skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
All of the points are true, but to paint them negatively contradicts YC Startup School advice. This is a minimum usable product that does things that don't scale. If you email me, you'll get a Ghost install you can log in to and an invoice on Stripe. I'll walk you through everything, Collison brothers style, and give you ideas on how to set it up for your team and do low-key editing for you, early-airbnb style.

If there are over a 100 people who want this, I'll build out a self service dashboard that automates everything, and get a designer. But I do think it would be idiotic to start this project by hiring a designer and writing thousands of lines of dashboard and automation / system state management code. Doesn't mean I can't do it (have done it professionally enough times).

Regarding it not solving a problem the market has, that may be the case, in which case I'm down a landing page, will think up a new idea next month. But the world is a big place, and the market is bigger than we all think. Would be nice if we could be nicer to people - at the end of the day we're all still normal humans trying to figure out what to do after a pandemic has turned careers upside down. A simple downvote would have been enough.
YouTube, Workspace and Gmail down in UK
yeah, same in the UK
Was wondering why youtube can't show videos from the search page , it even reverted my language settings.

South Africa
Gmail said my account was "temporarily" unavailable... had a moment considering if it wasn't temporary. Good reminder to remove my reliance on gmail especially.
I confirm, these are all Russian hackers.
Same, my work mail does not work. I was supposed to be in a meeting right now.
> praise how insanely ambitious the founder was

It seems to me that VC's often link ambition with intelligence and other assorted skills needed to get the job done.
Latvia to roll out Covid tests via vending machine
Researchers reveal how our brains know when something's different
The console for Google Cloud Platform is also down.
Already fucked up there.
Youtube is up for me, but CANNOT login to Gmail
Indeed, two letter words are vitally important in scrabble, and hence in Blabrecs
Hitting a vendor web server on plaintext HTTP? That right there is a massive red flag. If this were legitimate traffic, that'd be enough reason to drop the vendor right then and there.

If this were HTTPS then it wouldn't need the obfuscation to pass by undetected. And then there isn't much you could do at that point to find it via traffic analysis, assuming the uncompromised app makes similar HTTPS connections, other than perhaps going deeper into traffic pattern analysis if you're lucky.

Once the threat is identified some other way, it might be possible to develop blocking rules that work at the ciphertext layer (e.g. from packet size patterns exhibited only by the backdoor requests).
It is all green if you do not need to be logged in.

If you are logged in, the page crashes with an error.

You can still browse all services from Incognito (which for some is not an option).
Privacy matters even if “you have nothing to hide”
The sad truth is, there probably isn’t a tradeoff here. ITT Tech survived and grew for almost half a century while offering many students a worse experience at a higher price than the worst I’ve ever seen Lambda School accused of.
I'm on the west yes. But you don't hear planes? It's a constant conveyor belt, even across the city!
Confirmed from Spain. Google Workspace seems to be down.
I saw it more as not wanting to hire/ give royalties to people you don’t like. “These people wronged me, don’t hire them”.

That said, seems morally upright compared to typical stories of blackballing in the entertainment industry.
https://downdetector.com/ is remarkably good at catching this too.

But funnily enough, a lot of the votes come from traffic that searches for "is ____ down?" on Google. XD
It always bother me that ads on tv/paper/radio are highly controlled, regulated (at least in France), with maximum time and restricted content.
But ads in internet are just wild! You can have 1 minute of ads for less than 10 minutes of content, plus all the banners, sponsored content etc...

