HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 - MEGATHREAD

sh97

@beanman109 said:
well anyways heres a yabs of a $3 per year VPS

root@hello:~# curl -sL https://yabs.sh | bash

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Yet-Another-Bench-Script

v2024-12-20

https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script

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Mon Dec 30 09:30:01 AM GMT 2024

Basic System Information:

Uptime : 0 days, 2 hours, 44 minutes
Processor : AMD EPYC 4344P 8-Core Processor
CPU cores : 1 @ 3799.984 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 1.9 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 34.9 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.1.0-9-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

IPv4 Network Information:

ISP : Interserver, Inc
ASN : AS19318 Interserver, Inc
Host : UAB Linama
Location : Secaucus, New Jersey (NJ)
Country : United States

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda3):

Block Size	4k (IOPS)	64k (IOPS)
Read	577.92 MB/s (144.4k)	421.02 MB/s (6.5k)
Write	579.44 MB/s (144.8k)	423.23 MB/s (6.6k)
Total	1.15 GB/s (289.3k)	844.26 MB/s (13.1k)
Block Size	512k (IOPS)	1m (IOPS)
------	--- ----	---- ----
Read	822.08 MB/s (1.6k)	1.12 GB/s (1.0k)
Write	865.76 MB/s (1.6k)	1.19 GB/s (1.1k)
Total	1.68 GB/s (3.2k)	2.32 GB/s (2.2k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):

Provider	Location (Link)	Send Speed	Recv Speed	Ping
Clouvider	London, UK (10G)	356 Mbits/sec	189 Mbits/sec	68.9 ms
Eranium	Amsterdam, NL (100G)	1.06 Gbits/sec	874 Mbits/sec	74.9 ms
Uztelecom	Tashkent, UZ (10G)	652 Mbits/sec	busy	167 ms
Leaseweb	Singapore, SG (10G)	492 Mbits/sec	709 Mbits/sec	242 ms
Clouvider	Los Angeles, CA, US (10G)	947 Mbits/sec	962 Mbits/sec	64.2 ms
Leaseweb	NYC, NY, US (10G)	1.15 Gbits/sec	1.00 Gbits/sec	5.24 ms
Edgoo	Sao Paulo, BR (1G)	1.01 Gbits/sec	484 Mbits/sec	139 ms

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:

Test | Value
|
Single Core | 2783
Multi Core | 2714
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9683568

YABS completed in 9 min 19 sec

emgh

@beanman109 said:

@emgh said:
@AlexPads more $3 coming? What was the challenge thing about? Any time or do we get a message before it drops so we have time to login etc?

you got a comment scraper setup for $3 p/yr or what

@sh97 messaged me on Discord about it

I got contacts that help me out

beanman109

@sh97 said:

@beanman109 said:
well anyways heres a yabs of a $3 per year VPS

root@hello:~# curl -sL https://yabs.sh | bash

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Yet-Another-Bench-Script

v2024-12-20

https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script

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Mon Dec 30 09:30:01 AM GMT 2024

Basic System Information:

Uptime : 0 days, 2 hours, 44 minutes
Processor : AMD EPYC 4344P 8-Core Processor
CPU cores : 1 @ 3799.984 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 1.9 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 34.9 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.1.0-9-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

IPv4 Network Information:

ISP : Interserver, Inc
ASN : AS19318 Interserver, Inc
Host : UAB Linama
Location : Secaucus, New Jersey (NJ)
Country : United States

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda3):

Block Size	4k (IOPS)	64k (IOPS)
Read	577.92 MB/s (144.4k)	421.02 MB/s (6.5k)
Write	579.44 MB/s (144.8k)	423.23 MB/s (6.6k)
Total	1.15 GB/s (289.3k)	844.26 MB/s (13.1k)
Block Size	512k (IOPS)	1m (IOPS)
------	--- ----	---- ----
Read	822.08 MB/s (1.6k)	1.12 GB/s (1.0k)
Write	865.76 MB/s (1.6k)	1.19 GB/s (1.1k)
Total	1.68 GB/s (3.2k)	2.32 GB/s (2.2k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):

