RIP Pomf.se, data destroyed
2013-2015
How am I gonna watch the cool web pages that /g/ coded together?
>>47737065
3.5 TB data, some 1.4 million files I think.
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>>47737087@neku | FUCK NIOON OASNDASDNOASDNIAKLSD
@neku | THE NAME DIDNT UPDATE ON MY SSH MANAGER AND I RAN A BUNCH OF NOT SO GOOD COMMANDS WHIAOSKJBDLJUASBKÖASD
@neku | askdjlöj32b14
WubTheCaptain | Hm?
@neku | I BUILT THE FUCKKING ARRAY ON THE POMF SERVER INSTEAD OF THE NEW ONE
@neku | HOLY FUCK NO
WubTheCaptain | >This page (https://pomf.se/) is currently offline. However, because the site uses CloudFlare's Always
@neku | ok I didnt format anything so this should be recoverable
>>47737102
i kekd wholeheartedly
hope he recovers it though, my site probably looks like shit now.
>>47737065
>>47737085
>>47737087
>>47737102
wew lads right in the crumple zone
It's RAID10, take your guesses how easy it is to recover from this.
What happened?
>>47737246
neku was experimenting with RAID on a new server at home but accidentally used a wrong command on the wrong server. He was supposed to rebuild the RAID at his home, not at Pomf.se.
>>47737252
I feel bad for laughing, haha.
How does one mess that up?
I hope he can recover it thou, didn't even know pomf was created by someone from /g/
>>47737102
>>47737198
>>47737252
I hope someone reminded him about making backups periodically. If not he's fucked.
Who the fuck cares. You have to be retarded if you used pomf for anything other than temporary file sharing.
>>47737308
this
this swf I uploaded is still up
http://a.pomf.se/uubqqh.swf
>>47737303
No backups available. 120 EUR+ per month for server upkeep costs, that leaves a student already in debt with no money to purchase a 4 TB drive.
That server at his home was supposed to help with his financial situation since I offered to host it, but we can only hope to be able to restore the data.
>>47737308
what's hilarious is that you know there's some overlap between those people and the people who give normies shit for using dropbox as a backup and whatnot.
>>47737065
I can still access a file I uploaded yesterday
>>47737332
Kickstarter? Donations?
>>47737332
if he doesn't have the resources to run the system properly, then he should just not run the system at all. I mean I guess it's a good thing he made it clear that nobody should use his site for anything important, but still.
>>47737387
$480 was acquired in donations last month for the new server, and that was only with begging for it. Regularly Pomf received some $10 per month from Flattr and maybe up to $50 per month from bank transfers in donations irregularly. Still not enough to cover the hosting costs.
>>47737389
I am supposed to start paying 160 EUR/month indefinitely for his 200 Mbps unmetered 1U colocation at Portlane, but let's see if neku can even recover the array first.
Pic related: Is Pomf Dead Yet?
>>47737331
not anymore
>>47737332
With RAID10? Well good luck, may the light of Aether guide your way. Also don't you guys take donations? A single 4TB hdd shouldn't be a fucking problem.
>>47737441
Does it have ads?
And this is why we should have had a distributed backup via the /g/ DC++
Now it's ogre.
>>47737480
neku is the only administrator at Pomf.se, he takes donations. Still, Pomf's financial status has never been good.
>>47737528
No ads.
>>47737537
It was actually discussed that whole Pomf.se database and all files would be dumped to Internet Archive [1] after the colocation on 2015-06-03, which is about 5 weeks away from now.
[1]: https://archive.org/
>desktops.neocities.org
It's powered by p-pomf!
Is it time to port my site to a full fledge python app?
>>47737559
Why not add ads? I get that some neckbeards will complain but honestly, sites need money and non intrusive ads shouldn't be a problem.
>>47737581
Fuck
off
>>47737594
no you
>>47737581
Because literally everyone uses the api.
>>47737581
neku never wanted to add ads because he wanted to provide the best possible file sharing service for free. Ads are hosting poison.[1]
I also don't like ads at all.
[1]: http://www.drewdevault.com/2014/10/10/The-profitability-of-online-services.html
>>47737581
How about you fucks just donated something worthwhile, fuck ads.
>>47737559
>It was actually discussed that whole Pomf.se database and all files would be dumped to Internet Archive [1] after the colocation on 2015-06-03, which is about 5 weeks away from now.