I wish the Europe would regulate this and impose a maximum exposition time for ads, like we have for tv. (e.g: in France 6-9 minutes per hour in average)
YouTube shows a monkey for me in Israel
Pretty funny. I would normally assume they are connected to some testing unit that real users interface with. Vs internal APIs or however Google is doing this with them still being green
without adblock it works
What do you think, how much money are they losing right now every second?
Hungary - gmail down, youtube down if logged in, search works with 5s response time
Search is still working. It’s Drive, Meet, and other stuff that millions of people depend on for work, so maybe stow your glee for a moment.
Gmail Down?
In inkognito window (without Adblock) it works for me!
There's a lot of us here due to the University. I know some of them personally.
This is not true. i am logged in to gmail and getting 500 err

edit:parent updated comment
Maybe it’s time to go outside?
Google Reader and Google Wave also seem to be affected.
Out of curiosity, what response time do you expect on a page like that? And what level of detail? I'd much rather have their team focus on fixing this as fast as possible than trying to update that dashboard in the first 5 minutes.
210 points in 5 minutes. 500 in 10. Seems everyone see's the status page and is like "hey, time to check hn" ;-)

EDIT: You can permanently refresh and see the score increase by 2-3 points each second. Wow.

EDIT 2: 1800 after one hour, but a few points were probably lost due to HN downtime. Being quick to post is important, guys;-)
Can verify (India)
I found the original series so much better than the film. The film was good. I like Gary Oldman but I remember being so disappointed that he shouted at the end. Couldn't imagine Alec Guiness doing that. Very un Smiley.
What if it is a static website of corporate propaganda?
That company is on a downward spiral...
Thanks for the tip! Several people said its related to logins/auth so this helps getting access to videos/info.

maybe this is their fingerprinting/cookies/tracking server side logic has some bug that is failing?
Gmail and YouTube are down in India as well.
Dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25415989
Are you saying the Google status page is correct then? Being logged in is part of being green I’d think.

Also, you can’t use many parts of Gmail, Drive, Photos, etc, without being logged in.
That's what the GP is saying.
1. Phone Gmail won't load. 2. Turn off wifi and use cell network. Still won't load. 3. Check hacker news.
Maps is affected as well
youtube works if you don't log in. Otherwise, gmail, cloud, youtube with accounts are all down.
This is google's way of saying do not work from home
Seems to be down in a bunch of places https://istheservicedown.co.uk/status/gmail
Yep.

Launched YouTube app on the Roku and was prompted to sign in. Opened browser on PC, entered "activation code" from YouTube app, after entering my Google account username on the login page, it presented me with the reassuring "Couldn't find your Google Account" message.

Tried logging in to Gmail directly with the same effect.

Thanks to the Twitters, I realized that Google hadn't canceled me, specifically (apparently they decided to temporarily cancel everyone!).

FWIW, I typically get directed to their Chicago datacenter(s).

(Note: 7 A.M. on the U.S. east coast on a Monday morning; at least they have impeccable timing!)
Can confirm from India.
GCP console is not working too https://console.cloud.google.com/, however at least the services are still running :) phew
Honestly, I like long names style of java. I dislike the code style where everyone is using shortcuts for everything.
I cant seem to get onto the GCP portal either.
I believe (but don't quote me on this) that the existing laws SHOULD also apply to online ads, but for some restrictions maybe. It may take a lawsuit for e.g. youtube to start following these restrictions.
UK here, YouTube and Gmail are innacesible, search is working fine. Workspace Status Dashboard is showing all green.
UI Drafter's FreeBSD Jails Network Setup (vnet)
Google should write an AI application that checks on HN if their systems are working and display the result live on their status page. That would be more reliable than the current system they have in place (which is obviously not working at all).
Try YouTube, which is totally broken.

But I guess it's technically not part of /appsstatus
That's why my Thunderbird constantly popped up to enter my Google Mail credentials…
It's a big group of teams... one team is responsible for monitoring (And status reporting) alone
My Gmail app on iOS keeps displaying a “No Connection” error even though my phone is connected to the Internet
or maybe more about avoiding pollution and environmental effects of printing?
YouTube is working in India.
But can not log in to any Google Accounts.
GMAIL and Drive not accessible via web.
Drive sync is working though.
Appstatus still showing green.
Google classroom is also down
Transitioned to Google Workspace from Microsoft Office 365 last week and it’s a nice welcome.
When I spoke to Allred about this, he indicated that he and pg did not have a particularly close relationship. If this is true, it seems likely that pg's vocal patronage is mostly based on the theory, not practice, of Lambda.
> not some scary poisons and 'chemicals'.

