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• dhmkt01 Member

  5:57AM

  @s0n1c said:

  @dhmkt01 said:
  @DartNode I have stopped expecting anything from you now. It has been more than 60 hours, and the free giveaway tickets have still not been replied. Not even a single update or message.

  I understand this is a free giveaway, but free should not mean wasting time. A simple update would have been enough.

  I think there are already more than 400–500 tickets pending, and nothing seems to be moving. It feels like I have wasted my time with dartday sorry to say.

  And if there are issues again in the future, I hope it won't be handled the same way and simply be called "free" as an excuse.

  Thank you.

  ungrateful and impatient mjj detected

  Impatient? Maybe. Ungrateful? No. I was only asking for an update. 🙂
• lala_th Member

  5:59AM

  @dhmkt01 said:

  @AlteredParadox said:

  @dhmkt01 said:
  @DartNode I have stopped expecting anything from you now. It has been more than 60 hours, and the free giveaway tickets have still not been replied. Not even a single update or message.

  I understand this is a free giveaway, but free should not mean wasting time. A simple update would have been enough.

  I think there are already more than 400–500 tickets pending, and nothing seems to be moving. It feels like I have wasted my time with dartday sorry to say.

  And if there are issues again in the future, I hope it won't be handled the same way and simply be called "free" as an excuse.

  Thank you.

  @DartNode I'll take this guy's free stuff, since he's so unhappy!

  If my disappointment can make someone else happy, I'm happy to pass it on. Enjoy it! 🙂

  Please ask DarkNode to transfer the ticket. At the current pace, I think it may take another 60 hours to process anyway. 😄

  I'm in the next one in the queue.
• rpqu Member

  6:03AM

  Anyway, I submit my ticket 14h ago. No reply yet. Last time, it was around 12-18h I forgot
• default Veteran

  6:52AM

  @rpqu said:
  [...] Seems like people thought your teams are slacking

  Some people might also be thinking that on Dart Day there was some Solitaire Championship organised between datacenters in US. But since when should one care about imaginary theories and assumptions? The event was fun and that is all that matters; besides we all know dedicated servers are assembled and provided manually afterwards.
• nikio Member

  7:18AM

  If I ever start a hosting company I'm going to just ban sign-ups from certain parts of the internet to avoid the hassle of dealing with certain twattery.
• JoshR Member, Patron Provider

  8:08AM

  @nikio said:
  If I ever start a hosting company I'm going to just ban sign-ups from certain parts of the internet to avoid the hassle of dealing with certain twattery.

  
• default Veteran

  8:18AM edited 8:20AM

  @nikio said:
  If I ever start a hosting company I'm going to just ban sign-ups from certain parts of the internet to avoid the hassle of dealing with certain twattery.

  Good point, problem is: they're also buyers. Many companies make lots of money precisely because some governments are oppressive towards their own citizens. If a government in some country establishes some great internet firewall, then trying to bypass that firewall generates awesome sales for datacenters in other countries which embrace more freedom. And here's the kicker: common people want to bypass that too, even though they are not tech savvy and maybe don't even have discipline; but one thing is for certain: they can't discuss badly about their own government due to reprisals — so they blame things on you when some aspects don't work according to their expectations.

  I'm not trying to justify an MJJ in any way, shape or form. I am just trying to understand the psychological problems that drive such approach. When one hears about some cheap (bypass) cake offering a bit of (porn) freedom, they want it. In my opinion it is a mixture of issues and frustrations piled up on top of one another, all starting from control of governments and lack of freedom. If a common MJJ would have freedom, they would not even bother to grab a VPS or dedi, hence not pay for your hosting services.
• rpqu Member

  8:32AM

  @default said:

  @nikio said:
  If I ever start a hosting company I'm going to just ban sign-ups from certain parts of the internet to avoid the hassle of dealing with certain twattery.

  Good point, problem is: they're also buyers. Many companies make lots of money precisely because some governments are oppressive towards their own citizens. If a government in some country establishes some great internet firewall, then trying to bypass that firewall generates awesome sales for datacenters in other countries which embrace more freedom. And here's the kicker: common people want to bypass that too, even though they are not tech savvy and maybe don't even have discipline; but one thing is for certain: they can't discuss badly about their own government due to reprisals — so they blame things on you when some aspects don't work according to their expectations.

