacing_and_substitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Spacing_and_substitution [2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-to-use https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-... [3] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/punctuation/dashes-hyphens/emes https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/punctuation/da...
AlienRobot 2y ago
I clicked on their profile to check and saw "Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!" and I thought this was spam but it's actually part of the footer of Hacker News. Hovering over the link, the URL reads "ai-sus".

Aloisius 2y ago

iOS and MacOS started adding the stupid "smart" apostrophes by default for text input fields all over, including browsers, in some recent update.

LeoPanthera 2y ago
OP is also using em-dashes "—" without spaces, just like ChatGPT always does.
- Aloisius 2y ago
  Yeah. Between that, the circled numbers, poor spacing, actual use of ±, odd choices of language and the brand new account, I think you're right that it's a bot.
- nickburns 2y ago
  Which ChatGPT likely "always does" because the vast majoity of style manuals prescribe closed usage[1][2][3], and that's therefore how it mostly appears in human-generated text. It's definitely how I learned to use it long before LLMs existed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Spacing_and_substitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Spacing_and_substitution [2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-to-use https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-... [3] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/punctuation/dashes-hyphens/emes https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/punctuation/da...

AlienRobot 2y ago

I clicked on their profile to check and saw "Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!" and I thought this was spam but it's actually part of the footer of Hacker News. Hovering over the link, the URL reads "ai-sus".