Provider	Location (Link)	Send Speed	Recv Speed	Ping
Clouvider	London, UK (10G)	356 Mbits/sec	189 Mbits/sec	68.9 ms
Eranium	Amsterdam, NL (100G)	1.06 Gbits/sec	874 Mbits/sec	74.9 ms
Uztelecom	Tashkent, UZ (10G)	652 Mbits/sec	busy	167 ms
Leaseweb	Singapore, SG (10G)	492 Mbits/sec	709 Mbits/sec	242 ms
Clouvider	Los Angeles, CA, US (10G)	947 Mbits/sec	962 Mbits/sec	64.2 ms
Leaseweb	NYC, NY, US (10G)	1.15 Gbits/sec	1.00 Gbits/sec	5.24 ms
Edgoo	Sao Paulo, BR (1G)	1.01 Gbits/sec	484 Mbits/sec	139 ms

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:

Test | Value
|
Single Core | 2783
Multi Core | 2714
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9683568

YABS completed in 9 min 19 sec

it is my firt $3 one, @AlexPads took my virginity

admax

cope

hSFCfFrrk

@Caztiel said:

@emgh said:

@raza19 said:

@Caztiel said:

@FAT32 said:

@AlexPads said: Im still doing some hacker man coding

Add this line and all good: alert('FAT32 is winner')

I have a better idea.... How about decoding this ?

42-PQFDA14TAF-SLAED-

Oh my God. Did @SilverCreek finally reveal wt this monstrosity was? I think as a penalty to this crap of a puzzle @SilverCreek must offer 100x7 Dollah deal. @FAT32 @beanman109 @emgh.

Dev said it's not worth his time as well

Except for 14 or 41 - I decoded most of it. Expecting it to be one of these or atleast close to these :

FAT-DEALS-41ADFQP-42
FAT-DEALS-14ADF-QP42
FAT-DEALS-ADF14-QP42
FAT-DEALS-14ADFQP-42

I went down a slightly different path, so in case someone is up for another round...

Coming from one of @SilverCreek 's comments:

// the __ is something within the data, should be come obvious fast enough
'42-PQFDA14TAF-SLAED-'.split('14').reverse().join('__').split('-')

which results in

[ "TAF", "SLAED", "__42", "PQFDA" ]

As @SilverCreek arbitrarily added two underscores, I figure those stand for "77" as 7742 is the EPYC model used.
Now, we know the string starts with FAT-DEALS, so that brings us to

FAT-DEALS-7742-PQFDA

(The last two parts might need to be switched)

The question remains what that PQFDA/ADFQP is about...using those chars in any variation doesn't work, it's not EPYC(S), and playing with ciphers or encoding didn't bring me anywhere either....that's where I left it.

AlexPads

@emgh said:
@AlexPads more $3 coming? What was the challenge thing about? Any time or do we get a message before it drops so we have time to login etc?

I will likely be dropping it within the next few hours. I am making it pretty you know?

beanman109

@emgh said:

@beanman109 said:

@emgh said:
@AlexPads more $3 coming? What was the challenge thing about? Any time or do we get a message before it drops so we have time to login etc?

you got a comment scraper setup for $3 p/yr or what

@sh97 messaged me on Discord about it

I got contacts that help me out

"contacts"

ralf

@beanman109 said:

@emgh said:
@AlexPads more $3 coming? What was the challenge thing about? Any time or do we get a message before it drops so we have time to login etc?

you got a comment scraper setup for $3 p/yr or what

I mean, he'd probably tattoo his left testicle to increase the odds of getting a $3/y deal, so it's entirely plausible

Frobsy

Where is them $3 deals now that i have time 😡

Smigit

@beanman109 said:

@Smigit said:

@beanman109 said:

@Smigit said:

@beanman109 said:

@Smigit said:

@beanman109 said:
this is my favourite plan my provider offers (one of the most reputable providers in aus)

Aussie Broadband!

