Ask HN: YouTube down? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

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Post by DonaldFisk » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:45 AM UTC

zaxomi wrote: post #395

mitchtbaum wrote: post #100

Watch "Let's de-Google-ify the Internet" on PeerTube https://peer.mathdacloud.ovh/videos/watch/c193a2f6-8b24-48c3... https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube https://instances.joinpeertube.org/instances

When YouTube comes back up again, I can recommend Tom Scott with "Single Point of Failure: The (Fictional) Day Google Forgot To Check Passwords" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4GB_NDU43Q

It's back up.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

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Post by zamadatix » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:45 AM UTC

woranl wrote: post #264

Did Google just decided to sunset YouTube?

They've decided to release the SeeYa and HearYa apps which let you watch video content and audio content separately so they can provide you with the most tuned experience. You can't use those in G-Suite though so still use YouTube there for now. Also YouTube Premium is immediately cancelled despite being popular and profit making.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

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Post by jancsika » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:45 AM UTC

jancsika wrote: post #412

mitchtbaum wrote: post #100

Watch "Let's de-Google-ify the Internet" on PeerTube https://peer.mathdacloud.ovh/videos/watch/c193a2f6-8b24-48c3... https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube https://instances.joinpeertube.org/instances

4 peers with about 320KB download

Download finished, but I only uploaded 6MB total.

Too bad because I've got a symmetric up and down.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

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Post by meddlepal » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:45 AM UTC

EamonnMR wrote: post #375

Still not up here in Metro Boston. I eagerly await the (I assume) super interesting explanation of what went wrong tomorrow.

Back now in Boston.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

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Post by kevingrahl » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:46 AM UTC

ASalazarMX wrote: post #363

Right now the front page loaded, but no video played and a refresh went back to just placeholders.

The UI is generated client-side

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

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Post by shawnz » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:46 AM UTC

jtchang wrote: post #401

Globz wrote: post #295

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes I agree, encrypting the stack trace enable them to share sensitive server side error codes to the client which in return can be easily reported back without having to explain anything or try to decode cryptic custom error messages. This is fantastic!

I actually thought it was a bit jarring. Mostly because I don't know what personal information it might be collecting and having me send them.

Well, it's information collected at the server side. So if they really wanted they could just store the data and give you a code, but that would require more storage on their end.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

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Post by euler_ » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:46 AM UTC

pmart123 wrote: post #369

MitchellCash wrote: post #289

Some analysts predict YouTube to bring in $15 billion in ad revenue in 2018. If so, they are losing around $28,000 for every minute they are down.

I think you meant $280,000?

nah, I think 28,000 is right

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

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Post by gniv » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:47 AM UTC

vertline3 wrote: post #250

We take a special Joy when things break, I wonder if there is a word for that?

A made-up word and a nice video, now that YT is back up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqovm-Io2D0

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

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Post by joshuamorton » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:48 AM UTC

wolf550e wrote: post #361

johannes1234321 wrote: post #333

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's still Python+MySQL for what I can tell. But also has parts in Go (see i.e. their work on vitess to scale MySQL access https://vitess.io/ )

They now run their python code using a transpiler into Go with a Go runtime and Go libraries: https://github.com/google/grumpy

This is not true. Grumpy exists, but it is mostly unmaintained now, and certainly isn't capable of transpiling all of youtube.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

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Post by zmw » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:49 AM UTC

sarim wrote: post #58

I have never seen Youtube not work. Ever. This is a special moment. Glad you are all here to share it with me :)

As someone who ran a channel with a few thousand subscribers for a year or two, I’ve seen my fair share of 500 error pages on YouTube. Granted, it was always isolated and may recover after a few refreshes (IIRC), but still.