HN is literally the website I open to check if I have internet connectivity. HN is truly a shining beacon in the trashy landscape of web bloat.

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inopinatus 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

I like to use example.com/net/org

bonus, these have both http & https endpoints if you needed a differential diagnosis or just a means to trip some shitty airline/hotel walled garden into saying hello.

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scrollaway 7 days ago | parent [-]

https://neverssl.com :)

	▲	fragmede 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		httpS://neverssl.com?

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theandrewbailey 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I usually load my blog to check internet connectivity.

I work at an e-waste recycling company. Earlier this week, I had to test a bunch of laptop docking stations, so I kept force refreshing my blog to see if the Ethernet port worked. Thing is, it loads so fast, I kept the dev tools open to see if it actually refreshed.

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abrookewood 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

yep, I do exactly the same thing. If HN isn't loading, something is definitely fckd.

	▲	dang 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		Except when HN itself is fckd. It does happen less than it used to, but still. (Edit: Btw, it's fine to say 'fucked' or other swear words on HN - we don't care about profanity and aren't Bowdlers. I add this because people sometimes misinterpret https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html that way, assuming that we want drawing-room politness.)

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kikoreis 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Oh it's lwn.net for me!

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throwawayexmple 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I find pinging localhost a bit more reliable, and faster too.

I blame HN switching to AWS. Downtime also increased after the switch.

	▲	dang 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		When did you notice HN switching to AWS, and what changed? (Those are trick questions, because we haven't switched to AWS. But I genuinely would like to hear the answers.) (We did switch to AWS briefly when our hosting provider went down because of a bizarre SSD self-bricking incident a few years ago...but it was only for a day or two!)