Was with them for years.

Still with them now just on the 250/25 plan for $129
Have been meaning to go back to Superloop for cheaper plan for 6 months but last time I was with them we had a lot of weird packet loss

Other than being about $10 or so too expensive on the plan I had (100/40 for FTTN), I’ve never had a single complaint about them. Great provider. I’m no longer with them as I moved to Origin Energy and found out shortly after that Origin’s broadband was actually whitelabeled Assie Broadband. Origin had the same plan for $10 less with 12 months of Paramount Plus, so I switched to Origin who were effectively Aussie still.

Late last year Origin announced they were moving from Aussie as a provider to Superloop. Was originally just going to go back to Aussie for the devil I know, but decided to give Launtel a go which is also rather well regarded. Used them for about a month or two and they were also great and maybe a few dollars cheaper than Aussie, but not by much.

However shortly after found out in the ACT that the old TRANSACT network has been updated to support g.fast on the old copper. Moved to Infinite Networks and getting about 340/45 or so on copper. Since it’s not NBN and Launtel supports it, I also have a line with Launtel that’s simply paused and I can activate the odd time I have issue with the TRANSACT connection. Works as an effective backup.

Unfortunately likely years until I get FTTP. With you being up north, I assume the prospects not much better given QLD drew a short straw on NBN also.

I got HFC at my property in SE QLD, max speed at the moment is 1000/50 which we've had before on HFC but rumours I'm seeing thru AusNOG indicate that NBNco might be bringing higher upload speeds to HFC soon, something closer to symmetrical if not symmetrical around 400/200 - 400/400

Yeah ok. Doing better than me, although others do much worse still. FTTN via NBN but fortunately I can max out the 100/40 for the tech. The g.fast I’m on has much better downloads, with negligible upload benefit. Hasn’t been as reliable but and as a technology it’s very very susceptible to line runs between the house and node.

i've heard surprisingly good things about starlink in australia if you don't mind slight instability for 20 seconds once a day, i've got a friend who maxes out like 300 mbps on it most the time

Yeah I’ve heard the same, and sounds like it’s gotten faster with time too. Haven’t given it a very close look yet but. Think I’d need to pay a bit more per a month still to go that way.

beanman109

@Smigit said:

@beanman109 said:

@Smigit said:

@beanman109 said:

@Smigit said:

@beanman109 said:

@Smigit said:

@beanman109 said:
this is my favourite plan my provider offers (one of the most reputable providers in aus)

Aussie Broadband!

Was with them for years.

Still with them now just on the 250/25 plan for $129
Have been meaning to go back to Superloop for cheaper plan for 6 months but last time I was with them we had a lot of weird packet loss

Other than being about $10 or so too expensive on the plan I had (100/40 for FTTN), I’ve never had a single complaint about them. Great provider. I’m no longer with them as I moved to Origin Energy and found out shortly after that Origin’s broadband was actually whitelabeled Assie Broadband. Origin had the same plan for $10 less with 12 months of Paramount Plus, so I switched to Origin who were effectively Aussie still.

Late last year Origin announced they were moving from Aussie as a provider to Superloop. Was originally just going to go back to Aussie for the devil I know, but decided to give Launtel a go which is also rather well regarded. Used them for about a month or two and they were also great and maybe a few dollars cheaper than Aussie, but not by much.

However shortly after found out in the ACT that the old TRANSACT network has been updated to support g.fast on the old copper. Moved to Infinite Networks and getting about 340/45 or so on copper. Since it’s not NBN and Launtel supports it, I also have a line with Launtel that’s simply paused and I can activate the odd time I have issue with the TRANSACT connection. Works as an effective backup.

Unfortunately likely years until I get FTTP. With you being up north, I assume the prospects not much better given QLD drew a short straw on NBN also.

