"I Can Change My Password, But I Can't Change My Eyes!" Does this frequently-made comment even make sense?
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What gives a small group of scientists the right to roll the dice on the fate of humanity?
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Both Costly Panel and We Hike More Costs Soon are going up in price in 2026. Again. Forever.
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RackNerd, a provider well recognized within the LowEndBox & LowEndTalk community for its consistent growth and customer-first approach, has just announced another expansion! This time bringing their popular cPanel Shared and Reseller Hosting services to the New York City area. Known for their frequent infrastructure rollouts and global footprint, RackNerd is now delivering on requests for an East Coast US shared/reseller hosting option.
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Various NAS-focused news outlets are buzzing with news that Synology is quietly walking back from the disastrous hard drive policy introduced earlier this year. We'll see when DSM 7.3 comes!
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Hell has finally frozen over. ColoCrossing has enabled IPv6 on all services!
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Running a VPS with a tiny 10GB disk can feel like living in a studio apartment: you need to get creative with every bit of space. Whether you’re working with budget plans or just want to maximize efficiency, Linux offers powerful tools to stretch limited storage without compromising functionality.
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RFC1918 defines private networking for IPv4, including 10.x, 172.16.x, and 192.168.x. There is something you're not supposed to do with those addresses that I've been doing for 15+ years.
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Text created by ChatGPT is good. Really good. Good enough to write a high school essay, or for that matter a college one. (But not a LowEndBox blog post, in case you're wondering). Here are some ways to immediately spot AI.
Read More about What Are the Tell-Tale Signs of AI Authorship? Here’s Five That I’ve Noticed.
If you have ever explored the Tor network, you have probably encountered the terms "relay," "bridge," and "exit node." Each plays a critical role in how Tor functions, yet they serve different purposes. If you're a hardcore Tor user, you probably understand the differences. If you're just looking to help out the project, you might not. Let's break the down so you understand which service is right for your VPS.
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In 2025, Midjourney, Leonardo, and general AIs like ChatGPT are the leaders in the art generation space. Which of these in 2025 is the best? Let's run each of these through 10 prompts to try out different generation tasks.
Read More about SHOOTOUT: Midjourney vs. Leonardo vs. ChatGPT – What’s the Best AI Image Generation Tool Right Now?
If you're looking for new ways to reach your audience and don't have the budget for expensive AdWords campaigns or big advertising campaigns where you're competing head on with giant corporations, why not partner with LowEndBox and let us take your brand to the next level.
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In 1981, the coinop arcade video game era was in its golden age. And no game was more advanced than Polybius. But then one night, all the Polybius games disappeared suddenly. What happened?
Read More about Polybius: The Most Dangerous Arcade Game Ever Made. A Deep Dive Into Some Arcade Lore
Have you heard any good web hosting jokes? I haven't. I tried to find some.
Read More about The Search for a Good Web Hosting Joke: Why AI Humor is Like a Human Toddler’s, and the One Savagely Funny Joke ChatGPT Told Me That Will Get It Sued
Naming servers is one of the underrated dark arts of sysadmin life. Don't use something lame like "server1" or some clever encapsulation of prod vs. test and a four-digit number. Spice up your virtual life with a few of our suggestions.
Read More about No More “server1” Hostnames! 10 Naming Standards That Will Mark You as a Lovable Lunatic
Gopher was all the rage in the early 90s before the World Wide Web took over. Let's take a look at this old school protocol and get a Gopher server running on a modern system.x
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What the heck is BGP and why should you care? Is it relevant to your day-to-day computing? Yes, but it may be a bit more involved than you need.
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Admit it - you bought systems you're not using. We've all done it! You see a good deal and can't resist. Or you have a grand vision for a vast digital empire but it never quite seems to get done (yet!). What do you do with all the spare LowEndBoxes you have lying around? Other than tracking them with MyIdlers, of course. There's a number of things you could consider doing with them to make the world a better place.
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Want to play D&D 5e with an AI GM? That's what AI Realm promises. I give it a spin and find it has some strengths and some weaknesses, and learn a little bit about what makes gaming satisfying for me.
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Like every other subsystem, Linux can't decide on just one filesystem. Which one (ext4, XFS, btrfs) is best for you?
Read More about Before You Format: ext4, XFS, and btrfs Differences Explained (And Which One You Should Pick)
Synology has recently implemented some pretty user-hostile policies, which means my long-term love affair with them is going to end in heartbreak.
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Have you ever whitelisted an IP? Maybe you've run a sanity check on server? Perhaps had a service that's hung? Maybe you've had a housekeeping script, or wondered if a particular platform supports something natively? Well, next time you look in the mirror, you've got a low-down, dirty bigot looking back at you, according to the Linux Foundation.
Read More about You’re a Filthy Bigot, According to the Linux Foundation. Here Are the Offensive Terms They Missed.
Recently I came across a cool app that's self-hostable. Unfortunately, the mobile app can't talk to my backend.
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There’s a certain kind of person who sees a 128MB OpenVZ VPS and says “Yes, this is exactly what I need.” That person might be laughed at in enterprise IT circles, but around here, we call them family.
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There's a thread on LowEndTalk about a user who apparently blew past his bandwidth allotment like a caffeinated ferret discovering the “download all” button on the Library of Congress. And now he has an $800 bandwidth bill.
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Over the years, RackNerd has collected an impressive set of achievements — and they’ve now done it four times in a row. In 2024, they not only earned a spot on the Inc. 5000 Regionals: Pacific list (No. 58) but also broke into the national Inc. 5000 list at No. 1506. Earlier this year, they scored another Pacific Regionals win (No. 94 for 2025).
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You'd think an organization that is devoted to blocking unwanted spam would be beloved by the Internet. After all, who wants an inbox full of get-rich-quick scams, Viagra knockoffs, and phishing malware? Unfortunately, the most visible company claiming to provide this service - Spamhaus - is widely reviled.
Read More about Judge, Jury, and Wannabe Executioner: The Arrogance of Spamhaus and Why They’re Reviled
Anubis is software that "weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests". That is a clever, poetic description for this software, which has an interesting pedigree and a noble mission.
Read More about Weigh the Soul of Incoming HTTP Requests with Anubis and Defeat AI Scrapers!
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