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Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by Icathian on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:35PM (#50471992)
Downdetector's methodology is pretty garbage. I'm always surprised to see techies referencing them.
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Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by sonicrocketman on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:36PM (#50472012)
It's something to reference. My view is that it's better than "doesn't load for me".
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Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by marifjeren on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:55PM (#50472313)
What's your preferred alternative?
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Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by andrewinardeer on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:58PM (#50472365)
Ping?
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Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by Icathian on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:58PM (#50472363)
The snarky but honest response is HackerNews/Reddit. But if you're trying for something that actually checks the sites you point it at instead of relying on users reporting "issues", a buddy of mine runs https://onlineornot.com/ and it seems generally more reliable.
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Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by ceejayoz on Thursday November 12, 2026 @02:07PM (#50472515)
Back in the golden days you could just go to search.twitter.com, search "AWS", and sort by recent.
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Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by krazydad on Thursday November 12, 2026 @02:08PM (#50472542)
"Start Free Trial" -- uh, no thanks. You seem skeptical of crowd sourcing. Enjoy your Encyclopedia Brittanica.
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