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ReykjavikFilch 1d ago

CloudCone charged VAT twice, ignoring my ticket · General Discussion

I had a similar double-charge mess with Contabo a while back and they actually fixed it after I tagged their support account on Mastodon of all things. Might be worth a shot if CloudCone has any social presence. Also

RAJ said:
Registered mail costs more than €24 tho
— true, but some EU coun...

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ReykjavikFilch 5d ago

512MB Docker host—swarm or compose, no cheating · VPS Hosting

Methinks the gentleman from RackNerd doth protest too little, for whence cometh this desire for orchestration wherefore none is needed? I have seen, in mine own travails upon servers most meager, that the winding path of swarm doth lead to ruin, as the memory which thou possessest—512MB, a pittance...

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ReykjavikFilch 5d ago

Who is the most underrated provider you have actually used? · General Discussion

RAJ said:
Margins look thin

Methinks ye olde server merchants have forgotten whence the profit cometh, for in days of yore one did not seek gold in the sale of the tin itself but rather in the provisioning of support and the management of many small containers upon a single iron beast, whe...

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ReykjavikFilch 19d ago

Softaculous backup to same server is worse than no backup · Web Hosting

Methinks the gentleman doth protest too little, for whence came this wisdom but through the fiery trial of misfortune, and wherefore do we repeat the errors of our fathers save that we must ourselves be burned upon the altar of the single drive, that spinning rust or solid state alike may fail us in...

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ReykjavikFilch 21d ago

Mini-guide: identifying fake Samsung SSDs from eBay sellers · Dedicated Servers

Whence cometh these knaves who would sell ye olde counterfeit silicon? Methinks the marketplace hath grown dark and full of terrors, for wherefore would a man label a drive of Intel's ancient making with the mark of Samsung, save to deceive the unwary purchaser who knoweth not to seek the blue PCB n...

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ReykjavikFilch 24d ago

My experience with 'launch promos' that never actually launched · Deals & Offers

Whence came this plague of vaporhosts, I find myself pondering, for it seems the modern age hath produced a breed of provider that doth promise the moon and stars upon their launch page yet delivereth nothing but wind and empty words, much like ye olde server I once leased from a firm in 2014—though...

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ReykjavikFilch 1mo ago

What's the weirdest 'free bonus' you've gotten with hosting? · Deals & Offers

wendy said:
The weirdest bonuses reveal more about the host's business model

Methinks thou hast the right of it, for whence came mine own bounty from HostHatch but a stress ball of most curious hue, green as the mold upon ye olde server in my grandfather's cellar, and wherefore should a di...