  I'm not trying to justify an MJJ in any way, shape or form. I am just trying to understand the psychological problems that drive such approach. When one hears about some cheap (bypass) cake offering a bit of (porn) freedom, they want it. In my opinion it is a mixture of issues and frustrations piled up on top of one another, all starting from control of governments and lack of freedom. If a common MJJ would have freedom, they would not even bother to grab a VPS or dedi, hence not pay for your hosting services.

  It's actually very easy. Just use roaming esim. Oh no esim? Just use removable euicc.
  If they were using it for VPN, surely they won't excessively abuse the service resource beyond networking capabilities.
  It's just people like them exist in CNNIC address space. People outside that address space also could exhibit such behavior.
  Exhibit A: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/217855/crunchbits-behavior
• nikio Member

  1:10PM

  @default said:

  @nikio said:
  If I ever start a hosting company I'm going to just ban sign-ups from certain parts of the internet to avoid the hassle of dealing with certain twattery.

  Good point, problem is: they're also buyers. Many companies make lots of money precisely because some governments are oppressive towards their own citizens. If a government in some country establishes some great internet firewall, then trying to bypass that firewall generates awesome sales for datacenters in other countries which embrace more freedom. And here's the kicker: common people want to bypass that too, even though they are not tech savvy and maybe don't even have discipline; but one thing is for certain: they can't discuss badly about their own government due to reprisals — so they blame things on you when some aspects don't work according to their expectations.

  I'm not trying to justify an MJJ in any way, shape or form. I am just trying to understand the psychological problems that drive such approach. When one hears about some cheap (bypass) cake offering a bit of (porn) freedom, they want it. In my opinion it is a mixture of issues and frustrations piled up on top of one another, all starting from control of governments and lack of freedom. If a common MJJ would have freedom, they would not even bother to grab a VPS or dedi, hence not pay for your hosting services.

  Cheating and entitlement is seemingly integral to some cultures. My university made it a point to never publish class rankings, but word somehow got around inside a certain community that I was regularly acing my courses. They asked me to write papers for them in various inventive ways (sometimes offering nudes for barter, sometimes asking for 'mentorship'). And then the MJJ-levels of entitlement would come out when I naturally refused (sorry, usenet has better nudes).

  A few months ago I had the misfortune of picking up a parcel from a certain person of a certain background. He wanted to take a photo of my passport with his phone with document number visible. I told him that this would happen around the time Hell starts ordering antifreeze. He got royally indignant and started telling me how he operates a legitimate business and I shouldn't be coming in if I don't want to do business with him. I did tell him the pickup location wasn't my choice (the pickup location was the choice of another person of his same ethnicity who 'pretended' nobody was home, just pulled up, left a 'while you were out' card and drove off).

  And that's not to mention their co-ethnics at the market pumping meat full of water before sale to overcharge you.

  None of these people are trying to benignly find a firewall bypass while dealing with unexpressed frustration caused by a tyrannical government. This is just cheating for cheat's sake. Entitlement for entitlement's sake. Forgive me for making conclusions.

  Thanked by 1rpqu
• rpqu Member

  1:23PM edited 1:27PM

  @nikio said:

  @default said:

  @nikio said:
  If I ever start a hosting company I'm going to just ban sign-ups from certain parts of the internet to avoid the hassle of dealing with certain twattery.

  Good point, problem is: they're also buyers. Many companies make lots of money precisely because some governments are oppressive towards their own citizens. If a government in some country establishes some great internet firewall, then trying to bypass that firewall generates awesome sales for datacenters in other countries which embrace more freedom. And here's the kicker: common people want to bypass that too, even though they are not tech savvy and maybe don't even have discipline; but one thing is for certain: they can't discuss badly about their own government due to reprisals — so they blame things on you when some aspects don't work according to their expectations.

  I'm not trying to justify an MJJ in any way, shape or form. I am just trying to understand the psychological problems that drive such approach. When one hears about some cheap (bypass) cake offering a bit of (porn) freedom, they want it. In my opinion it is a mixture of issues and frustrations piled up on top of one another, all starting from control of governments and lack of freedom. If a common MJJ would have freedom, they would not even bother to grab a VPS or dedi, hence not pay for your hosting services.

  None of these people are trying to benignly find a firewall bypass while dealing with unexpressed frustration caused by a tyrannical government. This is just cheating for cheat's sake. Entitlement for entitlement's sake. Forgive me for making conclusions.

  Right, their intention is impure thus it appears on their conduct
  Anyway, another piece everyone should read

  
  

  What is a “Transfer Station (中转站)”?

  A transfer station (中转站) is what the Chinese developer ecosystem calls an API proxy–an overseas server that sits between a developer and Anthropic’s infrastructure. It accepts API requests, forwards them as if they originated from the transfer station’s location, and passes the response back. The user redirects their software to the proxy’s server instead of Anthropic’s, and pays the API proxy RMB via WeChat or Alipay. This sidesteps both the VPN and the overseas credit card needed for direct access. Prominent transfer stations are catalogued in community repositories and ranked by real-time price and uptime. Below them, a longer tail of small and individual projects comes and goes.
  The Supply Chain of Transfer Stations

  A transfer station is not a sole entity. It sits in the middle of a layered supply chain, with most participants never interacting with each other directly.

  Upstream are the resource providers: account merchants who bulk-register or acquire Anthropic accounts at scale; SMS verification platforms that supply the foreign phone numbers needed to pass sign-up checks; and, at the more technical end, reverse engineers who analyze Anthropic’s client code to find authentication shortcuts or detect when detection logic has changed. The payment infrastructure with card merchants and proxy networks also enables overseas billing from inside China.

  The upstream also tackles more sophisticated KYC regimes–either by AI or humans. AI services have demonstrated the ability to generate highly realistic fake IDs capable of bypassing identity verification on major platforms, and deepfake tools now allow criminals to create digital clones that successfully pass biometric verification remotely. Even if the defender can successfully detect AI faking humans, a more labour-intensive method exists to find real humans. Agents travel to lower-income countries in Africa or Latin America to recruit real individuals willing to complete in-person verification.The Worldcoin black market offered a documented precedent, with iris scans harvested from KYC merchants in Cambodia and Kenya, sold for under $30

  Thanked by 1nikio
• default Veteran

  1:56PM edited 1:56PM

  @rpqu said:

  @nikio said:

  @default said:

  @nikio said:
  If I ever start a hosting company I'm going to just ban sign-ups from certain parts of the internet to avoid the hassle of dealing with certain twattery.

  Good point, problem is: they're also buyers. Many companies make lots of money precisely because some governments are oppressive towards their own citizens. If a government in some country establishes some great internet firewall, then trying to bypass that firewall generates awesome sales for datacenters in other countries which embrace more freedom. And here's the kicker: common people want to bypass that too, even though they are not tech savvy and maybe don't even have discipline; but one thing is for certain: they can't discuss badly about their own government due to reprisals — so they blame things on you when some aspects don't work according to their expectations.

  I'm not trying to justify an MJJ in any way, shape or form. I am just trying to understand the psychological problems that drive such approach. When one hears about some cheap (bypass) cake offering a bit of (porn) freedom, they want it. In my opinion it is a mixture of issues and frustrations piled up on top of one another, all starting from control of governments and lack of freedom. If a common MJJ would have freedom, they would not even bother to grab a VPS or dedi, hence not pay for your hosting services.

  None of these people are trying to benignly find a firewall bypass while dealing with unexpressed frustration caused by a tyrannical government. This is just cheating for cheat's sake. Entitlement for entitlement's sake. Forgive me for making conclusions.

  Right, their intention is impure thus it appears on their conduct
  Anyway, another piece everyone should read

  
  

  What is a “Transfer Station (中转站)”?

  A transfer station (中转站) is what the Chinese developer ecosystem calls an API proxy–an overseas server that sits between a developer and Anthropic’s infrastructure. It accepts API requests, forwards them as if they originated from the transfer station’s location, and passes the response back. The user redirects their software to the proxy’s server instead of Anthropic’s, and pays the API proxy RMB via WeChat or Alipay. This sidesteps both the VPN and the overseas credit card needed for direct access. Prominent transfer stations are catalogued in community repositories and ranked by real-time price and uptime. Below them, a longer tail of small and individual projects comes and goes.
  The Supply Chain of Transfer Stations

  A transfer station is not a sole entity. It sits in the middle of a layered supply chain, with most participants never interacting with each other directly.

  Upstream are the resource providers: account merchants who bulk-register or acquire Anthropic accounts at scale; SMS verification platforms that supply the foreign phone numbers needed to pass sign-up checks; and, at the more technical end, reverse engineers who analyze Anthropic’s client code to find authentication shortcuts or detect when detection logic has changed. The payment infrastructure with card merchants and proxy networks also enables overseas billing from inside China.

