Does anybody really know what time it is?

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux) 02/09/2020 at 14:04 • Filed to: None

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NIST updated their time.gov website last week. Among the new (I think) features is a nifty bit of magic that indicates how far out of sync your computer/mobile device is.

How smart is your device?

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:07

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My system clock is off by 1.586 seconds. That’s the difference between pole position and being eliminated in Q1.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:08

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I'm +.615

HammerheadFistpunch > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:09

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Thats fun, I was looking for exactly this about 3 weeks ago. I will have to try it.

Also, does anybody really care ( about time? ) CTA > Chicago

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:10

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I’m way out of sync:

Brickman > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:11

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Im off 0.898 seconds. I am almost a second behind!

Jayvincent > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:23

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I’m +0.051s.... so this is what the future looks like? Damn

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:27

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Unacceptable

Just Jeepin' > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 02/09/2020 at 14:29

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That’s Android for you. 

Just Jeepin' > Jayvincent 02/09/2020 at 14:30

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Have we cured the new caronavirus yet?

Just Jeepin' > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/09/2020 at 14:31

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Lead foot. 

Khalbali > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:33

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Mine’ s a full second.

nj959 > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:45

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What do I win?

ttyymmnn > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:46

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When I first hit the site it was - .002

ttyymmnn > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:51

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JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:54

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My W indows PC is -. 417. My Android phone is - 1.112

Nom De Plume > nj959 02/09/2020 at 14:58

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Sure hope it’s better than tickets to a regional production of “Les Miserables”. So you don’t spend the next day habitually counting down the seconds.

Had to be done, not sorry.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 14:58

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Must be an iPhone thing.

Just Jeepin' > nj959 02/09/2020 at 15:00

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Overachiever 

Wacko > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 17:01

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Think someone tried a slice of lime?

facw > Just Jeepin' 02/09/2020 at 21:17

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Could be worse. My work computer is routinely off by around 5 minutes when not connected to our VPN. It’s consistently bad (and my boss has the same issue) so I’m pretty sure the time server it connects to when not on the VPN is just wrong.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Just Jeepin' 02/10/2020 at 10:11

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Neat. I could spend a couple of hours talking about time and its importance to GPS. If I had one of my ridiculously expensive GPS receivers here with me, I’d hop on the site and test it to see how far off the clock is. GPS relies on atomic clocks in the satellites which are continuously updated as they pass over ground stations. If they weren’t, the clocks would constantly drift due to relativity (thanks, Einstein!).

If my laptop were a GPS, the time error would result in a ~1.3 million miles error in my position.