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  1. Comment on Cloud hosting in EU in ~comp

  2. Comment on Cloud hosting in EU in ~comp

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    To be fair I don't think anyone else has as many offerings as AWS, so that's a given. I'll take a closer look at Hetzner, right now it's between them and Scaleway. Based on the replies here I get...

    To be fair I don't think anyone else has as many offerings as AWS, so that's a given. I'll take a closer look at Hetzner, right now it's between them and Scaleway. Based on the replies here I get the impression that Hetzner is more reliable and cheaper, while Scaleway has a broader set of services.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Cloud hosting in EU in ~comp

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    Hmm.. that doesn't sound great. Were you using the paris, amsterdam or warzawa datacenter?

    Hmm.. that doesn't sound great. Were you using the paris, amsterdam or warzawa datacenter?

  4. Comment on Cloud hosting in EU in ~comp

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    Thanks for the tip, that looks like it might be something for me.

    Thanks for the tip, that looks like it might be something for me.

  5. Comment on Cloud hosting in EU in ~comp

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    It's more philosophical than practical. The CLOUD act is one part, then it's that I don't trust Trump to not do something idiotic like cutting off american cloud in some ways to put political...

    It's more philosophical than practical. The CLOUD act is one part, then it's that I don't trust Trump to not do something idiotic like cutting off american cloud in some ways to put political pressure on some group/country or applying tariffs. And just supporting something a tad closer to home is nice as well. Thanks for the recommendation though =)

    2 votes

  6. Comment on r/art subreddit under new management after an artist was banned for mentioning their art prints in ~arts

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    Not to mention people claiming to be self promoting, but that aren't actually. Reselling art on etsy that they bought from alibaba (or something like that, I'm pretty sure the general idea holds...

    Not to mention people claiming to be self promoting, but that aren't actually. Reselling art on etsy that they bought from alibaba (or something like that, I'm pretty sure the general idea holds even if the specifics doesn't).
    The blanket rule of no self promotion cuts down significantly on the time needed to investigate from the mods.

    15 votes

  7. Cloud hosting in EU

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    Hi! I've decided to move some of my selfhosted things from on-prem (at home ;)) to the cloud, and at the same time I'd like to try and run this in EU, or at least europe. I'd like to get started...

    Hi!

    I've decided to move some of my selfhosted things from on-prem (at home ;)) to the cloud, and at the same time I'd like to try and run this in EU, or at least europe. I'd like to get started fairly quickly as this was prompted by one of my home servers halfway dying on me.

    The features I'm most interested in are approximately:

    • Virtual machines.
    • Storage. Cheap long term for backups (similar to S3 Glacier).
    • Managed DB, most likely postgresql.
    • Serverless jobs (similar to AWS lambda).
    • IaaS (I've got a bit of experience with terraform, but it doesn't have to be that).
    • Builtin monitoring.
    • Git hosting, it's likely that I'll just go with github/gitlab here, but if there's a nice alternative I'm up for it.
    • Automated sending of email. I'm using AWS SES atm, and I'm very happy with it.

    Some other things:

    • I intend to run a combination of services written by others, e.g. nextcloud and software I've written myself.
    • I'll most likely be running linux only, but I prefer to select my own flavour where it makes sense.
    • I much prefer managing permissions and users in gcp than in aws as I find aws way too complicated for my needs while gcp mostly just makes sense.
    • I'd prefer a platform that's being developed and improving over time with big potential for the future.
    • This is a hobby project, and some of these requirements may seem a bit contradictory or non-optimal, but that's ok.
    • I have some experience running kubernetes (self-hosted), and I'm not a huge fan of the complexity and yaml files, at the same time OpenStack is getting kinda old, and I don't know if I think it's a platform for the future. But from what I see most of the options seems to be built on top of one of those.
    • Cheaper is of course better, I don't have a company-sized budget, this is all coming out of my "hobby pocket".
    • I live in Sweden, so datacenters geographically close is a plus.

    Right now I'm looking at European alternatives to Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Scaleway is looking the most promising, but I'm really skimming the top when it comes to info atm.

    Hope that makes sense =) I'm interested in all kinds of feedback.

    22 votes

  8. Comment on Can we maybe have an informal agreement to avoid posting articles that require you to sell your firstborn child to the devil just to read them? in ~tildes

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    Probably pretty easy to create a local script with greasemonkey (or whatever people use today) that adds an icon based on a tag as well.

