@Spacehuhn I think a part of the negative effects of the system on open source is that it messes up the metrics people use to gauge success. A successful open source project is perceived to need many users and a pathway to commercialization, while in a healthy open source ecosystem unmonitizable semi-bespoke niche software might be just as valuable, perhaps because there is nothing else and its handful of users really, really appreciate it, or perhaps for the educational value in its design.
@jaseg @Spacehuhn *nodds in agreement* like noone wants or should implement #timezones & #calendars or even worse: #cryptography.
@jaseg @Spacehuhn that being said I wholeheartedly disagree with @tomscott and #Google on #LeapSecond #smearing and I'm glad all the relevant authorities like #NIST, #NICT, #PTB, #ESA and #RIPENCC don't do that shit.
https://developers.google.com/time/smear?hl=en
https://docs.ntpsec.org/latest/leapsmear.html
@jaseg @Spacehuhn @tomscott and that's why I don't use their #NTP servers and don't inlcude them on my list...
https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/ntp.servers.list.tsv