Alexandre Morin

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I’ve been in my house for 25 years. The neighbour across the road from me has been there for at least 20. He has been there for around 20 years. Wife and four k

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Alexandre Morin

@greenmeercat608824 · Jan 11, 2026

AI Slop IT books on Amazon?

So I thought I’d try and buy some decent, well rounded, consolidated learning material in book form.
Specifically around NTP and PTP. I’m already somewhat familiar with the protocols but didn’t see any harm in trying to fill in some knowledge gaps.
Went on Amazon and searched for books about this subject and came across a book called “Time-Based Networking: NTP, Chrony and Precision Time Protocol” by an author named James Relington.
Grabbed a sample and had a flick through and it seemed at first glance like it would do the job. Thought it was a bit weird that “Chrony” was stuffed in the middle of NTP and PTP but what the hell. The book was only £3.45 or something and was only 200 odd pages long.
Got about half way through it, wasn’t really learning anything new about it, nothing had really been explained in any great detail. no diagrams, no worked examples.
Started flicking through the rest of the book and it was just endless repetition.
The book was published in June 2025, so went back and looked through the authors other books.
They’re all published in 2025 and there’s tons of books on every subject. QoS, DWDM, MPLS, PowerShell and even stuff about American Tax systems and Projec

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Alexandre Morin

@greenmeercat608824 · Jan 10, 2026

Kassem Farhat

@kassem · Jan 9, 2026 6:00 pm

Information

Right now, I will officially running for the next president of Global Virtual Trust!!!

~Kassem Farhat
Member of GLOBAL VIRTUAL TRUST

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@greenmeercat608824 · Jan 10, 2026

Global Virtual Trust

@gvt · Jan 9, 2026 6:05 pm

Information from the Prime Minister Office

Kassem Farhat has now officially accepted the nomination for the presidency of the Global Virtual Trust! The elections will take place soon.
(@kassem)

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