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Java is disgusting. So is all the stuff you just mentioned.
What are good technologies then?
Rust, obviously.
Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances
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#172Giving away suggests that I can plug the server in at home, where as it looks like they continue to own and operate the instance
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Oh my god. Oracle having my address and credit card number is a nightmare scenario.
Some might think this is a joke, but the IT manager at one place I worked was almost fooled into thinking he had to pay licenses for our MariaDB databases running on AWS after Oracle had got his name from a web form. This is a different company than the other one I mentioned elsewhere where we resold Oracle and they still tried to extort us .
Late, but I should mention he is a seriously bright guy, Oracle just is that good at scaring people.
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Shape just means instance sizing. I was presented two options: 1: 1vCPU 2GiB ram 2: 2vCPU 8GiB ram (Or something, my memory is awful and it was a long time ago now. I remember a friend of mine who works at oracle was walking me through.)
Oh. So can't you delete the VM after being charged once?
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The code is GPL, but the official Oracle binaries are not (since Oracle owns the copyright, they are free to release under multiple different licenses) and they use Oracle's predatory "free" licensing - you când download and run for free for 6 months, but you owe them money if you keep running those binaries after the moment the new version is released. There is no explicit enforcement mechanism - it's up to you to b…
So build it yourself or get someone else to build it for you.
For the past 2-3 ( may be 4 ) years there is a narrative / movement that Open Source doesn't just mean the sourced code are opened, open source means the "community". And the result of that community must be both free in beer and free as speech.
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What do you mean "virtual card"?
Some credit cards come with a feature where you can generate (and revoke) multiple numbers that charge your account. So you could generate a new one to use with a shady business, and then revoke the number after you are done with the business.
I have wanted this.
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You can change the zone within the region. There were no free Ampere instances in the Frankfurt AZ1, I found them in AZ2. Though it only works for the Ampere. 1vCPU x86 VM can only be spun up in AZ1.
Gotcha. I had signed up in a US region and there was nary an ARM server to be found. I was quite disappointed. Then sales people reminded me of my disappointment weeks after.
I signed up months ago so I could get enough virtual crap to start a "working" k8s cluster for messing around with, doing CV KA etc. Haven't used it yet (doing other stuff) but am planning on kicking off next month. I got a single salesy email, and I replied that the account is for personal use, I have no money and no intention of monetising my tire-kicking, so it's forever free-tier. That was the end of it. You also have to explicitly flip a switch so they are allowed to charge you. If you don't, you simply can't deploy anything beyond the free tier. That's my understanding of their documentation of the free tier, but that was made clear enough.
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#178they rejected me despite verifying the transaction because the credit card is pre paid card.
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#179oracle cloud services? so IOI for short?
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Oh my god. Oracle having my address and credit card number is a nightmare scenario.
I wonder what happens if you sign up with a fake name, semi-disposable email address and a prepaid visa gift card that has $3.50 remaining balance on it.
Signed up with Revolut disposable cards, will see