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2026-05-08 --Tech & Moderator Notes

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Posted by badanov 2026-05-08 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1811 views ] Top

1 Gracias, badanov.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-05-08 01:41|| 2026-05-08 01:41|| Front Page Top

2 Apache?
This is why people use virtual servers now. A click of the web interface and a new server spins up.
Only no spinning because spinning hard drives are ancient tech like punch cards.

Posted by Uninens Thromonter9996 2026-05-08 02:10|| 2026-05-08 02:10|| Front Page Top

3 Hard work. TY

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-05-08 04:11|| 2026-05-08 04:11|| Front Page Top

4 I trust nothing 'virtual' these days. Easier is not secure.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-05-08 04:14|| 2026-05-08 04:14|| Front Page Top

5 Beyond on-off and log-in, I'm absorutely clueless. Yes, thanks for the magic you do.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-05-08 04:27|| 2026-05-08 04:27|| Front Page Top

6
Just a Heads up .
Started getting repeated "Checking for Human vs Robot check failures this AM. for the *.RU site

Posted by NN2N1 2026-05-08 05:11|| 2026-05-08 05:11|| Front Page Top

7 Still more fun than a tax audit.
Muchas gracias, Bad.

Fuckoff UT.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-08 08:05|| 2026-05-08 08:05|| Front Page Top

8 Thank you.

Posted by Woodrow 2026-05-08 10:07|| 2026-05-08 10:07|| Front Page Top

9 Re: #6 and #7

#6 *.RU sites does that to me too, seems they have their own spam problem as well! Just wait and eventually the site will come up. (Usually less than 30 seconds, but once as long as a minute.)

#7 From DDG AI: A virtual server is a software-based version of a physical server that uses virtualization technology to partition a single physical machine into multiple isolated environments, each capable of running its own operating system and applications. This allows for more efficient use of resources and cost savings compared to traditional physical servers.

That said, I can run Win 11 and two flavors of Linuxes, all at the same time on the same computer. Its handy because I have eight cores running on my Ryzen 9 processor and can allocate however many cores I can dedicate to each virtual servers

Handy for developing and testing as well as operating a laser cutter and 3D printing all at once.

You can get a SATA SSD drive as a drop in replacement if you desire.

SSD drives are really handy for laptops as they don't break if you accidentally drop the laptop@
Don't knock virtual servers, they are useful!

Also, spinning hard drives is old technology, I use 2TB SSD drives no moving parts, super fast and the wearing out problem that used to plague older SSDs has been pretty much solved.

Plus SSDs is fairly cheap now, both external and internal versions. (some hunting required, but I got a 2TB USB SSD drive for $40 bucks. I use it as my backup drive)

Yes Badanov is doing a great job, I much appreciate this!

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-05-08 10:21|| 2026-05-08 10:21|| Front Page Top

10 Sighhh, gotta love how the formatting gets screwed up now and then.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-05-08 14:27|| 2026-05-08 14:27|| Front Page Top

11 Any thoughts about changing the UI to something from the 21st century?

Posted by Hellfish 2026-05-08 15:52|| 2026-05-08 15:52|| Front Page Top

12 One step at a time, Hellfish. ;-) Unless you’re volunteering to help?

Posted by trailing wife 2026-05-08 19:36|| 2026-05-08 19:36|| Front Page Top

13 I have Windows 3.1 floppies available, if needed

Posted by Frank G 2026-05-08 19:38|| 2026-05-08 19:38|| Front Page Top

14 I DO have a a decade or two in Windows web development but am now likely too out of date for modern tools.

Posted by Hellfish 2026-05-08 20:36|| 2026-05-08 20:36|| Front Page Top

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