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Core memory unlocked Not enough allowance to fund a .com domain, had to use freenom / tk + cloudflare for my first years of self hosting

cj 4mo ago
Double unlock. In the mid 2000’s, I moderated a domain name discussion forum in exchange for free hosting. “X forum posts per month = x gb of bandwidth” My goal was to post enough for them to give me WHM access so I could try to resell it. Those were the days.
- dinkleberg 4mo ago
  Those were the days indeed. A big part for me is probably because I was a teen at the time with little responsibility, but getting to be a part of the wild west days of the internet was a magical experience.
  - cj 4mo ago
    Magical indeed! I once mailed $70 cash (multiple months of allowance) to someone to code a MVP of something I wanted to build. They ripped me off and disappeared. And… that’s when I decided I needed to learn to code!
    - s-skl 4mo ago
      Somewhere out there is a developer telling this exact same story. ‘I once agreed to build an MVP for a kid who promised to mail me cash. Never showed up. And THAT’S when I decided to get a real job.’
      - cj 4mo ago
        Except I mailed the cash in advance! It’s okay, it was probably another 14 year old. My parents were not happy when I told them I sent cash to a stranger. I remember having to do it in secret because they were very not okay with the idea that you can meet strangers online. Hah.
        bsammon 4mo ago
        I think they're describing a scenario where the cash was stolen by a postal worker or for some other reason didn't make the full trip.
    - olmo23 4mo ago
      I once got half a bitcoin on IRC for coding up a website scraper.
hahahaa 4mo ago
In my case, ignorance unlocked. I never heard of tk and I remember 36k modems so old enough. I think reason is I went to work, slung .NET and didn't think much about computers otherwise except occasional reading some C++ books for "fun".
- preisschild 4mo ago
  > In my case, ignorance unlocked. I never heard of tk and I remember 36k modems so old enough. Might be too old then. I used my parents speedy ADSL modem (4mbit/s down, 1mbit/s up) :D
  - necovek 4mo ago
    Probably: I similarly go back to 2400bps modems (9600 and 14400 when dial-up internet showed up here — 33.6k was the time of soft/winmodems other than the ultra expensive US Robotics ;)), and I skipped the .tk domains too — probably already employed and in possession of 10 .org/.net domains by then.

cj 4mo ago

Double unlock. In the mid 2000’s, I moderated a domain name discussion forum in exchange for free hosting. “X forum posts per month = x gb of bandwidth” My goal was to post enough for them to give me WHM access so I could try to resell it. Those were the days.

dinkleberg 4mo ago
Those were the days indeed. A big part for me is probably because I was a teen at the time with little responsibility, but getting to be a part of the wild west days of the internet was a magical experience.
- cj 4mo ago
  Magical indeed! I once mailed $70 cash (multiple months of allowance) to someone to code a MVP of something I wanted to build. They ripped me off and disappeared. And… that’s when I decided I needed to learn to code!
  - s-skl 4mo ago
    Somewhere out there is a developer telling this exact same story. ‘I once agreed to build an MVP for a kid who promised to mail me cash. Never showed up. And THAT’S when I decided to get a real job.’
    - cj 4mo ago
      Except I mailed the cash in advance! It’s okay, it was probably another 14 year old. My parents were not happy when I told them I sent cash to a stranger. I remember having to do it in secret because they were very not okay with the idea that you can meet strangers online. Hah.
      - bsammon 4mo ago
        I think they're describing a scenario where the cash was stolen by a postal worker or for some other reason didn't make the full trip.
  - olmo23 4mo ago
    I once got half a bitcoin on IRC for coding up a website scraper.

hahahaa 4mo ago

In my case, ignorance unlocked. I never heard of tk and I remember 36k modems so old enough. I think reason is I went to work, slung .NET and didn't think much about computers otherwise except occasional reading some C++ books for "fun".

preisschild 4mo ago
> In my case, ignorance unlocked. I never heard of tk and I remember 36k modems so old enough. Might be too old then. I used my parents speedy ADSL modem (4mbit/s down, 1mbit/s up) :D
- necovek 4mo ago
  Probably: I similarly go back to 2400bps modems (9600 and 14400 when dial-up internet showed up here — 33.6k was the time of soft/winmodems other than the ultra expensive US Robotics ;)), and I skipped the .tk domains too — probably already employed and in possession of 10 .org/.net domains by then.