Provider Poll 2024 - The Results

barbaros · February 2025

So I got 5.80 euro back because my take away order was delivered late. Any 5.80 / year deals?

admax · February 2025

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:

@Saragoldfarb said:

@emgh said:

@Saragoldfarb said:

@emgh said:

@Saragoldfarb said:
There's also vat, which I can recover through taxes, but if you're outside the EU there should be none.

If this server is needed for the business to function?

Yeah why not.

Any VM will probably outperform it...

@sh97 can prove otherwise

Now I'm curious

I don’t recall who or what but he did post (or send me) probably about the worst YABS I’ve ever seen

This one?
https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4258233/#Comment_4258233

This provider disappeared after offering discounts (silence). I didn't expect it to come from them, haha!

Saragoldfarb · February 2025

@emgh said:

@Saragoldfarb said:

@emgh said:
It’s just a question of when, not if, @lukast__ decides to scrape all of LET and all of OGF, parse every YABS and create a leaderboard for best and worst

Of course we need some hosts to sponsor him to make it worthwhile

Likely won’t be @hostpapa

Most from what I have seen at HostPapa isn't great. Seems to be oversold a lot.

Big company but kinda... Meh...

Better off with good LET endorsed hosts. Upside of HostPapa, they probably won't deadpool anytime soon.

emgh · February 2025

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:
It’s just a question on when, not if, @lukast__ decides to scrape all of LET and all of OGF, parse every YABS and create a leaderboard for best and worst

I think @FAT32 would ban me if I'd do that as that would likely mean >25k requests. Otherwise I'd gladly do it.

I mean, with a sound req/m limit so that it doesn’t cause too much server load I’m sure it’s fine (of course ask though)

You’d also just need the HTML of course

If you get the green light though, don’t miss out on parsing them no matter if code block, snippet, if spacing is off etc since people are barbaric when it comes to posting their YABS

lukast__ · February 2025

@emgh said:

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:
It’s just a question on when, not if, @lukast__ decides to scrape all of LET and all of OGF, parse every YABS and create a leaderboard for best and worst

I think @FAT32 would ban me if I'd do that as that would likely mean >25k requests. Otherwise I'd gladly do it.

I mean, with a sound req/m limit so that it doesn’t cause too much server load I’m sure it’s fine (of course ask though)

You’d also just need the HTML of course

If you get the green light though, don’t miss out on parsing them no matter if code block, snippet, if spacing is off etc since people are barbaric when it comes to posting their YABS

Well, I did some calculations, only comments after comment id around 3000000 (because earlier there was no YABS) would be necessary, which would mean around 1300000 comments. If one assumes that on each page there are on average 20 comments (while 30 is the maximum, not every discussion is a whole page), that would be 65k requests, and around 10 GB of data transfer (just the HTML!). That would probably be possible to scrape with maybe around 10 reqs/min in a week without impacting LET.
But let's see what @FAT32 says.
Only general problem I see is that there's GB4/5/6, and one cannot easily compare them, and generally YABS and Geekbench results can be faked, so I don't know how meaningful it would be. But one could of course see some tendencies.
Meanwhile, I'm YABSing the VM the statistics site runs on, which definitely is slow.

barbaros · February 2025

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:
It’s just a question on when, not if, @lukast__ decides to scrape all of LET and all of OGF, parse every YABS and create a leaderboard for best and worst

I think @FAT32 would ban me if I'd do that as that would likely mean >25k requests. Otherwise I'd gladly do it.

I mean, with a sound req/m limit so that it doesn’t cause too much server load I’m sure it’s fine (of course ask though)

You’d also just need the HTML of course

If you get the green light though, don’t miss out on parsing them no matter if code block, snippet, if spacing is off etc since people are barbaric when it comes to posting their YABS

Well, I did some calculations, only comments after comment id around 3000000 (because earlier there was no YABS) would be necessary, which would mean around 1300000 comments. If one assumes that on each page there are on average 20 comments (while 30 is the maximum, not every discussion is a whole page), that would be 65k requests, and around 10 GB of data transfer (just the HTML!). That would probably be possible to scrape with maybe around 10 reqs/min in a week without impacting LET.
But let's see what @FAT32 says.
Only general problem I see is that there's GB4/5/6, and one cannot easily compare them, and generally YABS and Geekbench results can be faked, so I don't know how meaningful it would be. But one could of course see some tendencies.
Meanwhile, I'm YABSing the VM the statistics site runs on, which definitely is slow.

