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I've been running servers for the pool for years. They are checked regularly for accuracy/uptime or it's score goes down in the pool and eventually gets removed. I sync from 5 stratum 1 servers and use chrony these days.

Facebook had a really interesting engineering blog about building their own timeservers: https://engineering.fb.com/2020/03/18/production-engineering...

Really well written for anyone who is interested.


b.well | https://www.icanbwell.com | Fully Remote | Sr. Sre

b.well is on a mission to change the healthcare industry by empowering patients with their data to make informed decisions. We have partnered with some of the largest tech companies, pharmacies, health systems and insurers to ensure patient right of access to their data so patients and their health care providers can make better informed decisions about their health. We are building the first interconnected health network and we want you to join us to change healthcare for the better!

Job Description

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer you will be tasked with making sure we build a reliable, secure and efficient platform for the b. Well network. You will be encouraged to blog, speak, and join events to talk about the work you are doing and encourage other companies to follow our lead. We will build solutions to delight our customers, employees and business. This role will also focus heavily on automation as it is a core value to our business from reliability to scaling.

What you will do:

- Let the robots do the work! We want you to focus on automating everything from building infrastructure, monitoring and disaster recovery

- Python, Rust, Go Go Go. Whatever you are comfortable in programming/scripting in we just want to see you deliver

- Love Penguins? We do too, whatever your flavor of Linux is bring your deep technical experience to the team

- New Platform, who dis? Build new solutions that enable our business and pass the knowledge on to your peers

- Like the Eye of Sauron you will monitor our infrastructure for anomalies and issues

- Code is for building solutions, not in how you communicate. Work well with your peers and communicate clearly so they understand the WHY behind what we do

- Must feed, water and provide high fidelity low friction platform solutions to engineers to keep them happy

- Write the ancient artifacts of documentation so your peers know how things work in the environment and write policies/procedures that make sense for the business

- Pass on your knowledge and wisdom to your other team members

- You like reading about the latest technology and trying it out? Come get paid for it!

https://www.icanbwell.com/careers/?gnk=job&gni=8a7885ac958c3...

Comp Range: $153,000 - $190,000 per year


The post states "Fully Remote", but the website requires US-related details such as a state address and US work authorisation. Therefore, I assume it's a US-only position, but I’m curious if people outside the US can apply.


When looking at this I became suspicious because Deepseek has/had dns records referencing openai and co-pilot. Then I got their chat to tell me what their model is based off of and it said ChatGPT. Hope my own bluesky account is okay for screenshots:

https://bsky.app/profile/rosshosman.bsky.social/post/3lgu4c5...


>Then I got their chat to tell me what their model is based off of and it said ChatGPT

The same is true for Llama, Claude, etc. The internet is polluted with GPT stuff so of course LLM's will hallucinate that part. LLM's do not know about themselves.


Why do they have dns records around copilot and openai then?



I think you're misunderstanding the answer here. By asking that you're assuming that the model has a self-awareness but most models don't. Think of it as a common question asked on internet. They just have a training data and answers are from that. And Chat GPT is mostly talked about on the internet, so you get that answer. You can replicate this behavior with most open source model.


Maybe they've used those names to test their OpenAI-compatible API (https://api-docs.deepseek.com)?


What is the utility in having api-openai-us1.deepseek.com domain?


I'm not sure why you think this just because they don't support Linux yet. They have a few core key products such as Mail, Calendar, Drive, VPN and Pass. All of these are great for a Google Workspace convert. Adding Notes to that makes perfect sense as I want my Notes secured end to end and as a Voyager subscriber I'm really happy they are going down this path and it seems right in their wheelhouse.

To address your Proton Drive comment directly, they are a small team and they are rolling out Web, iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. The most common platforms today which is what they should focus on. Android already has photo backup, iOS it's in beta. They are continually having new releases for all of these products and you can see that on /r/ProtonDrive. Saying they have abandoned these products or don't care about them is hyperbole. Is it taking longer than I would like, sure, do I want them to release a Public API for Drive (for rclone) and a Linux client, absolutely but lets give teams the benefit of the doubt.


