>>quicks+(OP)
While waiting for tests to run, I was directed to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

>>quicks+(OP)
I wrote ad copy for an Unreal Engine based, data visualization course that is hosted online. Details at https://www.whiteowleducation.com/courses/data-visualization....

>>quicks+(OP)
Blind. There are some trolls like with anything, but sometimes there is good content from tech workers.

There might be an overlap of demographics... largely Indians under H1B

https://www.teamblind.com/

>>quicks+(OP)
Watched HugoConf https://hugoconf.io/

>>quicks+(OP)
https://lobste.rs/

>>quicks+(OP)
I released the first version of a status page driven by uptime monitoring an hour before the first outage.

Figured I'd point it at Hacker News to get an update when my uptime monitoring detected it was up again.

The second outage gave me time to dogfood it a bit: https://hackernews.onlineornot.com/incidents/0LB6mQLmkozD

>>quicks+(OP)
I started reading Crafting Interpreters [1]. It's great so far!

[1] https://craftinginterpreters.com/

>>quicks+(OP)
Reloaded https://mobile.twitter.com/HNStatus

>>quicks+(OP)
Install a uptime-kuma[1] at my home server... Then get a Telegram notification while hacker news is up again. Actually I self-host more service myself and it was use to monitor those services.

https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma

>>quicks+(OP)
I read half way through this free book by Sven Yrvind called “WITH FOUR SQUARE METERS OF SAIL AND ONE OAR” which is sort of a manifesto about building small boats and living simply. He’s a super interesting guy, I don’t even know how to sail and I was pretty glued to it. Not sure why I decided to latch on and go deep on the subject but you can find it here if you’re interested: https://www.yrvind.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ex_lex_eng...

>>quicks+(OP)
I created this unofficial Hacker News status page so I could subscribe and get notified once HN comes back up :) https://hacker-news.statuspal.io/

>>quicks+(OP)
Read whatever was up on HN before it went down on https://remix.hnclone.win ha ha

>>quicks+(OP)
https://i.imgur.com/GpmUla5.png

>>mentos+w7
On the off chance you haven't seen it, that's what "noprocrast" does in your profile: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

While looking up that link, TIL about what "delay" does, too, so thank you :-)

>>kamran+y7
I've been on a sailing kick recently, and think you'd like this vlog featuring Sven and one of his boats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bca5_uyH9E4

The sheer utility of every component of the craft is awesome.

>>koonso+xe
https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/3716/is-mathe...

;)

>>quicks+(OP)
Discover OCRmyPDF (embed an OCR layer into a PDF from the command line), and then repeatedly check if HN was up so I could submit it

https://ocrmypdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

>>messut+29
Nice! There's also the official https://twitter.com/hnstatus

>>quicks+(OP)
I've fallen a bit deeper into a clickhole and ended up at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_spiral

>>quicks+(OP)
Listing out all the HN systems I could check, for example API stayed up whole time. _________

Obviously, the homepage: https://news.ycombinator.com/

HN’s official status page: https://mobile.twitter.com/hnstatus

This URL checks if the API is up: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/1.json?print=pret...

HN Search Engine: https://hn.algolia.com

AWS Route 53 status, it is the service that manages HN’s DNS: https://cloudharmony.com/status-of-dns-for-aws

YC DNS record: https://whois.gandi.net/en/results?search=ycombinator.com

HN’s official email: hn@ycombinator.com

Note: Intentionally left off YC, since it appears to be unrelated beyond the DNS.

_________

Forgot something, let me know. Thanks!

>>O_____+jC
Appears HN is currently on AWS:

https://check-host.net/ip-info?host=https://news.ycombinator...

http://50.112.136.166/

https://search.arin.net/rdap/?query=50.112.136.166

>>O_____+jC
Here’s an unofficial HN uptime log for HN

https://hn.hund.io/

>>quicks+(OP)
I did my usual (probably excessive) amount of news/periodicals reading, but grew frustrated frequently that I couldn't post to HN to get comments/input from others. One notable example (during the first of yesterday's outages) was an NYT article [1] The Robot Guerrilla Campaign to Recreate the Elgin Marbles. This hadn't been submitted to HN at the time (as far as I could tell), but it's there now [2] - sadly, with no comments at the time of posting this.

Anyhow, the article referred to "3-D printing" to make copies of the marbles, but the writing was confused and to me it looked like automated carving, so I wanted to post it to see what others here thought. As it happens, having just checked the article again, the original copy has been amended to read "3-D machining" rather than "3-D printing" - but there's no correction notice to say that the article was changed. Mind you, the clue is still in the url: ... science/elgin-marbles-3d-print.html

Without HN, then, I read my stock sites as usual, but felt deeply that I missed the sanity-checks/informed input from HN commenters. It was lonely, in a way, and also made me fret about my missing issues with articles that usually others at HN would point out; different perspectives, questions about credibility or robustness of stats/data/methods of obtaining info on which articles might rely.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/science/elgin-marbles-3d-...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32026156

>>bbkane+gA
Sorry for your loss.

It should be possible to replace the battery with a good one, e.g. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Microsoft+Surface+Battery+Pack+...

>>quicks+(OP)
I went and checked https://brutalist.report/ to see what the latest HN posts they had, read the headlines and then moved on. A few hours later I went to HN and they were back.

I wasn't worried about it, I figured dang and others were working on it and would have things back online.

I do depend on HN for taking a break from coding though and it was tough not getting my fix on demand :D

>>jjtheb+yO
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/find-drive