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Potato Lover 💾 No brain found lemmy.sdf.org user224@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-17
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I was thinking about how I used a cheap VPS in the past to "temporarily" host something for Lemmy for fun.
Well, our instance had major issues, and a data loss, making me loose access to those comments and post. And I didn't get a domain name, because it was "temporary" anyway.

Now, whoever inherits 167.160.186.15 can embed something else into 2 of my comments and 1 post.

Anyway, this is also the case of hosts like catbox.moe. Perhaps it dies one day, and instead of original images, something malicious will be returned.


A thought genuinely produced in the shower.

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MantisToboggon lemmy.world MantisToboggon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-11-19
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No one gives a fuck about us here on lemmy. No one stealing shit

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Possibly linux lemmy.zip possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-06-26
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Why didn't you just get a domain? The cheap ones are literal pennies

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Potato Lover 💾 No brain found lemmy.sdf.org user224@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-17
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Why didn't you just get a domain? The cheap ones are literal pennies

I was just playing around with it, not worth it.
Also, the domain would most likely cost more than the VPS, as the VPS was $10.29/year (not available anymore).

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CameronDev programming.dev CameronDev@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-18
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I was just playing around with it, not worth it. Also, the domain would most likely cost more than the VPS, as the VPS was $10.29/year (not available anymore).

.uk domains are $5.30 per year. And you can get free vps' from oracle cloud.

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boobookittyfrick lemmy.zip boobookittyfrick@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-07-29
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What the fuck are you on about?

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