My reddit username is tied to multiple embarassing things I did when I was a lot more immature, during my early 10s, and now that I'm in my late 10s, I'd rather not have my embarassing 2018 things affect my 2025 things.
A personal datacenter with 3-digit terabytes of storage, terabytes of RAM, and 3-digit CPUs. Unless I win the lottery (and the safe withdraw rate on these investments are high enough), I won't be getting any of this.
Asking for recommendations regarding cold database storage
I run a Clickhouse database. My usecase is 99% writes and 1% reads - I rarely query the database. Currently, the tables (excluding system logs) use 6GB of the 80GB on my Ionos VPS, with the VPS having 50GB free space total.
In the far future, when that 50GB starts to run out, are there any cheap storage services out there that support a filesystem or a database? Due to querying the data so rarely, read speed isn't that big a deal, and if the storage is on HDD, so be it.
I've been getting by with Ionos, as a Filipino user with a VPS in America. The support was helpful when I had cloud panel issues the first month, but again your mileage may vary.
It's not perfect, but for me, it's good enough.
Regarding a VPS host - Is Ionos good?
I've been looking to get myself a VPS. It's my first time, too.
A friend of mine recommended Hetzner to me, so I signed up for them, twice, but was rejected due to "some concerns with the information".
So I'm looking for alternatives now. I stumbled upon Ionos but I saw a ton of negative Reddit posts, which is giving me doubt.
Update 1: I found https://lemmy.ml/post/19647638 - some positive feedback about Ionos, but the more opinions the better
Update 2: I proceeded with purchasing one anyway, and the experience has been smooth so far, so that's nice. But it's only been a couple hours since purchase so we'll wait and see.
- Endless Sky -- open-source space game. I actually contributed to it back in the day; a date format option and a full-blown storyline about an author. Unfortunately the storyline is in development hell cause I lost motivation to work on it.
- OpenTTD -- really awesome, with NewGRFs and mods you can have a somewhat "realistic" rail experience (as in, using actual real-life trains. Obviously a pixel game isn't the most "realistic" with graphics)
- Mindustry
- Pioneer Space Sim
I don't have anything hosted just yet, but when I do, I'll look into a reverse proxy
And I don't check my email every single day. Scary.
Nitter ended up getting their domain back though.. However, the good ending doesn't always happen.
Thankfully I don't have anything "controversial" on my website.
That's crazy. 90% of views from a single person. How often does this happen usually?
Just basic information about myself and maybe a thing or two I've done on the Internet.
Someday if I get the time or the server resources, I'd add subdomains to it to host other stuff, for example "lemmy.example.com", while "example.com" would just be the basic information, and probably a directory to all the other subdomain stuff.
Okay, doing more research; I now understand what the unintended consequences of the question were, so thank you for the explanation.
I understand why you feel that they are "phishing questions", but:
- The question was using Katrina as an example to further convey what it was that I was asking about.
- Someone replying to the question could have not provided a name at all; only their feeling about having the same name.
- With eight billion people on Earth, there are bound to be hundreds of thousands of people with that name, making any form of tracing highly difficult and impractical.
The log says "admin", not "mod", so I don't know what to do now. Does Lemmy even have modmail?
Is there a way to contact a mod about a post deletion?`
If someone's post is deleted, and the modlogs don't specify who performed the action (instead it is a generic name like "admin"), how can the user discuss that deletion if they have a rationale for why it should not have been deleted?
Actually, you need to go build a time travel machine and recreate the Internet and all its infastructure from scratch if you want to have true ownership of your domain. Or you know, just reinvent the Internet in a premodern society or something, idk.
Were you able to take back your domain using Porkbun, or did you have to use a completely different one?
Yeah, I'm on the .ph top-level domain, one of the more expensive ones. I blame the price on the registrar, not Njalla.
Did Njalla keep the domain forever or did they not renew it such that you could simply go straight to the registrar to take it back?
Additionally, what did you do exactly with the domain that may have motivated Njalla to just.. do such a thing?
Not many results for Njalla there, just someone saying they have a few of them through Njalla but offering no thoughts of the service
Anyone got any thoughts on, praises of, and criticisms of Njalla?
For those unaware, Njalla is an anonymous domain registrar though I'm hoping many of you already know.
What are your thoughts on Njalla? I've got a domain with them already and renewal is coming up this August, but I'm kinda feeling doubt with their Trustpilot reviews.
- Is Trustpilot even accurate?
- Who are all those one-star reviewers?
- Is Njalla a scam? Has anyone here had good experiences with them?
The website there is just my personal website. There's not much "shady" stuff on it (lemuria.ph).
If 10,000 people work one hour in one day, then that day still had 10,000 hours worked even if a day is only 24 hours. Same with CPUs, many of them run on more than just one core.
