Talk:3112: Geology Murder

2025-07-08T03:52:29Z

208.82.100.219:

Is it just me, or is xkcd.com being non-responsive? Obviously, it has been successfully grabbed from by the BOT, and I even checked a few "is it down" sites... which say that it's up. But I'm getting nothing back but spinny cursors, going to either xkcd.com or any xkcd.com/<number> ...with no other reason to believe that 'it ''is'' just me', like other clearly running places also not being reachable in my own case. [[Special:Contributions/92.23.2.228|92.23.2.228]] 20:09, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
:It worked fine for me on the first attempt, so I guess it's just you. But when I was submitting the transcript here I got a "make sure you're logged in" error. Resubmitting (without having to re-login) worked. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 20:25, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
:And I got the same error when first submitting the above comment. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 20:25, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
:The transcript silently corrects the spelling error (?) in uncomformably. [[Special:Contributions/208.82.100.219|208.82.100.219]] 21:00, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
::The transcript has been fixed, and it was not a spelling error - it's a geology word. [[Special:Contributions/208.82.100.219|208.82.100.219]] 03:52, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
:It's been intermittently non-responsive and/or landing on error pages for over a month. Speculation ranges from issues with the server to issues with the content-delivery-network (CloudFlare), to a deliberate attack, to AI-scraping bots, to an iron-rich penetration from an alternate universe (just added that one to the list), and probably more. [[Special:Contributions/64.201.132.210|64.201.132.210]] 21:07, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
::Unless you mean explainxkcd.com (which I know is suffering, in those ways, but for longer), I actually haven't seen xkcd.com itself be like this. Recently or otherwise. Anyway, still not working for me, still ''is'' working for the "is it down" sites. Nor have I got anything strangely redirecting in my <code>hosts</code> file, etc. Also can ping (www.)xkcd.com perfectly happily, tracert gives no particular surprises (e.g. signs of being inconsistently MITMed), and I seem to get 100% connectivity with a ''different'' device at the same time as 0% with this one. So, it looks like "it's just me" in a weird way that ...I shall have to spend some personal time/effort getting a rational explanation for. Hmmm. [[Special:Contributions/92.23.2.228|92.23.2.228]] 22:06, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
::: >''"100% connectivity with a different device at the same time as 0% with this one."'' This month, Cloudflare has been snooty, just at my favorite desktop. And on several sites, from APnews to odd hobby sites. All my newer laptops get in fine. I think Cloudflare is complaining about my aging O/S, which is silly ('''I''' am gonna infect '''them'''??) However I usually get the same robot-check, not a stall or spinner.
:I haven't noticed xkcd.com being non-responsive but I have noticed ''this'' site non-responsive from time-to-time. [[Special:Contributions/47.248.235.170|47.248.235.170]] 22:05, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Pat

Talk:3112: Geology Murder

2025-07-07T21:00:58Z

208.82.100.219: Uncomformably

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Talk:3112: Geology Murder

Talk:3112: Geology Murder