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Re: Ask HN: Is ChatGPT down?

#111

Seems that way. Status page says we’re wrong though. https://status.openai.com/

Wish I could find where someone at AWS described in great detail why their status page was so useless for so long. It basically needed so many approvals to change it (which was disincentivized by SLAs) that issues were usually resolved first. That’s setting aside when they hosted the status red/yellow/green indicator images on s3, so the surest sign that s3 was having issues was that the status indicators didn’t load…

I assumed this kind of thing would be automated lol

Re: Ask HN: Is ChatGPT down?

#112

Wow, I subscribed to pro-mode and have been using it like crazy since release to assist my firmware development. Extremely helpful. Now it's changed my workflow so much, I don't even want to work when it's down.

Perhaps time to re-evaluate your tools? Imagine going to your kitchen and finding all your pots and pans are "down" and you can no longer prepare anything. That would be awful.

Why would you expect to be able to cook without essential cookware like pots and pans?

Re: Ask HN: Is ChatGPT down?

#115

Wow, I subscribed to pro-mode and have been using it like crazy since release to assist my firmware development. Extremely helpful. Now it's changed my workflow so much, I don't even want to work when it's down.

Would you be willing to elaborate on the ways in which the $200/month subscription is better than the $20/month subscription? I’m genuinely curious - not averse to paying more, depending on the value.

When I get stuck or have a larger task or refactor, I'll paste in multiple files. So at the $20/mo you get rate limited pretty quick. I made a tool to easily copy files https://pypi.org/project/ggrab/

Re: Ask HN: Is ChatGPT down?

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post #111

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Wish I could find where someone at AWS described in great detail why their status page was so useless for so long. It basically needed so many approvals to change it (which was disincentivized by SLAs) that issues were usually resolved first. That’s setting aside when they hosted the status red/yellow/green indicator images on s3, so the surest sign that s3 was having issues was that the status indicators didn’t load…

I assumed this kind of thing would be automated lol

Coming from the MS side, they can automate anything if they wanted to. The only blocker is how outages affect reputation. There is incentive to be transparent since customers will notice big outrages and post about them online, but there's no incentive to be fully transparent.

Re: Ask HN: Is ChatGPT down?

#117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you be willing to elaborate on the ways in which the $200/month subscription is better than the $20/month subscription? I’m genuinely curious - not averse to paying more, depending on the value.

Here's why I think it's worth it: 1. Larger Context Window (128K) With Pro-Mode, I can paste an entire firmware file—thousands of lines of code—along with detailed hardware references, and the model can actually process it. This isn’t possible with the smaller context window on the $20 tier. On the Pro plan, I’ve pasted like 30+ pages of MCU datasheet information plus multiple header files in a single go. The model i…

I am confuse why you had ChatGPT rewrite your post. How much time did you save, vs knowing that it’s off putting for people to read?

Re: Ask HN: Is ChatGPT down?

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Ah yes, google a company known for not injecting an ideology into their AI: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/23/google-gemini-ai... Nor building AI tools for the pentagon to bomb Yemeni weddings more efficiently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Maven

That's his whole point. And that Elon is even more biased and actively purposefully horrible and unethical than that. By validly criticising Google, you're just reinforcing his point. Didn't you read the part where he wrote "(You know it's bad when Google is ethical in comparison.)"? Do you know of anyone at Google who overpaid billions of dollars for a popular widely used communication platform just to use it to pub…

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Re: Ask HN: Is ChatGPT down?

#119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's why I think it's worth it: 1. Larger Context Window (128K) With Pro-Mode, I can paste an entire firmware file—thousands of lines of code—along with detailed hardware references, and the model can actually process it. This isn’t possible with the smaller context window on the $20 tier. On the Pro plan, I’ve pasted like 30+ pages of MCU datasheet information plus multiple header files in a single go. The model i…

I am confuse why you had ChatGPT rewrite your post. How much time did you save, vs knowing that it’s off putting for people to read?

https://www.scribbr.com/ai-detector/ says 0% chance.

Re: Ask HN: Is ChatGPT down?

#120

Looks like Azure is experiencing a major outage, but I cannot find anything about it. If you look at downdetector.com you'll notice reported outages from OpenAI, Microsoft 365, XBox Live, Walmart, the list goes on.

Status page is updated now: https://azure.status.microsoft/ >Impact Statement: Starting at 18:44 UTC on 26 Dec 2024, you have been identified as a customer who was impacted by a power incident in South Central US and may experience a degraded experience. >Current Status: There was a power incident in the South Central US AZ03 which affected multiple services. We have applied mitigation and are actively validating rec…

> you ... may experience a degraded experience

What an eloquent way to say "our service isn't working".

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