I got HFC at my property in SE QLD, max speed at the moment is 1000/50 which we've had before on HFC but rumours I'm seeing thru AusNOG indicate that NBNco might be bringing higher upload speeds to HFC soon, something closer to symmetrical if not symmetrical around 400/200 - 400/400

Yeah ok. Doing better than me, although others do much worse still. FTTN via NBN but fortunately I can max out the 100/40 for the tech. The g.fast I’m on has much better downloads, with negligible upload benefit. Hasn’t been as reliable but and as a technology it’s very very susceptible to line runs between the house and node.

i've heard surprisingly good things about starlink in australia if you don't mind slight instability for 20 seconds once a day, i've got a friend who maxes out like 300 mbps on it most the time

Yeah I’ve heard the same, and sounds like it’s gotten faster with time too. Haven’t given it a very close look yet but. Think I’d need to pay a bit more per a month still to go that way.

yeah price is ridiculous + upfront fees for the sat as well so it really makes you commit to it for a bit

beanman109

@admax said:

cope

Feeling a bit tired, let's call it a day cope.

admax

@AlexPads said:

@Penguin said:

@AlexPads said:
$3/yr

That was quick, went there fast as I could and it was already gone

I swear before I hit post people already had it somehow like... there is no way. I couldn't even checkout that fast and its my site

A $3 per year VDS, damn, it disappeared! I had your website service for $1.6 per year web hosting—it was amazing!🫠

AlexPads

Gotta spend time making sure you little scripty people cannot cheese it.

COLBYLICIOUS

There we go again...

FAT32

@AlexPads said: Gotta spend time making sure you little scripty people cannot cheese it.

I am ready

codelock

@FAT32 said:

@AlexPads said: Gotta spend time making sure you little scripty people cannot cheese it.

I am ready

I am also back form lunch go go go go before other come back

FAT32

It will be sad if there isn't any deals on Page 32

admax

@AlexPads said:
Gotta spend time making sure you little scripty people cannot cheese it.

Too bad I haven’t finished work yet.🫠

AlexPads

@FAT32 said:
It will be sad if there isn't any deals on Page 32

I am not ready by page 32. Please.. have mercy.

beanman109

anyone care for a game of logout roulette?

dav848

@FAT32 said:
It will be sad if there isn't any deals on Page 32

no deal no page:(

FAT32

@AlexPads said: I am not ready by page 32. Please.. have mercy.

Can be other providers

cybertech

wtf i aint ready either

emgh

@AlexPads said:

@emgh said:
@AlexPads more $3 coming? What was the challenge thing about? Any time or do we get a message before it drops so we have time to login etc?

I will likely be dropping it within the next few hours. I am making it pretty you know?

Please more info

Same link etc as before so people will get it before posted on LET or all new? How many more?

JabJab

@hSFCfFrrk said: The question remains what that PQFDA/ADFQP is about...using those chars in any variation doesn't work, it's not EPYC(S), and playing with ciphers or encoding didn't bring me anywhere either....that's where I left it.

Don't worry, there is probably one more "arbitrary" join/split and no one can solve that :-D

ralf

@AlexPads said:
Gotta spend time making sure you little scripty people cannot cheese it.

We will be cheesing it.

Frobsy

@emgh said:

@AlexPads said:

@emgh said:
@AlexPads more $3 coming? What was the challenge thing about? Any time or do we get a message before it drops so we have time to login etc?

I will likely be dropping it within the next few hours. I am making it pretty you know?

Please more info

Same link etc as before so people will get it before posted on LET or all new? How many more?

Please share the last link real quick, I wanna tell you something

codelock

people I think he is ready just needs to reach page 32

emgh

@Frobsy said:

@emgh said:

@AlexPads said:

@emgh said:
@AlexPads more $3 coming? What was the challenge thing about? Any time or do we get a message before it drops so we have time to login etc?

I will likely be dropping it within the next few hours. I am making it pretty you know?

Please more info

Same link etc as before so people will get it before posted on LET or all new? How many more?

Please share the last link real quick, I wanna tell you something

Sorry don’t have it I’m here worrying on my phone