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Looking for a Job? Looking for a Great Employee? Maybe Our Community Can Help!

We have an informal job posting thread on LowEndTalk and some employers and employees have matched up already. We'd love to keep it going, so if you're looking on either side of the table, check it out.

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Looking for a Job?  Looking for a Great Employee?  Maybe Our Community Can Help!

Starting a Forum? Strong Opinions on Which Platform to Choose

In case you didn't know, forums are dead and have been completely obsolete for 20 years. Yet, they keep growing and people keep starting them. Here's our take on popular forum software.

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Starting a Forum?  Strong Opinions on Which Platform to Choose

The Only Reason to Have an Email Address in 2023

Nowadays you communicate with people over Discord, Whatsapp, SnapChat, and if you're a boomer, maybe Facebook Messenger.  Do you even use your email any more?  Is there any reason to still have an account? There's one very good reason.

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The Only Reason to Have an Email Address in 2023

Omi in a Hellcat: How the Founder of the $30M IPTV Streaming Service, Gears TV Reloaded, Got Himself Sentenced to Prison by Flexing His Wealth on YouTube

Omi in a Hellcat grew to YouTube stardom very quickly by flexing his wealth in a very blatant (even a bit obnoxious) type of way. It worked temporarily, but... the problem is, you need to be able to explain where your wealth is coming from when you center your image around it. Plus, more than just civilians can watch YouTube...

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Omi in a Hellcat: How the Founder of the $30M IPTV Streaming Service, Gears TV Reloaded, Got Himself Sentenced to Prison by Flexing His Wealth on YouTube

Fresh Meat Weekend: Use This Hack to Get a Super-Cheap VPS in Stockholm, Sweden!

This provider has a pretty good deal in Stockholm, Sweden but you can make it exceptional with this little hack. Or as the clickbaiters say, this ONE WEIRD TRICK...

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Fresh Meat Weekend: Use This Hack to Get a Super-Cheap VPS in Stockholm, Sweden!

Providers: Black Friday is Coming! Get Your Offers in NOW or Miss Out on the Greatest Retail Event of the Year

The year's greatest retail event - most people would call it the year's greatest event period - is coming soon! If you're a provider, you need to start thinking about how you're going to appeal to our eager audience and get your offers in now.

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Providers: Black Friday is Coming!  Get Your Offers in NOW or Miss Out on the Greatest Retail Event of the Year

What We Know So Far About the Hivelocity VPS Launch

Community provider HiVelocity shared a video announcement on LowEndTalk to tease their upcoming VPS launch. Here's what we know so far.

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What We Know So Far About the Hivelocity VPS Launch

The Top 5 Hosting Providers for THCa and CBD Websites

As of 2018, cannabis with below 0.3% THC content is federally legal per the Farm Bill. The only problem? Hemp companies keep getting de-platformed by brands like Shopify. That's why I made a list of the top 5 hosting providers that allow cannabis related brands -- including THCa and CBD.

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The Top 5 Hosting Providers for THCa and CBD Websites

GoDaddy VPS: Overpriced, Awful Company, and...Actually Not that Bad for One Specific Use?

For a community that prizes VPSes that cost under $20 per year, the idea of paying $60 per month for a VPS sounds like a crime against nature.  That's the kind of VPS that GoDaddy offers. But one LowEndTalk member is quite happy with them for a specific use case.

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GoDaddy VPS: Overpriced, Awful Company,  and...Actually Not that Bad for One Specific Use?

Is DirectAdmin Going the Way of cPanel? Some Angry People Think So

DirectAdmin is pulling the rug out from under their legacy lifetime licensees. Lifetime licenses never last your lifetime.

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Is DirectAdmin Going the Way of cPanel?  Some Angry People Think So

Exim Didn't Fix a Vulnerability for a Year and Now It's Public

Exim has another vulnerability and its owners seem to care even less than they did last time this happened.

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Exim Didn't Fix a Vulnerability for a Year and Now It's Public

Bad News Friday, Part 2: WHMCS Announces Huge Price Increase (You Won't Believe It)

Guess which popular hosting provider software solution is going to be 32% better in January? Keep guessing because none of them will be, but one of them is cranking up their prices by that much.

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Bad News Friday, Part 2: WHMCS Announces Huge Price Increase (You Won't Believe It)

Bad News Friday, Part 1: cPanel is Raising Prices, Again!

Guess who's raising prices again? You don't have to guess very hard.

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Bad News Friday, Part 1: cPanel is Raising Prices, Again!

Here Comes the Raspberry Pi 5

Three years after the Raspberry Pi 4 hit the market, its successor is here. What do you think about it?

