new wasteof server has been ordered!
it has 128GB of ram and 9TB of raw storage (probably 6TB usable with the correct raid configuration) it’s going to be pretty exciting and a massive upgrade from the old dell optiplex i’m currently using
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what happened to the loptap
It is the toy laptop, revamped
I see
woah a massive upgrade that we don’t need but can have it
we kind of need it
especially if wasteof grows to be as big as any big social media
Yooo that’s epic
When will it be delivered
When it is you should make an unboxing video
jeffalo hand reveal?!!?
by next week
Pretty slow but i guess I'm in the us and used to Amazon prime and 2 day delivery and such
how much
did it cost
WOW
this will be big
it is very large
You use dell optiplex?
yeah an $80 used one from ebay. i ran out of storage so i was looking into getting another hard drive, and then i decided to upgrade to something long term
I still use one of those as my main computer I’m working on turning an old TiVo I have into a server
same i use an OptiPlex 3050 bitch from 5 years ago
slow asf but works fine and thats all i need
i use my dads old 3020 it’s better than the chromebook I was using before and he gave it to me for free which is good cause I can’t afford a new pc I spent all my money on ds/switch/3ds/gba games and systems
Sameee - the old Optiplexes are good machines
ouch that old server kinda sad lookin
128GB ram
i thought it meant storage at first. that’s how much usable storage i have in my optiplex
Image uploading?
That's super cool dude! Congrats! If you need funding to help support wasteof, like I've always said I'm definitely willing to donate :)
thanks!
the current plan is to put some ads on the front page of wasteof.money, or maybe i could use stripe to set up a premium plan of some kind. :)
Not sure how I feel about this but I understand that stuff like this costs money. As long as they aren’t invasive I’m fine with it.
If you do that could you also add another veteran tier, for old accounts, that gets some of the premium features for free.
Ads would be fine though. Heck, I would even turn off my adblock, to support the site.
I’m not sure how I feel about that but I would sure either turn off my adblocker or maybe you could set a patreon, I would donate :)
Use a small ad site so I whitelist it on PiHole
have you heard of Carbon Ads?
Never a big fan of ads, but I’m open to supporting in whatever way I can :)
Premium is better than ads (but not if its for removing them, maybe smth cool like adding your own buttons), but I understand that this kind of server is costly. Btw a) could you cover the costs by selling the loptap™ which you currently use as your server (yeah you definitely do)? b) how much will the new server cost?
the new server cost around 650 swiss francs (which are roughly the same as USD)
ouchies
Oof that´s quite expensive
not really — its more like an investment because i’ll get a lot out of it (in terms of learning, and the ability to host more stuff)
Yeah, but sadly learning doesn´t give you money to pay for it (ads prob would tho)
If I recall correctly, Mozilla runs a service that pays websites without advertisements. I forget where to find it, though.