Backblaze posts stats regularly on their site, for example:

• https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q2-2023/
• https://www.backblaze.com/blog/ssd-edition-2023-mid-year-drive-stats-review/

Not Gandi. They were very reliable since the beginning of the internet but they sold the company and went downhill since.

https://lowendbox.com/ is usually recommended for cheap VPS.

It worked great for my last job. I was earning 45 k€ a year (before taxes, it’s weird), and when they asked I told them I earned 65 k€ but wouldn’t mind a lower salary since the job was good. We settled on 62 k€. It was the biggest raise I got so far.

Isn’t it a bit fascist to force us into your own political opinion? What would Marx think about that?

I confirm that VPS companies use custom images with additional scripts. I’ve seen those a few times.

For those who know nothing, what kind of knife will you bring?

Avoid smart TVs, prefer large screen. IIRC the LG brand was less bad than the others. Samsung is the worst since they put ads on top of your own videos. Anyway, never plug it to the internet, never put the wifi password.

Traffic means nothing. Go to https://www.reddit.com/r/place/ and enjoy.

Also, old reddit does not work, and you need an email in your account to put pixels (good bye privacy).

Would you eat cat, dog, or horse meat?