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  1. MannDude

    Anyone running solar powered stuff at home?

    Thanks for the responses everyone! I'm holding off on pulling the trigger on the rest of the kit, it's sitting in my Amazon shopping cart but am still reading and learning a bit more. :) Also waiting for the backyards trees to fill in with Spring time leaves so I can bet a better idea of where...
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    PDF editor for Linux?

    I'll check that out, thanks! Anyone else have any suggestions? It's sort of a unique need so I doubt it's a widespread 'feature'. I learned that you can open PDFs in GIMP... however I can't seem to figure out how to save PDFs with multiple pages. It just opens the PDF with each page as a layer...
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    E-commerce site software.

    Is anyone here operating a non-hosting, online business that sells actual, physical products? What are you using to manage your site, inventory and to keep track of everything?
  4. MannDude

    The cesspit / chat thread.

    How bad would you have felt if he told you that was actually a picture of himself? Haha.
  5. MannDude

    Should service providers be able to refuse service based on country?

    I don't see the issue with it, and in fact, it may even be a good thing if you're trying to target a specific section of the world. Though to prevent drama, it would probably be wise to not even accept connections from the part of the world you don't want to serve. Assuming you want to block...
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    PDF editor for Linux?

    Say you have two versions of the same document, but need to move a page or two from one document/file to a different one, what program exists that would best allow that? I need to send some stuff to the printer and while I could print both docs and take what I need from one and add to the other...
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    How often do you update your servers?

    Now I feel like a slacker since I usually update things once a week unless I am notified of an urgent need to to push out an update immediately. What do you guys recommend for automating the updates on a VPS? I don't like the idea of just running: "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y" on a...
  8. MannDude

    What's for Lunch?

    So, yesterday I got 9lbs of deer meat from a relative. Today I made deer burgers for lunch. I have the spirit of a deer inside me now. Damn that was a tasty meal.
  9. MannDude

    Tools and resources that exist to combat fraudulent, malicious and abusive customers?

    Maxmind by itself seems almost too easy to bypass. It seems that anyone with a VPN who also lists their address is within the same region (IE: Chicago VPN, list Chicago address) will usually get approved. As far as I know they don't run a list of common VPN IP ranges or residential ones so if...
  10. MannDude

    Anyone running solar powered stuff at home?

    I'm thinking I'll get 2X this to start: http://www.amazon.com/DEEPCYCLE-SOLAR-ENERGY-STORAGE-BATTERY/dp/B008D5YG3G/ref=pd_bxgy_lg_img_y Seems to be well reviewed and it was recommended as a purchase for the solar panel kit I bought as well.
  11. MannDude

    Tools and resources that exist to combat fraudulent, malicious and abusive customers?

    I'm working on getting a write up created for The Library that will serve as an introductory guide to resources available to service providers that will allow them to help combat undesirable clients, all in the effort of creating a better industry. Seems like most providers, when it's justified...
  12. MannDude

    Anyone running solar powered stuff at home?

    I recently bought a 100watt solar panel kit from Amazon and am now waiting for a battery, inverter and a some wiring to come in to get it set up. Obviously, I won't be able to power anything massive from it for a long period of time but the idea is that I'll use it to continually power my...
  13. MannDude

    Quick shoutout and non-technical review of Empire Hosting.

    It seems to be a 50/50 mix for me when it comes to hosts allowing this. I don't mind ticketing in, especially when I get a response in less than ten minutes with my request complete. Of course, if I had to wait 20 hours for a response that simply said: "It's done" or "Pls check now" I'd not be...
  14. MannDude

    What do you tell people you do for a living?

    But what we really do is: Cuss at our monitors.
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    Quick shoutout and non-technical review of Empire Hosting.

    I've had a Xen VPS with Empire Hosting now since 01/31/2015. I've admittedly not used the VPS for much and originally ordered it for some little dev work and as a VPN since the server is geographically close to me (Not many providers offering services out of Indiana). I don't have any technical...
  16. MannDude

    What do you tell people you do for a living?

    Manage servers? What restaurant do you work at?
  17. MannDude

    Name.com $0.99 .com and .net domains! Only an hour left!

    Ya snooze, ya lose. They were $0.99
  18. MannDude

    The gun thread

    Nope but I love their appearance. My local gun forum has a long "CZ porn thread" and they're highly regarded as great pistols. I don't so much care for their polymer stuff (appearance) but want a CZ75 as well.
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    Name.com $0.99 .com and .net domains! Only an hour left!

    https://www.name.com/happy-hour This is great, was just looking for domain availability with Namecheap but will order from Name.com instead. Go go go.
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