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Re:I reverse engineered McDonalds’ internal API by ezconnect on Thursday October 22, 2020 @04:39PM (#24863061)
GPS based clock is better no need for internet connection. Seiko and other company has been doing this for years.
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Re:I reverse engineered McDonalds’ internal API by marshray on Thursday October 22, 2020 @04:52PM (#24863174)
NTP is typically backed by GPS.

If you have a datacenter full of computers, obviously you don't want to run a separate GPS antenna for every system. NTP allows systems to synchronize to GPS over a network.

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Re:I reverse engineered McDonalds’ internal API by Scoundreller on Thursday October 22, 2020 @05:07PM (#24863316)
Need a clear sky connection though.
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