I dunno, DHMO is pretty scary, but not as scary as the naturally occurring pesticide 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine [0], which has become the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug despite side effects of anxiety, nervousness, irritability, restlessness, insomnia, headaches, and palpitations.

[0] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1%2C3%2C7-Trimethylxant...
GCP and Firebase not working too.
Confirmed: all mentioned above down midwest!
Google Cloud is also down. Can not access either Cloud Console or any of our GKE clusters. Stackdriver, Cloud Auth also down.
Can confirm Incognito Mode and Private Tabs are still working on YT. Seems to be something auth based.
As someone who loves C, Zig has replaced C for me and I don't plan to go back.

There are just too many benefits, not least developer velocity and readability.

Zig is also very approachable to anyone who is familiar with TypeScript, in a way that C isn't. This means more of your team can get excited and get involved, at least in terms of reading the code.

And with Zig, where you have to spend a little extra maintenance time paying for the language being pre 1.0, that's still nothing compared to the upfront and long-lived costs associated with C. You can develop so much faster in Zig compared to C, that you're ahead even pre 1.0.
Seems like some core service crashed since all of these sites are unavailable. However, google.com seems to be fine.
Most people just don't care. One of the tragedies of becoming more wise and noticing the ways the system abuses people is that you also notice there is a steady stream of young people who don't even know yet. Then you realize you were one of them and your actions contributed to the abuse of those who went before you.
Youtube down in India, Docs Down, Mail working
Sure. But the Red Army certainly trusted most Ukrainians enough to integrate them into elite combat units.
HN is the fastest way to know about outages.

Youtube & Gmail are down for me.
Can verify - India
Google Mail and Apps Outage
Youtube, docs down in India, Mail working
I feel like Google is having more outages recently. I worked there for 4 years and even in such a short time you really noticed the shift from engineering focus to business focus. But maybe it is just a coincidence.
Youtube is working if you're not logged in

It's their authentication system I think
youtube greece is down returns "oops" error but i can still playback a 2 hour video that I was already watching before it went down. Trying to open any other video or channel returns this error.
That's why I consider startups a Faustian bargain. You get easy access to capital, in exchange for your company's soul. And the devil always comes to collect. The problems start where this deal causes collateral damage on the market - harming customers directly, or indirectly by preventing competitors who aren't looking for an exit from existing.
This outage is an idea from Calico then? (just kidding)
Google Home and Chromecast also rendered useless. _Hey
Google, how are you?_ leads to some very passive aggressive replies.
How do you evaluate recommenders? You enter 5-10 entries, and see whether recommendations are relevant. (e.g see a few books I've read and liked)
So I'm sorry, but I couldn't find any in this one.
Nice UI though.
youtube is working in incognito mode
There should be enough people on that to communicate out as well as resolve.
I was thinking the same thing. Also this funny bit that’s relevant:
https://entertainment.theonion.com/google-shuts-down-gmail-f...
“Google Shuts Down Gmail For Two Hours To Show Its Immense Power”
YT seems to be working in Incognito / Private mode.
wait, how do i get a "minus 1" point? I didn't even thought that was possible!!! ahahaha

Was that such a bad joke?! ahahahahah :)
Given the blast radius of this (all regions appear to be impacted) along with the fact that services that don't rely on auth are working as normal, it must be a global authN/Z issue. I do not envy Google engineers right now.
Only thing working for me is the Google search engine
Google Login down in Australia
It seems 2020 is not done yet :).
Same as health care. Without regulations the industry would be full of snake oil. And yet the regulation kill innovation in the industry. Money all devolutes to scam. Look at digital money. Not even HN community can spot the "crypto" scams
Can I just say I'm remarkably relieved I have an excuse to kick back for the next hour and do nothing?
Google play web also down along with others.
I actually appreciate when people default to neutral when they otherwise don't know. They tend to use he/him if they don't, and that's incorrect.

