Scott

It does.

The IPv6 addresses isn’t pingable at all.

Neither the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses respond on port 443.

But even that will have some status code.

404? 500? 503?

You’ll probably need to provide more context. Is there an error message?

Combine that with Bitwarden running as the SSH Agent [1] and you’ve got yourself a decent, secure way to sign commits, etc.

[1] https://bitwarden.com/help/ssh-agent/

Is that someone’s chest hair in the background?

You 100% should.

I bought a second-hand Pixel, installed GrapheneOS the moment it arrived and never looked back.

I recently installed Curve for contactless NFC payments. Their support is terrible but, after some teething issues, it works without any problems.

Hosted on GCP?

There is a FOSS alternative. ntfy.

I’ve been running it for a couple of years, if not longer. Works extremely well. The downside, of course, is getting the apps to support it.

The ones I care about already do.

I get what you’re saying. However, their entire business model is predicated on them being impartial. If it turned out that they were biased, their business would collapse.

Ground News

I run the older iteration of the software. Works well.

Well, duh.

1. Muck about with Netbird (oops, wait, that wasn’t on the list!)
2. Walk the dog.
3. Tidy the garden.
4. Replace the shower curtain.
5. Clean and lubricate the bean-to-cup coffee machine.
6. Book holiday flights.

With a toaster.

Do you mean Patrick Stewart or from the description of the character?

Inconceivable!

Element is UK and EU-based, not US-based.

Poor Annie.

By default a retention policy isn’t set but, if it is set, it’s on a per-room basis. You have to remember Matrix is federated so things are not so clear cut as centralised services.

See, https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/develop/docs/message_retention_policies.md

Effectively, forever.