Pridyider, the Filipino movie about a haunted fridge. Haven't been able to find a copy of it in years unfortunately.
Curiosity, concern, and the hope that the person's still living a good life.
And you are not annoying me, don't worry.
Nothing really, all the rabbit holes I've went down are all in English or conlangs whose documentation is in English. And for search resources - all you really need is Google or DuckDuckGo, a couple hours, patience, and basic knowledge of OSINT
Do you ever feel the "dormant person feeling"?
The dormant person feeling is a feeling I find myself having on the Internet often. Casually browsing the Internet, I find myself reading through threads and websites that don't look like they've been updated since 2009, or 2010, or ${currentYear - 10}. Profiles that haven't posted in so long either.
When I see just how long ago their last activity was, it gives me the feeling, which I can only describe as a mix of concern, curiosity, and empathy. In my head, I go "I wonder how they are doing now", and "are they alive and well?". Sometimes I find myself "investigating" them or looking them up to see if they are still alive just so I can satiate this feeling of mine.
Do other people experience the dormant person feeling too? Is it wrong to have such a feeling? But hey, if I feel the dormant person feeling, it does show that I do have empathy for strangers, a good quality, I suppose.
What other actions were scientists so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should?
What's the craziest thing you've seen on a map?
Like weird place names on Google Maps, as an example.
Why is /æ/ raising so unknown?
Hi, I'm a casual linguistics nerd (no degrees), speaking Philippine English with heavy American influence.
My accent of English has pre-nasal /æ/ raising and I've caught myself raising it in other places like before /g/.
When I look at English language learning videos (out of curiosity) I have not found anyone mention /æ/ raising in them.
Why is this case?
What are the most unconventional sources of white noise you use?
I have started listening to random American city council meetings lately for white noise. Since they're all bureaucratic-flavored boredom anyway.
What is a freeway/expressway/motorway/highway in your local area that you consider more pleasant to drive on compared to other roads in the area?
missing posts on front page
https://lemmy.ml/c/wellthatsucks
why do i only see two posts on my end even though the sidebar says 7 posts?
(Fiction) How to Alter Someone's Reading Preferences in Matrix Manager
Starting off your simulated citizens on the right literature can be ver y difficult! However, Matrix Manager makes it easier by connecting to the servers of the simulation we live in. Thanks to a team of skilled human programmers who found vulnerabilities in the Matrix, Matrix Manager is able to manipulate the simulation according to its user's will.
However, the complexity of the Matrix and by extension, human society at large means that even basic MM operations are difficult to do and require years of training. In fact, certain large-scale operations such as deleting countries, dissolving corporations, or creating new traditions are completely impossible due to the fact that the simulation has not yet been reverse-engineered for these operations.
Thankfully, an operation as simple as changing a person's reading preferences is easy!
To change someone's reading preferences, you need their Matrix Person ID. To acquire a Matrix Person ID (MPID), read the "Get someone's Matrix Person I
Notice to Reddit Mods
As you may know, I created the communities wellthatsucks, usdefaultism, entitledpeople, and signs, here on lemmy.ml.
These are copies of already-existing subreddits. If you are a moderator for these subreddits, please read this carefully:
You will not be granted moderator rights in these communities, and I will not hand over control to you.
Thank you.
The Growth of Lemmy
With the new API changes pissing off large parts of the Reddit userbase, people are leaving in search for alternatives. Lemmy is growing.
Here are a collection of posts which I have collected to highlight just how much we are growing:
Interesting charts
Memes
That's pretty much everything.
Anyways.
Here's hoping Lemmy doesn't experience an Eternal September-type situation - in which the website rapidly grows. Here's also hoping that the worst aspects of Reddit's culture don't make the migration over to Lemmy. And that only the best parts of Reddit do decide to migrate.
Even if Reddit decided to undo all the API changes I would still stay here on Lemmy since at least I get to have the username I want.
Illuminaughtii Quarantine Zone
Illuminaughtii, an American YouTuber, became the topic of drama in 2023. First a conflict with LegalEagle over a highlighter effect, it has since escalated into so much more.
It was revealed that Blair went after a person known as Wonderstruck Guy by sending him a cease-and-desist, in addition to the posting of Wonderstruck's self-termination note and other highly sensitive information.
Additionally, she accused The Click of harboring creeps within his server (The Click was asleep while the creep was active; and he had already been banned by another mod), alongside other things.
A creator once respected and well-known has fallen out of grace.
Travel to the Illuminaughtii Quarantine Zone is highly discouraged. There is nothing worth dying for in the pink area. Do not enter at all costs. Do not attempt to cross the Illuminaughtii Buffer Zone. Extreme toxicity lingers on the other side.
Links with more information: