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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 - MEGATHREAD

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  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire

    @donli said:

    [@emghs>; @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Well that's a shit ton of pages, so @SilverCreek still never explain what happened to previous code? We spent like so many hours and then it ends with "Nope you didn't solve it correctly" and yet new code can be solved it 3 minutes? Rigged.

    I've forgiven him for all sins now.

    Because you got some deals?

    Isn't that enough?

    Ya but some of us who spent time trying to crack the code but I am honestly still not convinced by the solution

    Just because It was the right solution doesn't mean it worked.

    Ya something like that, I need explanation and what the heck is the human readable thing? It is just a troll at this point.

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Well that's a shit ton of pages, so @SilverCreek still never explain what happened to previous code? We spent like so many hours and then it ends with "Nope you didn't solve it correctly" and yet new code can be solved it 3 minutes? Rigged.

    I've forgiven him for all sins now.

    Because you got some deals?

    Isn't that enough?

    Ya but some of us who spent time trying to crack the code but I am honestly still not convinced by the solution

    Promise is a promise. Wasted precious time on my loveletter :)

    Thanked by 4FAT32 ralf dev_vps admax
  • r3kr3k Member

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Well that's a shit ton of pages, so @SilverCreek still never explain what happened to previous code? We spent like so many hours and then it ends with "Nope you didn't solve it correctly" and yet new code can be solved it 3 minutes? Rigged.

    I've forgiven him for all sins now.

    Because you got some deals?

    Isn't that enough?

    Ya but some of us who spent time trying to crack the code but I am honestly still not convinced by the solution

    That was apparently

    human readable

  • @yoursunny said:

    @donli said:
    A problem for those stuck QSFP-only I guess.

    Many people have balls.
    We don't have balls.
    Where the balls were, it's a pair of QSFP ports.

    But the dik size keeps growing daily?

  • Seems like not much happening for New Year's day. I didn't see any great deals for west coast US since black Friday.

    I figured, if nothing else, I could try racknerd, since their Los Angeles location looks like it actually has pretty good APAC connectivity. 145ms ping, even during peak hours. But it's out of stock. Oh well.

    Thanked by 2Saragoldfarb admax
  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
    #                     v2024-12-20                    #
    # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    
    Wed Jan  1 05:31:50 PM -05 2025
    
    Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Uptime     : 0 days, 1 hours, 50 minutes
    Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 v5 @ 3.50GHz
    CPU cores  : 8 @ 3896.346 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
    RAM        : 31.2 GiB
    Swap       : 976.0 MiB
    Disk       : 914.8 GiB
    Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
    Kernel     : 6.1.0-27-amd64
    VM Type    : NONE
    IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
    
    IPv4 Network Information:
    ---------------------------------
    ISP        : FiberState, LLC
    ASN        : AS26042 FiberState, LLC
    Host       : FS Net LLC
    Location   : Bluffdale, Utah (UT)
    Country    : United States
    
    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/mapper/user--vg-root):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 546.69 MB/s (136.6k) | 429.58 MB/s   (6.7k)
    Write      | 548.13 MB/s (137.0k) | 431.84 MB/s   (6.7k)
    Total      | 1.09 GB/s   (273.7k) | 861.42 MB/s  (13.4k)
               |                      |
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 739.10 MB/s   (1.4k) | 973.41 MB/s    (950)
    Write      | 778.37 MB/s   (1.5k) | 1.03 GB/s     (1.0k)
    Total      | 1.51 GB/s     (2.9k) | 2.01 GB/s     (1.9k)
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping    
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----    
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 850 Mbits/sec   | 245 Mbits/sec   | 115 ms  
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 851 Mbits/sec   | 611 Mbits/sec   | 129 ms  
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | busy            | 177 Mbits/sec   | 216 ms  
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 607 Mbits/sec   | 590 Mbits/sec   | 237 ms  
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 934 Mbits/sec   | 936 Mbits/sec   | 14.0 ms 
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 909 Mbits/sec   | 672 Mbits/sec   | 46.8 ms 
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 785 Mbits/sec   | 219 Mbits/sec   | 163 ms  
    
    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value
                    |
    Single Core     | 1433
    Multi Core      | 4023
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9722009
    
    YABS completed in 10 min 45 sec
    root@user:/home/user#
    
  • @sliix said:

    @barbaros said:

    @raza19 said:

    @barbaros said:

    @raza19 said:

    @emgh said:

    @barbaros said:

    @emgh said:

    @raza19 said:

    @lukast__ said:

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    Serious.... Tell me what to cope about?

    @emgh has a 6/6/66 from @SilverCreek for $4.99/yr recurring.
    @beanman109 transferred me 50€ via Paypal (many thanks again for that btw) so that @SilverCreek changed his profile picture to the one in your signature.

    Did all this really happen? 😮😮😮😮😮

    Hell yeah brudda

    You still doing that tic tac toe game my rat brudda?

    I’m in bed with my phone

    But if a provider offers something to the thread if I beat them, I’ll go get my laptop and do my duty

    This year my performance on my android has been appreciable. I got multiple deals using my phone while lying on the bed 😎

    I got some deals while taking shit.

    Are we flexing now or what?

    The thing that bothers me is my password system, which is practically non-existent. Sometimes, when I need to check out quickly, it becomes inconvenient.

    I'm considering using Vaultwaarden. Any thoughts on dat? any alternatives ?

    Use the same password everywhere and problem solved.

    Jokes aside, vaultwarden self hosted is really good, works with the addons on desktop and mobile. Or you can pay for premium for 12 bucks per year if you like.

    But I use a separate 2FA generator to keep things more secure.

    This is the way. I do the same thing. 2x Vaultwarden instances on different small VPSs dedicated for the passwords and for the 2FA. Both with different master passwords.

    In my current setup I have website/app, username, password, secondary answer to question, some random values. Does vaultwaarden allow storage of these additional values apart from pwds?

    Thanked by 2Saragoldfarb admax
  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Well that's a shit ton of pages, so @SilverCreek still never explain what happened to previous code? We spent like so many hours and then it ends with "Nope you didn't solve it correctly" and yet new code can be solved it 3 minutes? Rigged.

    I've forgiven him for all sins now.

    Because you got some deals?

    Isn't that enough?

    Ya but some of us who spent time trying to crack the code but I am honestly still not convinced by the solution

    Yeah, I'm sure the official answer was wrong. Not least because 2412 makes much more sense than 2414. Not that it really matters any more anyway.

    I need an explanation, or at least not go disappear and silence for day and then if any hints previously is incorrect it should be explained.

  • Thanked by 2Saragoldfarb admax
  • @Saragoldfarb said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Well that's a shit ton of pages, so @SilverCreek still never explain what happened to previous code? We spent like so many hours and then it ends with "Nope you didn't solve it correctly" and yet new code can be solved it 3 minutes? Rigged.

    I've forgiven him for all sins now.

    Because you got some deals?

    Isn't that enough?

    Ya but some of us who spent time trying to crack the code but I am honestly still not convinced by the solution

    Promise is a promise. Wasted precious time on my loveletter :)

    I thought you got that. Maybe just remind him again now everything's calming down.

    I got my auction server today - he'd just completely missed it because he was getting so many DMs and when he realised, he sorted it straight away and gave me it for my cheeky joke price rather than the auction price.

    Thanked by 2Saragoldfarb admax
  • @sliix said:

    @barbaros said:

    @raza19 said:

    @barbaros said:

    @raza19 said:

    @emgh said:

    @barbaros said:

    @emgh said:

    @raza19 said:

    @lukast__ said:

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    Serious.... Tell me what to cope about?

    @emgh has a 6/6/66 from @SilverCreek for $4.99/yr recurring.
    @beanman109 transferred me 50€ via Paypal (many thanks again for that btw) so that @SilverCreek changed his profile picture to the one in your signature.

    Did all this really happen? 😮😮😮😮😮

    Hell yeah brudda

    You still doing that tic tac toe game my rat brudda?

    I’m in bed with my phone

    But if a provider offers something to the thread if I beat them, I’ll go get my laptop and do my duty

    This year my performance on my android has been appreciable. I got multiple deals using my phone while lying on the bed 😎

    I got some deals while taking shit.

    Are we flexing now or what?

    The thing that bothers me is my password system, which is practically non-existent. Sometimes, when I need to check out quickly, it becomes inconvenient.

    I'm considering using Vaultwaarden. Any thoughts on dat? any alternatives ?

    Use the same password everywhere and problem solved.

    Jokes aside, vaultwarden self hosted is really good, works with the addons on desktop and mobile. Or you can pay for premium for 12 bucks per year if you like.

    But I use a separate 2FA generator to keep things more secure.

    This is the way. I do the same thing. 2x Vaultwarden instances on different small VPSs dedicated for the passwords and for the 2FA. Both with different master passwords.

    Curious about this setup. Do those 2x instances store same set of passwords? I'm looking to self-host Vaultwarden and the intention is to have it installed on 3 different servers (Plus backup it password storage elsewhere), but keeping same set of passwords stored on those 3 servers.

    How will that work, esp. for the extensions/addons? Can it automatically sync between different instances?

    Thanked by 2Saragoldfarb admax
  • @didtav said:

    @SilverCreek said:
    Happy New Year to you all!

    Let's do a giveaway:

    Specifications:

    • 16 GB DDR4 Memory
    • 200 GB NVMe
    • 8 vCores
    • 60 TB Bandwidth
    • Free for 3 months (regular price: $36/quarter | $14/mo)
    • Kansas City Only

    You must solve this riddle:

    I live in a realm where zeros and ones
    Are not the end of the sums and runs.
    Entangled partners, we’re hard to see,
    Our dance defies locality.
    Probabilities guide what I’ll become—
    What am I, in the quantum drum?
    

    Only the first person to answer correctly will receive the prize.

    Electron

    I believe I'm the winner here :D

    Thanked by 2Saragoldfarb admax
  • @r3k said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Well that's a shit ton of pages, so @SilverCreek still never explain what happened to previous code? We spent like so many hours and then it ends with "Nope you didn't solve it correctly" and yet new code can be solved it 3 minutes? Rigged.

    I've forgiven him for all sins now.

    Because you got some deals?

    Isn't that enough?

    Ya but some of us who spent time trying to crack the code but I am honestly still not convinced by the solution

    That was apparently

    human readable

    Thanked by 2r3k Saragoldfarb
  • @naranjatech said:

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    Thanked by 3Saragoldfarb ralf admax
  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @ralf said:

    @Saragoldfarb said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Well that's a shit ton of pages, so @SilverCreek still never explain what happened to previous code? We spent like so many hours and then it ends with "Nope you didn't solve it correctly" and yet new code can be solved it 3 minutes? Rigged.

    I've forgiven him for all sins now.

    Because you got some deals?

    Isn't that enough?

    Ya but some of us who spent time trying to crack the code but I am honestly still not convinced by the solution

    Promise is a promise. Wasted precious time on my loveletter :)

    I thought you got that. Maybe just remind him again now everything's calming down.

    I got my auction server today - he'd just completely missed it because he was getting so many DMs and when he realised, he sorted it straight away and gave me it for my cheeky joke price rather than the auction price.

    Yeah, I reminded him before and don't really want to bother too much... It's the holidays... and They've been good to me... yet... 4/4/4//4 deal at $7/y....

    Thanked by 1ralf
  • @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Well that's a shit ton of pages, so @SilverCreek still never explain what happened to previous code? We spent like so many hours and then it ends with "Nope you didn't solve it correctly" and yet new code can be solved it 3 minutes? Rigged.

    I've forgiven him for all sins now.

    Because you got some deals?

    Isn't that enough?

    Ya but some of us who spent time trying to crack the code but I am honestly still not convinced by the solution

    Yeah, I'm sure the official answer was wrong. Not least because 2412 makes much more sense than 2414. Not that it really matters any more anyway.

    I need an explanation, or at least not go disappear and silence for day and then if any hints previously is incorrect it should be explained.

    The only person here with the power to force an explanation is you.

  • @david said:
    Seems like not much happening for New Year's day. I didn't see any great deals for west coast US since black Friday.

    I figured, if nothing else, I could try racknerd, since their Los Angeles location looks like it actually has pretty good APAC connectivity. 145ms ping, even during peak hours. But it's out of stock. Oh well.

    There's been a couple of cheap virm*** there. Currently they're all a bit pricey though.

  • ralfralf Member
    edited January 2025

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    ISP : FiberState, LLC

    :o

  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire
    edited January 2025

    @donli said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @ralf said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Well that's a shit ton of pages, so @SilverCreek still never explain what happened to previous code? We spent like so many hours and then it ends with "Nope you didn't solve it correctly" and yet new code can be solved it 3 minutes? Rigged.

    I've forgiven him for all sins now.

    Because you got some deals?

    Isn't that enough?

    Ya but some of us who spent time trying to crack the code but I am honestly still not convinced by the solution

    Yeah, I'm sure the official answer was wrong. Not least because 2412 makes much more sense than 2414. Not that it really matters any more anyway.

    I need an explanation, or at least not go disappear and silence for day and then if any hints previously is incorrect it should be explained.

    The only person here with the power to force an explanation is you.

    I am also 100% sure I tried the code that they say is the answer. What DAFQ is the ADFQP shit also?

  • @ralf said:

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    ISP : FiberState, LLC

    :o

    Yep someone won a dedi

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @aviadmini said:

    @ralf said:

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    ISP : FiberState, LLC

    :o

    Yep someone won a dedi

    And will treat it with much <3 thanks @fiberstate !

  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire
  • Right, I'm gonna catch some early ZZZs for tonight... I'm so far behind on sleep now!

    Have a great night / morning everyone!

  • @ralf said: There's been a couple of cheap virm*** there. Currently they're all a bit pricey though.

    Should be a with a good outfit, not interested in virm* (had one years ago, though).

    Thanked by 2Saragoldfarb admax
  • @FAT32 said:
    Well that's a shit ton of pages, so @SilverCreek still never explain what happened to previous code? We spent like so many hours and then it ends with "Nope you didn't solve it correctly" and yet new code can be solved it 3 minutes? Rigged.

  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire

    @raza19 said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Well that's a shit ton of pages, so @SilverCreek still never explain what happened to previous code? We spent like so many hours and then it ends with "Nope you didn't solve it correctly" and yet new code can be solved it 3 minutes? Rigged.

    I wouldn't be 100% agree on this because if it turns out to have logical and sound solution it is perfectly fine. But if there's none it is just rigged at this point.

  • > # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    > #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
    > #                     v2024-12-20                    #
    > # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
    > # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    > 
    > Wed Jan  1 05:31:50 PM -05 2025
    > 
    > Basic System Information:
    > ---------------------------------
    > Uptime     : 0 days, 1 hours, 50 minutes
    > Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 v5 @ 3.50GHz
    > CPU cores  : 8 @ 3896.346 MHz
    > AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    > VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
    > RAM        : 31.2 GiB
    > Swap       : 976.0 MiB
    > Disk       : 914.8 GiB
    > Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
    > Kernel     : 6.1.0-27-amd64
    > VM Type    : NONE
    > IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
    > 
    > IPv4 Network Information:
    > ---------------------------------
    > ISP        : FiberState, LLC
    > ASN        : AS26042 FiberState, LLC
    > Host       : FS Net LLC
    > Location   : Bluffdale, Utah (UT)
    > Country    : United States
    > 
    > fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/mapper/user--vg-root):
    > ---------------------------------
    > Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
    >   ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    > Read       | 546.69 MB/s (136.6k) | 429.58 MB/s   (6.7k)
    > Write      | 548.13 MB/s (137.0k) | 431.84 MB/s   (6.7k)
    > Total      | 1.09 GB/s   (273.7k) | 861.42 MB/s  (13.4k)
    >            |                      |
    > Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
    >   ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    > Read       | 739.10 MB/s   (1.4k) | 973.41 MB/s    (950)
    > Write      | 778.37 MB/s   (1.5k) | 1.03 GB/s     (1.0k)
    > Total      | 1.51 GB/s     (2.9k) | 2.01 GB/s     (1.9k)
    > 
    > iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    > ---------------------------------
    > Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping    
    > -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----    
    > Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 850 Mbits/sec   | 245 Mbits/sec   | 115 ms  
    > Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 851 Mbits/sec   | 611 Mbits/sec   | 129 ms  
    > Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | busy            | 177 Mbits/sec   | 216 ms  
    > Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 607 Mbits/sec   | 590 Mbits/sec   | 237 ms  
    > Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 934 Mbits/sec   | 936 Mbits/sec   | 14.0 ms 
    > Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 909 Mbits/sec   | 672 Mbits/sec   | 46.8 ms 
    > Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 785 Mbits/sec   | 219 Mbits/sec   | 163 ms  
    > 
    > Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    > ---------------------------------
    > Test            | Value
    >                 |
    > Single Core     | 1433
    > Multi Core      | 4023
    > Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9722009
    > 
    > YABS completed in 10 min 45 sec
    > root@user:/home/user#
    > 

    Thanked by 3Saragoldfarb ralf admax
  • @FAT32 said:

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    Have you gotten what you want in our megathread? ShockHosting is giving out 3 months dedicated server in US for completely FREE! Thanks and quote this post, and include #2025-WILL-BE-MY-YEAR in your comment.

    Rules:

    • Giveaway ends at 08:00pm EST (~10 hours from now)
    • Account must be created before 1 Dec 2024

    This is the second last day for this free dedicated server :)

    2025-WILL-BE-MY-YEAR

    Thanked by 1ralf
  • @FAT32 said:

    I wouldn't be 100% agree on this because if it turns out to have logical and sound solution it is perfectly fine. But if there's none it is just rigged at this point.

    +1

    I'm biased of course because I enjoy doing CTFs/code challenges/whatever, but when there isn't any seemingly logical solution and no one manages to solve it in the end, then come on.

    The problem isn't "puzzles" in general, the problem is tied to the specific puzzle that required pure fucking luck to solve. That's not how those should work imo.

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