iii @ iii @mander.xyz

The lie made into the rule of the world.

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Cloudflare's DNS kept working

It's important I think. Day-to-day I live quite a lot in nature, so to change my mind space I do city trips. I find a concert I like in a city not too far, not too near. Then plan 2 or 3 days in that city.

This year I will have done 2 such holidays.

It was quite obvious indeed, as they also defaced the website. I switched to Linux Mint XFCE edition because of it :)

Had you any choice in the matter?

It's applicable to any negotiation, not just interviews

It's good that it goes down once in a while, so that people notice.

First offer is always low, no? That's why we negotiate and compare.

Thanks for sharing.

They seem to offer DNS, CDN, WASM compute (like aws lambda I'm guessing?), proxying with bot and ddos detection.

I do not see a tunneling product.

I'll wait till it stops, first?

https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted 😎

If we're honest: trusting the EU would help might have turned out a mistake.

Agreed! It just goes round and round and round!

Is there some way to self host what cloudflare does?

Your domain will always have to be rented through a 3rd party. Cloudflare is (or was?) one of the better choices for that.

Cloudflare does other things as well, most notably it can acts as a proxy: an inbetween between your server and the users. This inbetween can be useful against DOS attacks, blocking of bots, etc. But for most self hosters that part is not necessary. It's a toggle in cloudflare's DNS dashboard: I think you'd want it to say DNS only.

Another thing cloudflare can do is tunneling. It's useful for when your server is behind a firewall or NAT or double NAT you can't or don't want to configure. You'd probably know if you use this, so I assume you don't?

Everything looked fine to me. I'm on mander.xyz

The reverse: I pay more for a worse experience haha. Illegal weed is cheaper and more convenient, they deliver to the door 24/7. But I'd rather not contribute too much to that economy, despite the legal industry having a worse experience.

I change clothes on arrival. Got to because of the stinky sweat anyways :)

A call to defend Europe’s digital future

Currently, the EU has no digital presence. It does not appear that it will have a digital future either.

I understand that something needs to change. The lack of relevance has societal, economic, geopolitical, and even military consequences.

I am not convinced that these specific laws are the issue. There seems to be a fundamental problem at the core of the EU's industry that predates them: there is no grassroots innovation.

Most of what are now technology companies with finances comparable to some EU countries started out as students in garages in the 2000s. What seems to be missing in the EU is the joy and ability for outsiders to pursue unconventional ideas.

The EU's concept of "innovation" often involves extensive bureaucracy and subsidies for programs like Horizon 2020. An in-group of industry representatives receives subsidies that were developed by their own lobbyists. While this might be effective if the goal is to reduce vehicle breaking particles by 9.23%, it does not foster novel technology or innovative ideas.

If a committee of bureaucrats can understand it, then it is unlikely to lead to significant technological advancements or innovative concepts.

You can tell by their pricing. They're probably hoping that some regulation will force customers to use european providers? Or they have better, non-public, pricing on demand?

https://www.stackit.de/en/pricing/cloud-services/iaas/stackit-compute-engine/

That's quite the premium pricing, for a non-premium product 😦

The article is confusing. On the one hand they talk as if they want to make an AWS clone? On the other hand, they're talking about an AI datacenter?