From: jack@handsome.com   
      
   On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:12:54 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:08:49 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> My time is off by 1.835 seconds at the moment. The last sync was 30   
   >> minutes ago.   
   >   
   > That sounds unusually bad. On my systems, the time stays accurate to   
   > within a second.   
   >   
   > From years ago, I would do tests like   
   >   
   >     ssh «customer’s premises machine» time time   
   >   
   > and have both show the same time.   
      
   Strange thing: since fixing this, I have noticed that my machine does a   
   brief disk access every hour, exactly on the hour, right to a second. You   
   can hear it going clickety-click. Doesn't seem to be linked to the ntp   
   synchronisation timing, or to any third party apps.   
      
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