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Here Comes the Raspberry Pi 5

Microsoft Goes Nuclear: Planning to Build its Own Reactors to Power its Datacenters

Microsoft is planning to build its own nuclear reactors and has a job posting to hire a leader for this project. Is nuclear power the future of the datacenter industry?

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Microsoft Goes Nuclear: Planning to Build its Own Reactors to Power its Datacenters

Why You'll Hate a Foldable Laptop...and Why You Might Love One

Foldable laptops are coming - er, actually, they're already here. LG just released a new one. Let's look at the state of the art and think about pros/cons of this new wave of devices.

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Why You'll Hate a Foldable Laptop...and Why You Might Love One

Your NFTs are Worthless. Everyone's NFTs are Worthless.

The NFT boom and bust happened at light speed. Now a new report highlights what most already knew: nearly all (and we do mean nearly) of those blockchain entries have zero value.

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Your NFTs are Worthless.  Everyone's NFTs are Worthless.

The Unbelievably Fumbled Rebranding of Twitter

Twitter is now known as X. Actually, it's now known as "X, formerly known as Twitter" because "X" has zero brand and the Twitter brand is still iconic. A cautionary tale.

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The Unbelievably Fumbled Rebranding of Twitter

Why You Shouldn’t Start a Hosting Provider Anymore

Thinking of starting out as a hosting provider? There's two key words you need to understand: commoditization and differentiation. If you don't understand these words, you don't have a prayer.

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Why You Shouldn’t Start a Hosting Provider Anymore

Hosting Providers Are Outraged at IPXO Over 'Two Incident' Abuse Report Policy

IPXO's "two incident" policy is not sitting right with providers. They're in a difficult spot, balancing providers and block owners, legit complaints and trashy noise. SirFoxy explores it for us.

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Hosting Providers Are Outraged at IPXO Over 'Two Incident' Abuse Report Policy

Plex Blocks Hetzner in Move Against Piracy

Recently, if you host your own Plex server on a Hetzner IP address, there's a very good chance you received the following email: Important notice about the hosting service you may be using. We're cont...

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Plex Blocks Hetzner in Move Against Piracy

CyberBunker: The ‘Bulletproof’ Darknet Market Host That Operated out of Bunkers (Founder Sentenced to Prison)

CyberBunker was a "bulletproof" hosting operation run primarily by Xennt or Herman-Johan Xennt, and CB3ROB or Sven Kamphuis (specifically early on). It opened up in the late 1990s operating out of a r...

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CyberBunker: The ‘Bulletproof’ Darknet Market Host That Operated out of Bunkers (Founder Sentenced to Prison)

Ten Less-Commonly-Known Youtube Channels to Listen to on a Long Road Trip

Heading out for a road trip?  Check out my list of 10 awesome YouTube channels to stream (or download) while you're on the road. All are audio-only-approved and will keep you company as the miles fly by.

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Ten Less-Commonly-Known Youtube Channels to Listen to on a Long Road Trip

The Top 5 Mini PCs Worth Buying in Late 2023 ($159 for an Entire PC?)

What if I told you there's a cheaper Windows or Linux equivalent to a Mac Mini that's just a little bit bigger than a Raspberry Pi? (Raspb...

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The Top 5 Mini PCs Worth Buying in Late 2023 ($159 for an Entire PC?)

The Curious Case of 4.1 Million Misappropriated AFRINIC IPv4 Addresses

AFRINIC is the regional internet registry (RIR) for Africa. The second employee ever hired at AFRINIC way back in 2004 was directly responsible for the biggest IPv4 heist in history: 4.1 million IPv4 addresses. This is the story.

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The Curious Case of 4.1 Million Misappropriated AFRINIC IPv4 Addresses

Rumors Circulate About DediPath’s Database Being Sold

Over here at LowEndBox, we've been covering the entire DediPath bankruptcy situation since it was only skepticism. Most recently, we covered DediPath's official closure at the end of August, and it al...

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Rumors Circulate About DediPath’s Database Being Sold

Money, Money, Free Advertising, Free Money! Partner with Us and GROW!

Hey provider: free advertising can lead to free money! And that's what we're offering. Whether it's an interview, a free promo piece, publishing your content, or other options, let's use our juice to get you more sales!

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Money, Money, Free Advertising, Free Money!  Partner with Us and GROW!

How to Sell Out to Microsoft and Make Easy Money - $450 and Counting for Me

I've sold out to Microsoft...at least for search. For over a decade, Microsoft has dropped a steady drip of Amazon gift cards to me. Here's how you can get on the gravy train.

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How to Sell Out to Microsoft and Make Easy Money - $450 and Counting for Me
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