    Probably pretty easy to create a local script with greasemonkey (or whatever people use today) that adds an icon based on a tag as well.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on There may not be a safe off-ramp for some taking GLP-1 drugs, study suggests in ~health

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    I don't think they did expect the drug to do all the work. [Emphasis mine]

    I don't think they did expect the drug to do all the work. [Emphasis mine]

    Then the participants were split into either continuing with the drug for another 52 weeks (88 weeks total) or getting a placebo for that period of time. Both groups were told to continue a reduced-calorie diet and an exercise plan.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to end all monkey research in ~science

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    The reference is actually much older than the game. The game is based on a thought experiment from 2003 Paperclip Maximizer.

    The reference is actually much older than the game. The game is based on a thought experiment from 2003 Paperclip Maximizer.

    5 votes

  11. Comment on Views on over-posting? in ~tildes

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    Personally I prefer if it's posted as separate threads. But weekly is still good. Imho ~space is already there to group them and if they are high quality they deserve their own space* and...

    Personally I prefer if it's posted as separate threads. But weekly is still good. Imho ~space is already there to group them and if they are high quality they deserve their own space* and attention.

    *Believe it or not, no pun intended.

    15 votes

  12. Comment on The worlds on fire. So lets just make AI porn. in ~tech

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    Love this part:

    Love this part:

    Now I’m hardly the most qualified person to speak on the worlds oldest profession. After all, I am a gamer. I just have a funny feeling.

    A feeling that openAI is not doing this in the name of promoting a healthy sex-positive culture that’s working towards the production of ethical adult content in which creators are fairly compensated and consumers are encouraged to develop realistic expectations and appropriate sexual habits where the art can play a part in couples fostering more fulfilling relationships.

    It’s just a hunch.

    11 votes

  13. Comment on Humble Bundle: Modern Sci-Fi Classics (Charles Soule, Joseph Fink, Hugh Howey, and Neal Stephenson) in ~books

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    Nor in Sweden. Maybe it's a us-only thing?

    Nor in Sweden. Maybe it's a us-only thing?

    1 vote

  14. Comment on What makes a game, a game? in ~games

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    What about Nomic, where the whole game is making the rules?

    What about Nomic, where the whole game is making the rules?

  15. Comment on Who can name the bigger number? in ~science

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    Sure, you got me, english is not my native language.

    Sure, you got me, english is not my native language.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Who can name the bigger number? in ~science

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    I really enjoyed the idea that writing 11111... is better than 99999... if you're trying to type out a large number, it tickles something within me =)

    I really enjoyed the idea that writing 11111... is better than 99999... if you're trying to type out a large number, it tickles something within me =)

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Who can name the bigger number? in ~science

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    TIL. No i didn't know about that notation and yes, in that case tree^tree(3) (3) as you say is obviously larger. As for the article, I think the main purpose wasn't actually typing out a big...

    TIL. No i didn't know about that notation and yes, in that case tree^tree(3) (3) as you say is obviously larger.

    As for the article, I think the main purpose wasn't actually typing out a big number, but rather teaching people like me about the different classes of numbers and functions.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on US Army garrison directs soldiers to German food banks - then deletes it in ~society

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    That's gotta be embarrassing. Having your soldiers beg for food (not sure if it's appropriate to use the word beg here, no disrespect intended to anyone except the current american leadership).

    That's gotta be embarrassing. Having your soldiers beg for food (not sure if it's appropriate to use the word beg here, no disrespect intended to anyone except the current american leadership).

    6 votes

  19. Comment on What makes a game, a game? in ~games

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    I filled it in, I went completely by gut feeling, so I don't know if my responses were coherent as I treated it more as a intuitive linguistic exercise than a rules-based one if that makes sense.

    I filled it in, I went completely by gut feeling, so I don't know if my responses were coherent as I treated it more as a intuitive linguistic exercise than a rules-based one if that makes sense.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Who can name the bigger number? in ~science

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    I think TREE is a function, not a number? Also, if you're using the TREE function, I'm pretty sure TREE() grows faster than exponentials, e.g. TREE(TREE(3)) is immensely much bigger than...

    I think TREE is a function, not a number? Also, if you're using the TREE function, I'm pretty sure TREE() grows faster than exponentials, e.g. TREE(TREE(3)) is immensely much bigger than TREE^TREE(3) with about the same amount of typing.

    2 votes