Stavros. You need to detach a little bit, get a 10,000m view. You've got something, you can be successful. But your approach is "out of whack" and people aren't going to support you. Conform to influence.
IMGZ – Paid image sharing
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Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing
#182Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, it's a database. That's where you're meant to put DATA.
... depending on the type of data. Binary data in databases is usually not a great idea, but tolerable in low amounts. I can't imagine storing images in a database, you're probably better off with a document store. Relational Databases (well, the ones that I know the internals of) tend to have soft limits on row sizes, in PostgreSQL this is 8kb (which is very small for an image); to overcome this limitation Postgres…
If you were to go with PostgreSQL, wouldn't you store this in a large object, which is effectively stored outside of the actual table row? So, if you can store enough rows of meta data AND you provision enough storage, why wouldn't the database be able to do this. I don't imagine you want to put a primary key on the actual image data column (not possible with large objects, since the column just contains an "oid"). I'm not arguing for storing images in the database, I've seen it done either way, and done it myself either way, but I believe that it's an ongoing source of heated debate between proponents and opponents. I.e. not settled out of hand.
Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing
#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
From the pricing page (fine print): * All prices paid per year but shown per month because if I get another person telling me that "$5 A MoNth Is toO ExPeNSiVe FoR 1 GB" I'm going to lose it. Small print may be too small to read. Service comes with no guarantee, not even guarantee of service. Do not email us for support you do not get any. Paying us money doesn't entitle you to anything except owning less money. Disc…
I still don't understand. $1 month is $12/year? Where does $5/year come from?
It used to be $5/yr but everyone complained that $5/mo was too high, so I changed it to "$1/mo billed annually", which amazingly has solved the complaints without reducing subscriptions at all (they were already at zero).
Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing
#184Unfortunately, Stavros has some issues keeping his services up. I was a user of his https://historio.us long-time ago, a paying one, and he just killed the service and lost all my data. Some time later, he restarted the service and gave my username to somebody else. Don't put anything meaningful and valuable into his services! Hello, I'm afraid I couldn't find your backup file :/ It looks like your account may have b…
Well in the disclaimer it quite literally states.
> Service comes with no guarantee, not even guarantee of service. Paying us money doesn't entitle you to anything except owning less money.
So if you go into this service paying money expecting images to be hosted you're gonna have a bad time. Still humorous though, finally a payment page that states what every big company wants to state.
Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing
#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
TBH, I find the following from that site as "being a bit of an ass": > You are a guest here. You can use IMGZ, and it'll always be great, because I'm great. I've even open-sourced it. (in particular, due to the "because I'm great.") > It's super cheap. Like, $5/yr. And that includes bandwidth. There's even a free trial because I'm nice. (same theme: "because I'm nice") --- past that, the honest talk is nice to see, I…
Yeah, I was confused by the copy. I also thought it wasn't a real service. On the "Money" page (with title "Buy my shit"): > That's because we want to avoid having to sell photos of your vagina to shady Russian oligarchs to pay for our servers and cocaine. I'm not offended by the language. It just doesn't give me a sense that this is a serious business.
> I'm not offended by the language. It just doesn't give me a sense that this is a serious business.
That was very much the intent, as it's not.
Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing
#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well that's extremely odd, I will look into that right now. EDIT: This is very odd, I'm not really doing any processing on the uploaded files, so it should definitely return the originals. I will have this fixed soon though. EDIT2: Unfortunately, the saved image in the DB itself is corrupt, so you will need to reupload after I solve this. EDIT3: Alright this should be fixed! Now I can start submitting animated GIFs t…
> saved image in the DB Whoa now... you're putting images in the database?
Doesn't iCloud use FoundationDB for storage of files?
Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing
#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the author commented on this view in their FAQ: > Listen, this is half service, half art project. I made it in two days because I needed one and Imgur is an embarrassing husk of its former self, and I had nothing better to do. If you're expecting professionalism, call Oracle and ask for a quote of Oracle Advanced Image Sharing for Hadoop or whatever crap they sell, IMGZ is awesome but what you see is what you…
Then why would I trust him with my credit card or give him money while there are free alternatives?
What are you after? The site didn't convince you to pay so don't pay. Sounds easy enough.
Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing
#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry I may have been dishonest there. I downloaded it from the google search results directly, perhaps this link- https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTFsEM5... it resulted in https://imgz.org/i5Q2gzwB.png
Hm, very odd that the type wasn't detected properly. The animated GIF issue is because of EXIF stripping ruining the image, though. I'm fixing that now.
It seems like you're still dealing with some pretty rudimentary issues here.
Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing
#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did anybody else read the copy, then read this comment, then read the copy again and go "what planet is this guy from?" How did "being such an ass" get defined down to something this mild? People are so easily offended these days. You can sign up for any image hosting website you want. I mean, you wouldn't go to Chipotle and rant at them for three paragraphs about how their mild salsa is way too spicy for you.
It’s all about context. In the context of informal Internet chat, this is mild. But as a business, in my own personal subjective opinion, it’s a real turn-off. I don’t ever EVER want companies to feign personality. At the moment it seems like this site exists purely because someone’s upset with Imgur. That’s a trrrible business model. I’m not about to rely on this existing in six months. What I want is the most dead…
1. It stores images.
2. I get money.
3. You get stored images.
I thought this was quite clear from the opening blurb, even.
Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing
#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
Alright, I'll bite. Which one? Seriously scoured the pages searching trying to be offended, couldn't find a "domestic violence joke". - edit - Ah the ToS, the one thing I never read. I thought it was pretty funny FWIW. Never got the point to being offended by a joke myself or on someone else's behalf. Jokes help you cope and heal, they work wonders for overcoming dark situations. The trick is to lighten up and learn…
https://imgz.org/help/terms/
That's one of my favorite jokes on there, it's meant to draw attention to the excuses abusers use to make it sound like it's the victim's fault. It's not making fun of the victims, it's saying you shouldn't fall for that manipulation.