This unasked for anti-activism is very unhelpful. You are indistinguishable from people who refuse to use correct pronouns even when they know. You do not speak for me.
> Remember how hard and verbose it was to hydrate records from a DB result and turn them into Java objects with pure JDBC? The language certainly was at fault.

I don't blame the language for this.

It wasn't that hard to read/write objects using JDBC (it did usually create a lot of boilerplate)

Please name a major programming language that has built-in ORM features -- a library is the best place for this sort of stuff.

For Java this was J2EE/EJB (stupidly over-engineered) and Hibernate/JPA (decent if you avoid the footguns). For Ruby you have ActiveRecord, Python has Django and SQLAlchemy, etc.
> I wouldn’t want a lazy, mediocre carpenter to build my house either. I’m perfectly content to let them build a ramshackle residence for themselves where nobody has to suffer because of it.

This is kind of funny since I'm European and we view most US houses as low quality McMansions :-))
Tell HN: Google can't find my account
Is there an active DoS or something similar? Suddenly Google logged me out and when I try to login it says "Couldn't find your account". Anybody else with the problem?
If they know its broken, one of the _many_ engineers/support across Youtube+Gmail+etc that are all known to be down related to this bug should be able to update it in first few minutes. Especially if this isn't a 5 min fix.
I'd expect within seconds that Google is alerted of a very large number of issues with their servers and that the status page would be updated (the green light going to red) within seconds. It's now quite some time after the start of the outage and everything is still green on that status page.
Oh the good old argument by authority.
I'd expect that status page to be automated based on a number of metrics / health checks. Our equivalent is.
Can confirm, gmail, gdrive and youtube are down.
same just lost access to all services including Firebase here in Toronto Canada
the parent comment to mine at time of writing was just:

> It is all green if you do not need to be log in.

Giving the impression if you were logged in/didn't need to log in, that everything would be ok.
Or all the diversity hires.
Also Google Voice. I ctrl+F'd for that one, and it's one thing I haven't found a way to easily degooglefy from. Also down.
Same for me - and then I tried logging in to gmail in an incognito window and got "Couldn't find your Google account" which really scared me.
As a counterpoint, in 25 years and probably as many jobs, only one or two places have cared about my degree and that was just another red flag on top of the pile of red flags those places already had.
It looks like the auth service is broken. Everything works when logged out. Attempting to log in gives "Account not found".

EDIT: Looks like they logged everyone out while they fix the auth issue, presumably so people can use YouTube and other stuff that doesn't necessarily need login?
Actually a democratic socialist form of government, not socialist democracy. There's actually a big difference.

Democratic socialism is not averse to capitalism and understands that the private sector has a role to play.

But it also assumes that government has responsibilities to its citizens that amount to more than a minimal set of rights.

Up until Reagan, the US had similar policies, with the one exception of health care.
It looks to me like the Wikipedia text is misleading, because I agree with your interpretation of the text.

Somebody should update Wikipedia...

I think that originates with Google's PR, because I remember the PR when the 20% initiative was introduced was misleading at the time too. To outsiders, I remember (~20 years ago) the PR gave the impression you could work on anything of personal interest, such as running or contributing to open source projects, your own programming language or editor or whatever for 20% of the week if you joined Google. Google would own what you did there so they would benefit (much like the 3M post-it notes thing), but other than that it was like paid personal-development and mind-refreshment time. But it's not like that and probably never was.
Youtube Tv too
And just on the day that electoral college certifies the election. Great timing!
Down in Brazil
What's more annoying is when they import this into other languages that aren't hobbled by the design features of Java.
What's the point of having a status page when it can't reliably tell you the factual status?
"Couldn't find your Google Account"
Also in europe
"printf" isn't magical, it's a standard va_args function. There's plenty of ugliness in the implementation [1] (so many macros!) but that's to be expected from something that has to simultaneously parse a format string and format output. The only magic is around format string checking.

