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That is true but I was blocked from normal webshops. I always blamed the combination of a datacenter IP at the other side of the country + many computers using the shared ip.

I used Firefox and might have installed uBlock. I wasn't the only one with this issue, it was a general complaint within the department.

On my previous job everyone on the wifi was routed through a VPN connection to a datacenter. Basically 4500 people using the same outgoing IP. CloudFlare really made me hate the captcha's and verification pages they put in front of websites. Some websites sometimes were not accessible at all, literally blocked for hours.

I understand the position of CloudFlare where they basically don't like governments to block their IP's. On a smaller level this is exactly what CloudFlare is doing. Why is that justified?

What do you mean with "most of them require a windows machine to run"?

When we migrated our API to Google Cloud Functions we had a major rise in costs. Reason: idle time is billed. Meaning every connection to the outside world like a GET request or some other api will become costly. This is not a problem when you have a light api. We had 30-500 concurrent connections and after the first week our bill was already USD 500 higher as usual.

ColdFusion! Wild. I wrote tons of code in CF over 10 years ago. I was not aware it is still a thing.

I am not sure if I can agree with that. The EU has several apps and API which are stable and useful.

Do you have an example of such low quality webservice?

The costs per TB for self hosting is more expensive as what I pay now at Wasabi. Take in account (redundant) disks and power

How can one get all the active ip's within the borders of a country? Is there a database for this?

We moved from Minio to Wasabi. Big improvement in costs.

Uptimerobot is even cheaper than Pingdom

It was different. The amount of resources were zero. We had books. Like real thick books with lengthy explanations of each command. Sometimes it was the complete opposite and there was a command without any explanation at all. Good look with that, without decent debuggers or clear error messages.

Since my 14th I joined a computer club. Basically a bunch of nerds from the age 14-60 working with computers 24/7. Some ran Unix like systems, most had a Windows system or RedHat. You had to take your desktop computer and (huge) monitor with you to every meeting. It was a whole operation just to get there.

Some guys worked at Philips (now ASML) and had very early version of COAX nic's. We built our own LAN networks and shared files over the network. We played with network settings, which was basically what we did all day. Lots of terminals and Dos screens. Later Netscape was the browser of choice. When the Windows era really took off some of us started to hack Windows 95 machines. Often with the use of telnet and a bunch of commands you were able to find a lot of information about a computer. Sometimes it was just as easy as sending a picture with a hidden backdoor with tools like Cult Dead Cow. We did it for fun. There was no scamming involved.

We used ICQ and IRC to communicate online. Later there was MSN Messenger which was great to communicate with classmates. There was no cable internet. You had to pay per minute for internet over the telephone line.

Free software was available on Warez sites or FTP sites. Also newsgroups but this was mostly for reading news. I had FTP servers running everywhere. People connected to them through the whole world. Some left a thank you note after downloading music or the newest Winamp version. There was no Napster.

We went to LAN parties. Basically a university opening their auditorium for 150 nerds with huge desktop machines drinking Jolt coke all night. Some companies sponsored the events and tried to recruit java developers. There were games to hack a computer. Big part always was the opening where the (hack) groups presented themselves with 3d movies. The quality was insane for the time.

Also during Windows 95 lots of software ran in a DOS prompt. BASIC and Pascal were languages often used for this. The applications were not structured in a great way. You had open each file and analyze it. I can't remember developers used many comments in the code. Files were fairly easy to read and understand. There weren't that many references to other files.

If you wanted to have a DOS prompt with your application you had to write everything, even the mouse cursor moving over the screen. There were no packages or other predefined codelines. There was no autocomplete, code checks, stack overflow, or decent debugger. There was even a time without line numbers.

If I need a disposable email address I need it now. In that moment I am not looking for a solution to manage my trials.

Also I am on the other card in this game. I am thinking about building an api to flag the disposable emails. The solutions out there are not convenient enough. Also in the paid solutions many slip through.

For a side project this is a fun solution I would use. For longer term, it's not for me.

The automation part is nice. I appreciate your work.

Why would one use disposable email adresses for SaaS trials? I have a second emailaddress for this purpose. The only thing I can think of is people looking to create multiple accounts at the same SaaS. So basically a form of abuse.

Something I'm missing here?

I don't see the difference from Selenium like solutions

That's amazing!

Without the EU Poland still wouldn't have the infrastructure and modern roads they have now. These days it's possible to drive from Germany all the way to Krakow on solid roads. They would literally miss billions of dollars if they exit the EU. They will never leave it. It's all a facade.

I am almost 40 now. When I was younger I didn't care, I followed the money. Now that I am getting older my interests and environment changes. I definitely think more about consequences as I used to do.

If I would have this opportunity right now I would deny it. 5 years ago I would have jumped in without thinking.

I have ADHD with some overlap to the spectrum. As a result I am sensitive for light, sounds, things in my viewport. The blue light filter is always active on my phone and in evenings also on my computer screens. It definitely helps me in feeling tired and sleepy earlier in comparison with working without the filter.

I am not familiar with research about this subject. It is possible that blue light is not the reason but maybe the combination of the amber/red glow with a dimmed brightness. However, the blue light filter works very well for me.

The article claims that personal data is shared along 2000 companies. As far I understand those companies do not receive personal information. I do not see real proof.

I red and tried virtualization techniques on Fedora and it worked really easy, fast and stable. This is next level virtualization. A small step for humans, big step for RedHat

Well it looks like fun but you really should show a clickable demo. This looks more like a hidden ad now.

This is great. Building a company from the terminal. Good luck on your journey.

Don't need a backup solution right now, but I keep it in mind.