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The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, has died

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Re: The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, has died

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Post by rrr_oh_man »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #20

> In Kevin’s own words on kevinloch.com: “I am also an amateur physicist, programmer, photographer, independent film producer (at WTF Productions) and AFOL (Adult Fan of Lego).” Kevin was also passionate about any and all things space related: the sky, the stars, and beyond; trying to find the meaning in how things work, why they work, and what would make them work better. His latest passion after moving back to Rest…

PSA: Lego turned evil, unfortunately. There are much better alternatives on the market these days.

Re: The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, has died

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Post by rafram »

jabiko wrote: post #37
toomuchtodo wrote: post #20

> In Kevin’s own words on kevinloch.com: “I am also an amateur physicist, programmer, photographer, independent film producer (at WTF Productions) and AFOL (Adult Fan of Lego).” Kevin was also passionate about any and all things space related: the sky, the stars, and beyond; trying to find the meaning in how things work, why they work, and what would make them work better. His latest passion after moving back to Rest…

Also you can watch his memorial service here: https://www.youtube.com/live/YbnPeUgHGu8?t=1271

I’m not anti-religion in any way, but this left a really bad taste in my mouth. Loch’s nephew (the pastor who led the service) kept saying that Loch wasn’t religious. Then he’d go straight back to talking about Christ, and reminiscing about times when Loch had participated in Christian ritual!

It’s one thing to volunteer your religious organization as a venue for a memorial, even for someone who wasn’t religious. It’s another to memorialize the person with an explicitly religious service.

Re: The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, has died

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Post by mindsuck »

rrr_oh_man wrote: post #51
toomuchtodo wrote: post #20

> In Kevin’s own words on kevinloch.com: “I am also an amateur physicist, programmer, photographer, independent film producer (at WTF Productions) and AFOL (Adult Fan of Lego).” Kevin was also passionate about any and all things space related: the sky, the stars, and beyond; trying to find the meaning in how things work, why they work, and what would make them work better. His latest passion after moving back to Rest…

PSA: Lego turned evil, unfortunately. There are much better alternatives on the market these days.

What would you recommend instead?

Re: The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, has died

#54

Post by anon025 »

kachapopopow wrote: post #19
lxgr wrote: post #9

Oh no, this has been my go-to site for connectivity tests (as example.com seems to be cached fairly aggressively by my browsers and that has misled me in the past). Ad-free, minimal, does exactly what it needs to and nothing more. Rest in peace! Edit: All these (great and much appreciated!) responses of alternatives are making me wonder if this should in fact be a standardized service that could then be offered as a…

checkip.amazonaws.com is my goto, not as short tho :/

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Re: The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, has died

#55

Post by Brigand »

rrr_oh_man wrote: post #51
toomuchtodo wrote: post #20

> In Kevin’s own words on kevinloch.com: “I am also an amateur physicist, programmer, photographer, independent film producer (at WTF Productions) and AFOL (Adult Fan of Lego).” Kevin was also passionate about any and all things space related: the sky, the stars, and beyond; trying to find the meaning in how things work, why they work, and what would make them work better. His latest passion after moving back to Rest…

PSA: Lego turned evil, unfortunately. There are much better alternatives on the market these days.

What is your definition of evil?

Re: The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, has died

#56

Post by Havoc »

lxgr wrote: post #9

Oh no, this has been my go-to site for connectivity tests (as example.com seems to be cached fairly aggressively by my browsers and that has misled me in the past). Ad-free, minimal, does exactly what it needs to and nothing more. Rest in peace! Edit: All these (great and much appreciated!) responses of alternatives are making me wonder if this should in fact be a standardized service that could then be offered as a…

You can also use dig to get your external ipv4. That prevents reliance on smaller sites

Don’t have the command on hand but easily searchable

Re: The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, has died

#57

Post by volemo »

rrr_oh_man wrote: post #51
toomuchtodo wrote: post #20

> In Kevin’s own words on kevinloch.com: “I am also an amateur physicist, programmer, photographer, independent film producer (at WTF Productions) and AFOL (Adult Fan of Lego).” Kevin was also passionate about any and all things space related: the sky, the stars, and beyond; trying to find the meaning in how things work, why they work, and what would make them work better. His latest passion after moving back to Rest…

PSA: Lego turned evil, unfortunately. There are much better alternatives on the market these days.

> Lego turned evil

Could you elaborate?

Re: The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, has died

#58

Post by lxgr »

Havoc wrote: post #56
lxgr wrote: post #9

Oh no, this has been my go-to site for connectivity tests (as example.com seems to be cached fairly aggressively by my browsers and that has misled me in the past). Ad-free, minimal, does exactly what it needs to and nothing more. Rest in peace! Edit: All these (great and much appreciated!) responses of alternatives are making me wonder if this should in fact be a standardized service that could then be offered as a…

You can also use dig to get your external ipv4. That prevents reliance on smaller sites Don’t have the command on hand but easily searchable

How so? Getting your public/external IP does not seem possible behind a NAT without an external service.

Re: The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, has died

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Post by Havoc »

lxgr wrote: post #58
Havoc wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can also use dig to get your external ipv4. That prevents reliance on smaller sites Don’t have the command on hand but easily searchable

How so? Getting your public/external IP does not seem possible behind a NAT without an external service.

No idea. All I can tell you is that it works and if I need to hard code a IP check like this then I’d rather rely on a big player like Google or cloudflare ns than someone’s project site
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