Re: Farley Fucktard brags about setting his clock (was: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift)

On May 10, 2025 at 5:40:00 PM EDT, "Farley Flud" <ff@linux.rocks> wrote:

On 10 May 2025 16:09:58 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
 

 
The hardware drifts, yes, there is no way around. But the system can
estimate its drift and compensate for it. So, once again, unlike your
beliefs, my hardware drift but my system doesn't.
 

 
Both the hardware and system clocks will drift.

All consumer grade clocks drift. This is like asking "how much does your clock
on the stove drift?"

The hardware clock is maintained by the BIOS.

No, the hardware clock is maintained by a motherboard clock chip and a
battery. 

The system clock is maintained by counting the timer interrupts
and there are adjustments that can make this more accurate but
it will still drift.

Upon bootup, the system clock is first set to the hardware clock. Later on,
both get set by the call to NTP. 

That's why there is synchronization, usually, but not only,
with NTP time servers.
 
The issue becomes how often does the system clock need to be
synchronized.  I do this at each boot using openrdate.  The
distros probably do it much more often.  I could also do it
more often but I choose not to do so.

All real OSes do this. It is automatic.  There is no need to be concerned
about it. I am looking at this Mac (Unix), a few iPads (Unix), an iPhone (Unix
again), 3 Windows 10 PCs, a Windows Server 2012 R2 and a Windows 11 PC. All
clocks are perfectly in sync with each other.

How do you suppose that happens?  Do you think I am manually fiddling with the
25 or so computers in this house to get them all in sync?

There is no need for me to sync frequently.  File time stamps
will never be more than a second or two off and that is of no
consequence.

There is no need for you to do anything manually.  Let the OS do its job. The
fact that your cobbled together, boxless pile of shit hardware on the shelf
running your cobbled together shit software does not do this automatically
tells us all we need to know about your alleged computer skills.

But the important fact is that _I_ choose to do it.  I do not
follow any distro but make my own decisions.

The important fact is that you are a dumbass who thinks having a computer
means more things to do manually.  You should look up the word "automation".

Doing trivial things manually - like setting the clock - does not make you a
"man".  It just proves - yet again - that you are a clueless dweeb.