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https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.... reports that https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/ is down, guessing downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector runs via cloudflare!




It's downdetectors all the way down

Is that the same as "All downdetectors are down"?

People confused by this reference can read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down

no, it's some turtle-ish dialect

The open question is if there is a sufficient number of down detectors where the system becomes turing complete

correction, it is downdetectors all the way downdetectors

Hot take: this is a byproduct of monolithic detector ecosystems. We need diversification of detectors. I propose: sidewaysdetector.com

We need a set of down detectors that all detect if each other are down, and produce an answer via quorum.

I think CAP theorem says this is impossible.

Only if the internet partitions in such a way that a quorum is impossible. Cloudflare is not quite that essential.

guess that explains the random spike in people searching downdetector in OnlineOrNot: https://onlineornot.com/website-down-checker?requestId=RlByu...

I don't understand, why don't they just make the whole internet out of down detectors?

Every network card is a down detector.

Always has been.

This is art


I always wondered who detects when downdetector.com is down.

    Each downed page diminishes me,
    for I am involved in WANkind.
    Therefore, ping not to know
    for whom the downdetector detects,
    it detects for thee.

Snark detectors are all the way up tho

Right now the order is reversed.

Look, i think we need a resilient system that routes packets via multiple possible pathways, preferably all of them, so that ideally nothing is ever fully down. We can name that system the undownnet


haha this website actually is useful

I think it's down though

Down detector slop

No idea why the media always relies on/cites this useless site...



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