Well, if that's not completely fucked, then.
lel.
>>47737614
Yeah but it clearly isn't working.
Trying to please a bunch of autistic neckbeards with a free service is hard.
>>47737616
I never used the site, was just making a suggestion since I doubt anyone will care enough to donate.
>>47737636
Which is why I promised to host Pomf.se at Portlane. Why? Because Pomf.se has a political goal and I'm also an archivist.
I've also discussed that people may have more incentive to donate to a nonprofit organization that hosts Pomf.se instead of a private person running a filesharing website from Sweden.
>>47737581
Pomf was mostly used by 4channers and tech literate people. They all run ad blockers. And we would just complain and use another host without ads. Donations were pretty much his only option.
>>47737651
Everyone who utilize pomf service either does not even access the webpage via browser or block ad domains
>>47737681
What's its political goal?
As long as it comes back up, who gives a shit
pomf was always used for temporary file sharing, for everything else people use mega or mediafire
>>47737651
>since I doubt anyone will care enough to donate.
>tfw I've made more money in my life trough one mod made for Oblivion with a donation than my actual job.
>I've probably made 200 times more than I've made in my job trough commissions
Donating is good, pomf.se is just kind of niche so the amount of donations it receives is smaller.
>>47737697
There's some controversial content that could get easily censored somewhere else. Things like .torrent files for The Fappening that received DMCA notices for takedown, which were declined.
I believe the right to publish even controversial material and opinions is the right to freedom of expression.
>>47737738
pomf hosted .torrent files? i've only ever seen it used for pics.
>>47737728
All I've heard from the Steam Mods debacle is that mods don't pay well through donating. You're the first modder to say something like this. Maybe it was different back in the day with Oblivion?
>>47737763
You can upload a file with any extension, even .exe files. You get a direct download link for it.
Money and internet functioning being dependent upon it is the problem.
The goal is to shift away from this paradigm and make something else work.
Everything should be free and freedom for everyone.
I will never donate money to any cause, charity, or project regardless of how commendable or awesome.
Pomf devs are the best kind of people - They're not going anywhere.
>>47737303
why fucked, whos gonna fuck him?
not like there was any insurance from his site
>>47737787
thanks based anon
why would anyone use that site as long term hosting
just set the website back up and be good, no harm done :^)
>>47737793
That would only work if the majority of the world is full commie.
http://a.pomf.se/eplhjk.mp3
Some stuff is still up
>>47737870
dead for me
>>47737870
It's offline for me. You sure you aren't viewing it from CDN of browser cache?
>>47737870
nope
if anything is still up it's either your browser or cloudflare caching it
>I fucked up big time, fiddled around with box at home and realized it was Pomf.se, if the RAID cannot be restored I'll just an hero
https://twitter.com/Nekunekus/status/593139784077422592
We have an official announcement now.
>>47737897
>>47737891
>>47737889
Must be my nearest cloudflare node, just tried from my VPS and it's not available there.
Clones to use for uploading while Pomf.se is down:
https://img.loveisover.me/
https://maxfile.ro/
>>47737924
Which one is yours?
>>47737934
Both
>>47737934
Neither. I don't know the MaxFile owner (besides that it's some Romanian), but Blade hosts Love is Over.
>>47737952
>Romanian
Added to blocklist
>>47737924
Other alternatives:
teknik.io
volafile io
uguu.se seems to be up.
>>47737969
Romania actually has quite based infrastructure. I don't think gypsies have internet access either.
>>47737981
uguu.se is not hosted on the same box despite having same ownership, thankfully.
>>47737981
volafile's admin keeps looking at files and deleting anything he doesn't personally like.
>>47738002
wow really??
And nothing of values was lost. Good riddance.
>>47737981
>uguu.se
>that material design
>>47737793
>Everything should be free and freedom for everyone.
Take it easy there, buddy.
>>47738002
What does he delete? Got any examples?
>>47738002
Don't upload in BEEPi, faggot.
>>47737950
sup blade
>>47737909
it'sfuckingnothing.png
pomf should be whipped clean like twice a year anyway
this idea of permanent storage is silly
now I don't feel so bad about my literally countless duplicate uploads
>>47737793
>free
>>47738039
Anything related to The Fappening, in example. The Volafile admin got some bad press in 2014.[1][2]
[1]: https://twitter.com/volafile/status/520481011080396800
[2]: https://twitter.com/volafile/status/520196996721029121
>>47737848
That or the world needs to go full on GITS with people making their own hardware parts, generating electricity and hosting multiple servers.