Don't forget to check the old deal links while scraping, in case any of them is still valid

_MS_ · February 2025

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:
It’s just a question on when, not if, @lukast__ decides to scrape all of LET and all of OGF, parse every YABS and create a leaderboard for best and worst

I think @FAT32 would ban me if I'd do that as that would likely mean >25k requests. Otherwise I'd gladly do it.

I mean, with a sound req/m limit so that it doesn’t cause too much server load I’m sure it’s fine (of course ask though)

You’d also just need the HTML of course

If you get the green light though, don’t miss out on parsing them no matter if code block, snippet, if spacing is off etc since people are barbaric when it comes to posting their YABS

Well, I did some calculations, only comments after comment id around 3000000 (because earlier there was no YABS) would be necessary, which would mean around 1300000 comments. If one assumes that on each page there are on average 20 comments (while 30 is the maximum, not every discussion is a whole page), that would be 65k requests, and around 10 GB of data transfer (just the HTML!). That would probably be possible to scrape with maybe around 10 reqs/min in a week without impacting LET.
But let's see what @FAT32 says.
Only general problem I see is that there's GB4/5/6, and one cannot easily compare them, and generally YABS and Geekbench results can be faked, so I don't know how meaningful it would be. But one could of course see some tendencies.
Meanwhile, I'm YABSing the VM the statistics site runs on, which definitely is slow.

wadhah · February 2025

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:
It’s just a question on when, not if, @lukast__ decides to scrape all of LET and all of OGF, parse every YABS and create a leaderboard for best and worst

I think @FAT32 would ban me if I'd do that as that would likely mean >25k requests. Otherwise I'd gladly do it.

I mean, with a sound req/m limit so that it doesn’t cause too much server load I’m sure it’s fine (of course ask though)

You’d also just need the HTML of course

If you get the green light though, don’t miss out on parsing them no matter if code block, snippet, if spacing is off etc since people are barbaric when it comes to posting their YABS

Well, I did some calculations, only comments after comment id around 3000000 (because earlier there was no YABS) would be necessary, which would mean around 1300000 comments. If one assumes that on each page there are on average 20 comments (while 30 is the maximum, not every discussion is a whole page), that would be 65k requests, and around 10 GB of data transfer (just the HTML!). That would probably be possible to scrape with maybe around 10 reqs/min in a week without impacting LET.
But let's see what @FAT32 says.
Only general problem I see is that there's GB4/5/6, and one cannot easily compare them, and generally YABS and Geekbench results can be faked, so I don't know how meaningful it would be. But one could of course see some tendencies.
Meanwhile, I'm YABSing the VM the statistics site runs on, which definitely is slow.

Wouldn't a "sanitized" comment database backup be a lot easier since you can get access through the admins?
Or maybe a local network server for scraping

Might be a security risk though so not sure

wadhah · February 2025

oops double post sorry

tenji · February 2025

wake up to find the thread explode 2.4x and of course @host_c were the usual suspect

raza19 · February 2025

@tenji said:
wake up to find the thread explode 2.4x and of course @host_c were the usual suspect

Yes, apparently I missed something big r we resurrecting the megathread

Blembim · February 2025

MY

Confetti is back at it again

raza19 · February 2025

@Blembim said:
MY

Confetti is back at it again

Aw boy!! Even the confetti is back. It's time to party 😂

raza19 · February 2025

Apparently @host_c there in a wild offer? 😂

gritty · February 2025

@raza19 said:
Apparently @host_c there in a wild offer? 😂

missed it

barbaros · February 2025

@Blembim said:
MY

Confetti is back at it again

Not just an ordinary confetti, XXXL Confetti

Blembim · February 2025

@barbaros said:

@Blembim said:
MY

Confetti is back at it again

Not just an ordinary confetti, XXXL Confetti

Extra large confetti is killing my phoneeeee

Saragoldfarb · February 2025

@Blembim said:

@barbaros said:

@Blembim said:
MY

Confetti is back at it again

Not just an ordinary confetti, XXXL Confetti

Extra large confetti is killing my phoneeeee

My phone seems to be coping just fine. Which is surprising actually.

barbaros · February 2025

@Saragoldfarb said:

@Blembim said:

@barbaros said:

@Blembim said:
MY

Confetti is back at it again

Not just an ordinary confetti, XXXL Confetti

Extra large confetti is killing my phoneeeee

My phone seems to be coping just fine. Which is surprising actually.

My iPhone 16 Pro Max is coping fine also, surprisingly

donnebanget · February 2025

I got my prize from @AlexPads
This second time i win giveaway on LET. poor me. 😂
Congrats for all winner and @FAT32 of course

beanman109 · February 2025

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:
It’s just a question on when, not if, @lukast__ decides to scrape all of LET and all of OGF, parse every YABS and create a leaderboard for best and worst

I think @FAT32 would ban me if I'd do that as that would likely mean >25k requests. Otherwise I'd gladly do it.

i rate limit mine i don't scrape let

beanman109 · February 2025

mods after seeing us turn this into another megathread

martingrxedm · February 2025

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FAT32 · February 2025

@beanman109 said:
mods after seeing us turn this into another megathread

Well but both @FAT32 and @DP are happy...?

cosmossofa · February 2025

@beanman109 said:
mods after seeing us turn this into another megathread

You described it vividly.

Beniskickbutt · February 2025

@Saragoldfarb said:

@Blembim said:

@barbaros said:

@Blembim said:
MY

Confetti is back at it again

Not just an ordinary confetti, XXXL Confetti

Extra large confetti is killing my phoneeeee

My phone seems to be coping just fine. Which is surprising actually.

the confetti is blowing up my PC. Its flying around with a very low framerate

sh97 · February 2025

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:

@Saragoldfarb said:

@emgh said:

@Saragoldfarb said:

@emgh said:

@Saragoldfarb said:
There's also vat, which I can recover through taxes, but if you're outside the EU there should be none.

If this server is needed for the business to function?

Yeah why not.

Any VM will probably outperform it...

@sh97 can prove otherwise

Now I'm curious

I don’t recall who or what but he did post (or send me) probably about the worst YABS I’ve ever seen

This one?
https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4258233/#Comment_4258233

Lukast is fast my man

beanman109 · February 2025

_MS_ · February 2025

emgh · February 2025

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:

@lukast__ said:

@emgh said:
It’s just a question on when, not if, @lukast__ decides to scrape all of LET and all of OGF, parse every YABS and create a leaderboard for best and worst

I think @FAT32 would ban me if I'd do that as that would likely mean >25k requests. Otherwise I'd gladly do it.

I mean, with a sound req/m limit so that it doesn’t cause too much server load I’m sure it’s fine (of course ask though)

You’d also just need the HTML of course

If you get the green light though, don’t miss out on parsing them no matter if code block, snippet, if spacing is off etc since people are barbaric when it comes to posting their YABS

Well, I did some calculations, only comments after comment id around 3000000 (because earlier there was no YABS) would be necessary, which would mean around 1300000 comments. If one assumes that on each page there are on average 20 comments (while 30 is the maximum, not every discussion is a whole page), that would be 65k requests, and around 10 GB of data transfer (just the HTML!). That would probably be possible to scrape with maybe around 10 reqs/min in a week without impacting LET.
But let's see what @FAT32 says.
Only general problem I see is that there's GB4/5/6, and one cannot easily compare them, and generally YABS and Geekbench results can be faked, so I don't know how meaningful it would be. But one could of course see some tendencies.
Meanwhile, I'm YABSing the VM the statistics site runs on, which definitely is slow.

My it s loves yasuni & lukaster

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