1. https://github.com/bminor/glibc/blob/glibc-2.32/stdio-common...
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https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/issues/8653
Down in South Africa
It's also weird the page title with "Error 500 (Server Error)!!1" - Why !!1 at the end of it?
Me too, which is "funny" when it comes up in conversations, because people assume you left to earn more money, and then you tell them that you actually earned more in Brazil than you do now, but you have the constant fear of random violence.
The fact it seems to be related to login reminds me of the Tom Scott doomsday fictional lecture which I would link to but you know...
This made me chuckle :)
It would probably just end up banning Googles own account and leave them with no human escalation option.
Youtube is down for me if I am logged in. I can watch videos through duckduckgo search or an icognito window.
Leaked CCP Database Translated to English
as another user mentioned, they work in incognito. looks like there is a problem with google auth which is causing the outage
I think it's just Accounts is down, so anything where you are logged in isn't working.
All down, but all green.

New norm, let's have status page, but make it green all the time :-). Surprisingly consistent practice.
Their numbers are a bit off the mark. You'd get $45k in loans and $20k in grants over five years, so a total of $65k. But yes, as a student it's completely possible to get by on this amount.
Gmail and Drive down in Thailand.
Everything down in HK
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25415989
Switzerland's down too. It works if you access it without session though.
Down in india As well, Gsuite, GCP IAM, Youtube, Calendar, Drive et al.
#2 is the biggest problem we have today.

Too many people believe Free Speech is SOLELY about government censorship, we have culturally lost a huge amount of respect for the principle of free expression

Instead we look to "cancel" or socially isolate those that do not share our worldview.

There was a time where people could passionately debate politics, or even more personal issues such as abortion, and then still enjoy a game, party, or have a beer at the pub with someone you just passionately disagreed with on another topic. It seems today if persons / groups have an ideological opposition in anything, they must treat their opposition as if they are immoral and completely banish them from their lives

With out this base cultural respect for free expression the 1st amendment will become meaningless and will likely fail to protect from government censorship.

We need to get back to a time where people can passionately disagree on a topic with out being "cancelled", but I honestly do not see how to accomplish that
Not working for me either, Canada
Can confirm from the Netherlands, Hangouts also down.
https://downdetector.com/search/?q=google shows all the Google services and seems like everything other than search is reporting errors
Seems to also affect Google Cloud console to some extent. Dashboard data is not loading at the moment. Not sure what services exactly are affected there. Google Cloud SQL seems to be up and running so far.
>Cook didn't stop someone else making a show about Gawker

Yet. We are talking about Apple, which is blocking Microsoft's xCloud and Google's Stadia on iOS on the grounds that Microsoft and Google are not submitting each individual game for review. Both xCloud and Stadia are just glorified video players, where you are streaming video of a game being played in a server room and sending back controls. If streaming video game video can be subject for individual approval on iOS, I don't see streaming TV shows being subject to individual review that far off.
Seems to work when you're not signed in. Won't help with gmail and docs, but maybe a workaround for YouTube and search.
And somehow Pokemon Go is down, too. They use GCP for hosting, but I'm not seeing other outages on GCP. Maybe they have deeper integration with Google's Cloud than publicly disclosed?
Interesting that I have been watching a long video (over an hour long) and the buffer is still loading while YouTube in general is down for me
Google is also rejecting SMTP ingress traffic.

(delivery temporarily suspended: lost connection with aspmx.l.google.com[2a00:1450:400c:c04::1b] while sending DATA command)
Looks like if google services are down for more than 45 minutes, Workspace customers gets 3 days added.
It works 99.9% of the time, good enough eh?
Another argument is that produce has to be packed unripe in a truck to come all the way to copenhagen from spain without spoiling, which results in a usually bland product.
It's a mixed bag. Cloud storage is down but at least cloud logging is up to stream all the errors.
Helps Google meet a 99.999% SLA!
Google meet/hangouts, appliances, the lot.