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I use https://www.cloudping.info/ Although it’s sad to see they put political messages in it now
I think it's sad we live in a world where an unobtrusive acknowledgment of modern day slavery is adversely received.
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Why do you highly recommend it? Don't think I've ever thought while using a phone "damn I wish I had a Linux terminal handy"
> Don't think I've ever thought while using a phone "damn I wish I had a Linux terminal handy" Then maybe it's not for you, but some of us absolutely have had that thought and find it incredibly useful.
http://ping.playit.gg/ embeds the request epoch in the TCP sequence number to give you your ping. Client SYN =>
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I think it's sad we live in a world where an unobtrusive acknowledgment of modern day slavery is adversely received.
I’m against slavery. I’m also against putting political messages into software
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I suppose if you don't think of your phone as the general-purpose computer that it really is, then it won't seem obvious. But otherwise, I also recall using dig, netcat, traceroute, and a few other network tools a few times. Having a shell, even a root one, is one of those things that you don't need often, but when you do, you really do.
I mean I know what my phone is. I just do not want to use that interface for those sort of tasks. Tiny little screen, virtual keyboard that tries to hard to be clever, etc. Even browsing the web to read wikis and documents and stuff is a complete pain half the time.
I'd hook it up to a proper display using an MHL cable then connect a Bluetooth keyboard. It was a sweet setup and the assorted tools (plus root shell) actually came in very handy. It could fill in for a laptop quite nicely.
These days it seems there's no legitimate alternative to MHL... can any phones directly connect to a display anymore via wire? Or is the only option screencasting to a smart TV?
FWIW, I generally like my appliances on the dumb (or open) side.
Sorry for being unappreciative but... is this... satire? I honestly don't know... 'easier way to test my ping than pulling up a terminal', ... so a non https website that needs javascript is better than terminal-shortcut + $ ping 8.8.8.8 (or whatever you want to ping, you also could set up an alias/function in your .bashrc to do something more complex)... can I hit that point home: "easier way than pulling up my term…
I for one welcome the era of PaaS (ping as a service).
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I suppose if you don't think of your phone as the general-purpose computer that it really is, then it won't seem obvious. But otherwise, I also recall using dig, netcat, traceroute, and a few other network tools a few times. Having a shell, even a root one, is one of those things that you don't need often, but when you do, you really do.
I mean I know what my phone is. I just do not want to use that interface for those sort of tasks. Tiny little screen, virtual keyboard that tries to hard to be clever, etc. Even browsing the web to read wikis and documents and stuff is a complete pain half the time.
That is your preference. For others the advantage of utilizing a familiar interface outweighs the disadvantages (that maybe even aren't for some) mentioned.
Sorry for being unappreciative but... is this... satire? I honestly don't know... 'easier way to test my ping than pulling up a terminal', ... so a non https website that needs javascript is better than terminal-shortcut + $ ping 8.8.8.8 (or whatever you want to ping, you also could set up an alias/function in your .bashrc to do something more complex)... can I hit that point home: "easier way than pulling up my term…