I never thought "Made in the USA" would make me so nervous.
Nice for people who want to run temporary VPNs to access USA streaming video though.
Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server
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#52I don't mind CAPTCHA per se but this one seems to be surprisingly difficult. Other that that - nice idea.
It's reCAPTCHA, which is very popular and actually does some good (OCR help in digitizing bookz where machines fail).
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#53This is brilliant. I'm flabbergasted why every single virtual server I've ever tried has had some gotcha that made it agonizing. Why is it so hard to have one-click templates that give you a server that can run 90% of what a user needs, say apache/php/ruby/node/mysql/postgresql/ssh with cpanel (or equivalent), already installed and set up "the right way" so you can easily add domains? I know the reasons why this hasn…
give you a server that can run 90% of what a user needs Are you saying that you just keep adding things to the server until you've covered that mythical user? That sounds like an absolute disaster from a security, maintenance, and resource usage perspective. I don't see what problem this solves. Start an EC2 instance (takes seconds), configure it as you want it (which to me includes a hardened, specific set of softwa…
>That sounds like an absolute disaster from a security, maintenance, and resource usage perspective.
Installed and available are a huge sight different from running and exploitable, though. I can have a completely unpatched Apache from 5 years ago, it's invulnerable to foes up to and including the NSA unless the app is running and listening on a port :)
Would be trickier, but not impossible for more system-level apps like Cpanel/Virtualmin.
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#54With PRISM "virtual private" just got a whole new dimension.
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#55Suggestion: Please let me know there are no servers available without requiring me to type in the incredibly frustrating recaptcha.
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#56With PRISM "virtual private" just got a whole new dimension.
Yeah I was thinking the same exact thing.
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#57Nothing but a blank white page for me.
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#58Nothing but a blank white page for me.
Oh I see. You've not tested it without cookies.
It's nice to get a heads up that you require cookies, you know.
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#59I noticed, that another user is logged into the same server before me from IP 50.16.x.x. If you are monitoring sessions, you should disclose so.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ditto! I don't want to enter a CAPTCHA for nothing.
It was not for nothing. You helped digitalizing a book.
Bull. They aren't even real words.
Edit: Downvotes != disagreeing. Captcha is a serious fucking problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laEVYBxLfF0 I know the video is satirical. That's the point. There needs to be a solution that doesn't involve photocopying sodden pages from Mathematica Principia and asking users to take a guess at what on Earth the stupid squiggly lines are supposed to read.