  The upstream also tackles more sophisticated KYC regimes–either by AI or humans. AI services have demonstrated the ability to generate highly realistic fake IDs capable of bypassing identity verification on major platforms, and deepfake tools now allow criminals to create digital clones that successfully pass biometric verification remotely. Even if the defender can successfully detect AI faking humans, a more labour-intensive method exists to find real humans. Agents travel to lower-income countries in Africa or Latin America to recruit real individuals willing to complete in-person verification.The Worldcoin black market offered a documented precedent, with iris scans harvested from KYC merchants in Cambodia and Kenya, sold for under $30

  It's clear. I need to buy myself a forest and live by myself in a cave somewhere. The civilisation is becoming really complicated. Nothing is safe anymore; but hey, it's all for the safety of children.
• rpqu Member

  2:29PM

  @default said:

  @rpqu said:

  @nikio said:

  @default said:

  @nikio said:
  If I ever start a hosting company I'm going to just ban sign-ups from certain parts of the internet to avoid the hassle of dealing with certain twattery.

  Good point, problem is: they're also buyers. Many companies make lots of money precisely because some governments are oppressive towards their own citizens. If a government in some country establishes some great internet firewall, then trying to bypass that firewall generates awesome sales for datacenters in other countries which embrace more freedom. And here's the kicker: common people want to bypass that too, even though they are not tech savvy and maybe don't even have discipline; but one thing is for certain: they can't discuss badly about their own government due to reprisals — so they blame things on you when some aspects don't work according to their expectations.

  I'm not trying to justify an MJJ in any way, shape or form. I am just trying to understand the psychological problems that drive such approach. When one hears about some cheap (bypass) cake offering a bit of (porn) freedom, they want it. In my opinion it is a mixture of issues and frustrations piled up on top of one another, all starting from control of governments and lack of freedom. If a common MJJ would have freedom, they would not even bother to grab a VPS or dedi, hence not pay for your hosting services.

  None of these people are trying to benignly find a firewall bypass while dealing with unexpressed frustration caused by a tyrannical government. This is just cheating for cheat's sake. Entitlement for entitlement's sake. Forgive me for making conclusions.

  Right, their intention is impure thus it appears on their conduct
  Anyway, another piece everyone should read

  
  

  What is a “Transfer Station (中转站)”?

  A transfer station (中转站) is what the Chinese developer ecosystem calls an API proxy–an overseas server that sits between a developer and Anthropic’s infrastructure. It accepts API requests, forwards them as if they originated from the transfer station’s location, and passes the response back. The user redirects their software to the proxy’s server instead of Anthropic’s, and pays the API proxy RMB via WeChat or Alipay. This sidesteps both the VPN and the overseas credit card needed for direct access. Prominent transfer stations are catalogued in community repositories and ranked by real-time price and uptime. Below them, a longer tail of small and individual projects comes and goes.
  The Supply Chain of Transfer Stations

  A transfer station is not a sole entity. It sits in the middle of a layered supply chain, with most participants never interacting with each other directly.

  Upstream are the resource providers: account merchants who bulk-register or acquire Anthropic accounts at scale; SMS verification platforms that supply the foreign phone numbers needed to pass sign-up checks; and, at the more technical end, reverse engineers who analyze Anthropic’s client code to find authentication shortcuts or detect when detection logic has changed. The payment infrastructure with card merchants and proxy networks also enables overseas billing from inside China.

  The upstream also tackles more sophisticated KYC regimes–either by AI or humans. AI services have demonstrated the ability to generate highly realistic fake IDs capable of bypassing identity verification on major platforms, and deepfake tools now allow criminals to create digital clones that successfully pass biometric verification remotely. Even if the defender can successfully detect AI faking humans, a more labour-intensive method exists to find real humans. Agents travel to lower-income countries in Africa or Latin America to recruit real individuals willing to complete in-person verification.The Worldcoin black market offered a documented precedent, with iris scans harvested from KYC merchants in Cambodia and Kenya, sold for under $30

  It's clear. I need to buy myself a forest and live by myself in a cave somewhere. The civilisation is becoming really complicated. Nothing is safe anymore; but hey, it's all for the safety of children.

  Civilization is complicated. I mean, have you try to understand women, girls?
  Children, terrorism that's what rulers said to justify law that shouldn't be passed under normal circumstances
• vono Member

  2:34PM

  I was wondering if there are any updates on the Houston VPS disk issue. Hopefully it can be resolved soon.

  Thanked by 2funeego mpkossen
• fernandoak69 Member

  3:49PM

  Wheres the promosssss?
  wuttttttttttttttttttt
• Hayzee Member

  3:52PM

  @fernandoak69 said:
  Wheres the promosssss?
  wuttttttttttttttttttt

  ur a bit late