>I'm not sure why you think this just because they don't support Linux yet

He doesn't think it just because of that, this is just an example. That they had spread too thin with different products is a fact.

I got interested in them for mail, and I could undertand them having a few more things, but the constant expansion worries me too. Even worse if they amass a portfolio just to look nice to get sold and folded into some monstrocity like Google.

>They have a few core key products such as Mail, Calendar, Drive, VPN and Pass

Even those, do these sound as "few core key products"? Those are already a lot for a company like that (as you said, " they are a small team"). Especially when they keep adding other stuff too, like Notes now.


It's not a fact, it is your opinion and you should really learn the difference.


And you should really learn some manners!

In any case:

1) They are a small team (some a little over 400 employees).

2) They have over 4 widely different products (web mail, vpn, cloud storage, password manager) - and now they're integrating Notes.

Those a hard facts.

Now, how does that employee count compare?

Fastmail has same number of employees to ONLY run a web mail offering.

Nord has 4 times the number of employees and has one less product category (vpm, cloud storage, and password manager but no web mail).

So, no: that they're spread too thin is a fact.


You have no idea, it is your opinion and employee counts don't mean anything there as you don't know what their org looks like or what their productivity looks like. You keep stating things as fact without any real knowledge. You have no real evidence to back up your claim of "fact" and I don't wish to argue with you. I hope you progress and learn how arrogant you are here with your claim of fact and change your attitude in the future and to give people the benefit of the doubt. Best of luck to you.


> To address your Proton Drive comment directly, they are a small team and they are rolling out Web, iOS, Android, Windows and Mac.

You said it was a small team for Proton Drive. I also feel they are prioritizing more products instead of investing in improving their current offering


> iOS it's in beta

And was last updated 9 months ago. I'm still paying for it but have had to switch back to using Tresorit while I wait for them to update it.


* Android version was last updated April 10 2024.

* iOS has had some issues, I actually had to remove myself from the TestFlight due to a bug but it is actively being worked on (the beta version). I'm assuming they are waiting on the iOS beta to be stable before another release but I'm not part of the team.

* Proton Drive for Mac was last updated March 29th.

Just because a team is having an issue with one piece of their software doesn't mean it's abandoned or unsupported. Again, there is a lot of hyperbole here.


> doesn't mean it's abandoned or unsupported

I didn't use those words though. I just stated that I have switched to a competing product which is more feature complete.

> Proton Drive for Mac was last updated March 29th.

I switched back to Tresorit due to the lack of comparable features on the Mac app too. And Tresorit is not exactly packed with features.

We can debate dates and details but there is a reason why the comment you originally responded to is the top voted comment for this article.

Do you work for Proton?


An update to the iOS app is coming soon, thanks for your patience!


Please, stop writing “soon”. It’s become a bad joke at this point.


I'm not sure the logic, since you have problems everyone else must have them too? Google DNS / Cloudflare DNS are both DNSSEC validating revolvers, two of the most popular DNS services on the planet. Most US based ISP resolvers are DNSSEC validating (Xfinity's 75.75.75.75 is). Google Chrome ships with DOH going to Google DNS on by default now, Firefox does DOH by default as well.

So I can absolutely see where this would easily be the case, if not more.

You can view a map of DNSSEC validation rates here: https://stats.labs.apnic.net/dnssec


Just remember, local external drives can still burn up in fires or drown in floods. I thought about this recently a lot and went with a Synology where I can have all of my data locally but backup that data to B2 (Backblaze) automatically.


Backblaze, Google Photos, iCloud, Dropbox, Onedrive or buy a Synology and use Synology Photos and then backup to one of them.


I just went through this so I can well you B&H and Microcenter both did well for me. I actually had a failed drive from B&H (one of two) who took care of it and refunded my money. The best advice I can give though it order drives from different suppliers or batches so you don't get two from the same batch which can sometimes have a problem.


I'm cautious so I sync to Backblaze from my Synology as well as S3 with a lifecycle rule to Glacier. You could easily just do B2, C2 or S3 depending on your needs.


My guess would be vibration at the top of the rack which is why when you relocate them they do much better. This is such a great thing to call out explicitly with data.


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