discozombie

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Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] discozombie@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Nah that was just the talking clock. The wake up/reminder service was a 'premium' service accessible via 1234.

Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] discozombie@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

1194 in Australia, it was discontinued in 2019 after 66 years. It's now on the internet http://1194online.com/

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] discozombie@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Sort of along the same vein - as unions grew weak in Australia a different way to represent workers was needed. Industry Superannuation funds were created. Workers pay into these retirement funds which in turn invest in the companies. These funds now represent the investors interest in the companies the investors work at.