A_norny_mousse
What made the story so captivating for me is how dystopian yet extremely close to present day reality it is.
Of course that's what he does: takes already existing situations and weaves them into something eye-opening.
That's horrible.
One more time I'm reminded of Unlicensed Bread (C. Doctorow).
BTW the title made me think of car parts. Bosch sell all sorts of stuff.
Right. Not in my case anyhow, my blog is even a top ten search result for a specific topic.
FWIW every user gets a unique IP address.
It would be the nice thing to do to inform those keeping up these blacklists whenever the owner changes. Maybe they do. Or maybe they'll do it on your behalf if you ask.
Their websites or their servers? Frankly I have no idea what you're talking about.
Interesting. Wikipedia says:
Hypergamy (colloquially referred to as "dating up" or "marrying up") is a term used in social science for the act or practice of a person dating or marrying a spouse of higher social status than themselves.
The antonym "hypogamy" refers to the inverse: marrying a person of lower social class or status (colloquially "marrying down"). Both terms were invented in the Indian subcontinent in the 19th century while translating classical Hindu law books, which used the Sanskrit terms anuloma and pratiloma, respectively, for the two concepts.
Sometimes I think there's cause and effect at work (in either direction) but really they're the same picture.
That was a few years ago. Prices and offers change constantly. Netcup.
No direct answer, but even as a US resident you should consider going EU.
Most hosting providers dangle convenience ("one click solution") to make clueless customers pay way too fucking much. Or customer service, which I always found to be about the same regardless of price: good enough, miracles not included.
FWIW I pay ~€7/mo for a full (root access, self-installed) VPS with 80GB storage, 4GB RAM, 4 CPUs (edit: this was a few years ago. Now their cheapest offer is €8/mo for 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage).
The same would cost $72/mo (with less storage) on Linode 🤣
Except the reason Altman is so upset has nothing to do with this very valid discussion.
As I commented elsewhere:
Fuck Sam Altmann, the fartsniffer who convinced himself & a few other dumb people that his company really has the leverage to make such demands.
He doesn't care about democracy, he's just scared because a chinese company offers what his company offers, but for a fraction of the price/resources.
He's scared for his government money and basically begging for one more handout “to save democracy”.
Yes, I’ve been listening to Ed Zitron.
Fuck Sam Altmann, the fartsniffer who convinced himself & a few other dumb people that his company really has the leverage to make such demands.
"Oh, but democracy!" - saying that in the US of 2025 is a whole 'nother kind of dumb.
Anyhow, you don't give a single fuck about democracy, you're just scared because a chinese company offers what you offer for a fraction of the price/resources.
Your scared for your government money and basically begging for one more handout "to save democracy".
Yes, I've been listening to Ed Zitron.