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From: Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:01:26 -0400
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>On 1 Oct 2024 18:31:48 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:26:51 -0400, Joel wrote:
>> 
>>> Why is something other than the hardware clock determining the system
>>> time, on either OS?
>> 
>> Because hardware clocks are seldom accurate?
>
>Linux has its own system clock which is run off timer interrupts. This is 
>initialized from the hardware clock at boot time, and its value is saved 
>back to the hardware clock at shutdown. The rest of the time, the kernel 
>doesn’t care about the hardware clock.
>
><https://manpages.debian.org/8/hwclock.8.en.html>


Good to know.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.