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Username: jqr
Joined: November 2019
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Last Active: November 7
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> @Not_Oles said:
> Uh . . . maybe not. `tee` seems to be capturing what Google Gemini says, but not what I say to Gemini. Maybe `screen` might work?

`script` will do wh…

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@thagoat: I like the cut of your jib.

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Just out of curiosity: why did you choose to register in Wyoming? Unfortunately the address listed brings up lots of negative search results:

[Another scam recorded from business relat…

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> @AuroraZero said:
> Nah, the biggest hurdle to clear is testing your shit before deploying and causing half the world to blink out.

😂 True, true. Although I read somewhe…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> Here's another question. What happens to make devsat asynchronous! I'm running my IRC client in tmux on a shared ctrl-c.club VM. It works great! I guess I could run d…

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> @Otus9051 said:
> ive got kc2.bgp.199693.xyz (check ping)
> pretty sure i can run it on there, 16G/150G

Thanks for offering! Let's wait see. I think we have to…

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I saw this over at Hacker News, I thought it was neat:

https://github.com/quackduck/devzat

The official instance is overwhelmed right now, but I threw a quick one up at …

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Got the $15/year deal. Was up an running within 5 minutes of paying the invoice. That VirtFusion control panel/installation is sliiick.

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I've been meaning to play with this. Things are slow at work, so, why not? Thanks Neoon!

c803-f6a4-1ce1-9e31

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Different ASN: https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2024/06/27/nokia-enters-into-an-agreement-with-the-french-state-regarding-the-sale-of-leading-submarine-networks-business-asn/

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I think I figured it out!

Debian was running a process called [xe-guest-utilites](https://xcp-ng.org/docs/guests.html#guest-tools), which "brings better performance and is required for…

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Well, I bit the bullet and reinstalled. Their Debian 12 image is _blazing fast_. I then tried installing NixOS, this time without LUKS encryption, and it went back to being slow. 😔

I'm…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> [snip]
> If you don't mind reinstalling, maybe test whether the VPS works faster with plain Debian and plain, unencrypted ext4?

Thank you for…

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Service in Italy + photo of datacenter = Smart Move™

Sorry, I have nothing meaningful to add to your post. Congrats though!

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> @Not_Oles said:
> Maybe the time ~~is coming~~ has arrived for me to switch to a more complex, more automagic method.

I've also had good luck with [ecryptfs](https://www…

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Yup. I've been running it on my personal laptop for a few years now. I don't recall it ever breaking, except when I've made bonehead mistakes. 😅

I used to run Debian stable, but I got …

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> @Freek said:
> Oh no
>
> ![](https://xbackbone.freek.info/selA6/miBeGejU15.png/raw "")

![](https://imgur.com/krq55bO.jpeg)

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> @dev_vps said:
> > @jqr said:
> > Someone smarter than me please interpret them. 🤓
> I am no way smarter than you. I am just putting my thoughts (worth 1.99 c…

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> @Freek said:
> Dunno, please check https://linuxfreek.com

LMAO! Good one.

I'm gonna put it on repeat 24/7. Enjoy the bandwidth bill, you Freek.

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> @host_c said:
> a feedback if it goes ok/not-ok will be appreciated.
>
> We had some weird issues with it, most probably on our side. Think that Steve fixed it, bu…

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I managed to snatch one. 😎 Currently hammering it with my usual NixOS install via netboot.xyz Thanks @host_c!

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![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/1pj30gX9wAcAAAAC/keyboard-hyperx.gif "")

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> @Rahul said:
> @jqr Would like to hear your input too.

Hey Rahul. Thanks for tagging me. I spent a lot of time at the original LowEndSpirit Forum, but I've always been a…

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> @ZA_capetown said:
> Is the 20GB disk essential or will 5GB do?

It is for my original project, but this would be a cool litttle shell also. Check your PM. Thanks!

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I feel a liiiitle bit bad posting this, but, I also enjoy schadenfreude.

This is what went down between me and a scalper the other day. Redacted to protect the... innocent.

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> @Otus9051 said:
> > @dgc1980 said:
> > just out of curiosity, have you thought about running local VM's with like VMware with different specs to play with
> <…

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> @Janevski said:
> What is a MJJ?

Quoting from the [FAQ](https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/6912/what-the-faq):

> Mason’s explanation:
>

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I'm surprised that I'm having so much fun with my 384MB Virmach Mystery Box. It scratches that true lowend itch, just like the tiny 64MB boxen from Inception hosting and the others back in the day di…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> Maybe I have to try NIXOS_LUSTRATE. I am guessing it might work on a remote server. @terrorgen

I have sucessfully used NIXOS_LUSTRATE on a remote serv…

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[Install NixOS on the same partition (in place!), from your existing non-NixOS Linux distribution using NIXOS_LUSTRATE.](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#sec-installing-from-other-distro "https…

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> @bikegremlin said:
> Does... does Death Note and Ghost In The Shell count?

A weeb in denial.

I'm a dormant weeb. It's been a long time, but I used to be r…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> ~~~
> [root@polonium ~]# git clone https://github.com/SushantKadam73/hybrid-cryptography.git
> ~~~

Just a friendly comment: I would…

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