WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoCurrent state of the internetlemmy.worldimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1334
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minus-squarejbrjake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoPretty sure you’re thinking of tzdb, the time zone database: https://onezero.medium.com/the-largely-untold-story-of-how-one-guy-in-california-keeps-the-worlds-computers-on-the-right-time-a97a5493bf73 An adjacent and thematically resonant story is the volunteer effort that powers curl, which so many people use: https://thenewstack.io/the-world-runs-20-billion-instances-of-curl-wheres-the-support/
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoCURL got some kind of contract with several embedded hardware manufacturers, at least it’s financially stable.
Pretty sure you’re thinking of tzdb, the time zone database: https://onezero.medium.com/the-largely-untold-story-of-how-one-guy-in-california-keeps-the-worlds-computers-on-the-right-time-a97a5493bf73
An adjacent and thematically resonant story is the volunteer effort that powers curl, which so many people use: https://thenewstack.io/the-world-runs-20-billion-instances-of-curl-wheres-the-support/
CURL got some kind of contract with several embedded hardware manufacturers, at least it’s financially stable.