>>47738072
Oh right, that. Well I mean I think that's understandable.
>>47738074
Laypeople are too dumb for that.
>>47738002
What about teknik?
>>47738100
Teknik is kinda based
>>47737738
The Fappening contained CP. It's cute to be an activist when either there's nothing on the line because no one cares about the laws or you're doing something western civilization generally agrees with, like disliking your country's politics, but actually dealing with the real threats that people do care about going after like CP/terrorism is tough, even if the person believes in "freedom of expression" through trading other people's hacked nudes and piracy of games/movies or whatever. The problem with hosting The Fappening is that you're going to open yourself up to real problems instead of the easymode ones everyone could stand for.
Oh, actually, I misread your original post as "activist" instead of "archivist". In any case, you're still going to open yourself up to these same threats regardless of what your intent is. Wouldn't recommend it.
>>47738039
Anything controversial or illegal is deleted within 5 minutes. It just means that all legitimate and clean files are viewed anyways. No privacy just a big loser checking all files one by one. Try a password protected rar with dummy data inside it'll probably be deleted too.
Do NOT use Volafile. It has turned into a shithole recently after its owner neglected it then decided to turn it into his personal play thing. The best users and mod have left and now we're just waiting until the owner decides he doesn't want to pay X euros a month to host a troll server.
he should start a patreon and let backers submit pictures of their waifus to appear on the homepage
or something
>>47738002
you mean files illegal in Germany.
>>47738131
THIS
>>47738088
It's not that laymen are dumb, it's just that you can't master everything unless you somehow modify your brain and install an additional storage medium in your brain where you could just upload information about some particular subject like physics and become a master at in 5 seconds.
I can host my own shit without some korean alien photography.
>>47738131
I'd pay for that.
>>47738100
teknik is slow as fuck
>>47738169
idk, seems fast for me
>>47738133
I mean all files are viewed one by one in fear that one could cause trouble in Germany. They aren't reported by DMCA or users at all it's literally a no life watching all you do with the service. That kind of privacy is worst that any big website like dropbox or imgur.
>>47738169
This. Hosted on a Comcast Business connection from home, lol.
>>47738195
Users report rooms all the time every day though.
>>47738169
Damn, just their homepage took 30 seconds to load.
>>47738156
No, a good portion of people would never gain a second-nature grasp of silicon layout and RTL even with a lifetime of learning.
And that's ok.
But it is still the case.
>>47738131
Holy shit, thats actually a great idea kek
>>47738199
Well it is the best way of making sure no one touches your server physically. Not the best for uptime and speed tho.
C'mon guys, this is the perfect time to start using a distributed service.
>>47738220
Best way how? You can have private locked racks in a good datacenter if you have the money. Nobody is even going to ever touch your 1U server in a datacenter's shared rack anyway.
>>47738226
You better name one that isn't proprietary and is easy to use. Protip: You can't.
Why do people keep wanting distributed systems when they are a bitch to set up? Such a massive inefficient way of doing things from both a technical view and a organisational view as well.
>>47738244
Torrent :^)
>>47737793
>Everything should be free and freedom for everyone.
>>47738211
where the fuck do you live, Nepal?
>>47738244
>You better name one that isn't proprietary and is easy to use.
Look, I didn't say I had all the answers. It was just a suggestion.
>>47738244
>How is a machine inside my bedroom more private than a machine in a datacenter where employees and intelligence officers are all over the place.
Jeez idk. I wouldn't do it if uptime and speed is important but it sure is physically more private.
>>47738244
>implying it is in their bedroom
Neku Nekus @Nekunekus 11s12 seconds ago
All data seems to be intact, 1 disk out of sync, 1,416,161 files seems to be there.
>>47737793
You're still going to need hardware. That's not free.
Do you want to host it on your computer? Okay then, but you'll still need electricity, manual management and a reliable, high speed internet connection that can handle many more coming in and downloading things.
Do you want to be your own ISP? You're going to have to manually get a shovel and get to work because that's gonna take a while.
Do you want to connect through someone else's network to truly be a part of the internet? That's going to cost money too unless you plan to build brand new infrastructure everywhere yourself by hand. And then you're going to have to fly around to Africa occasionally to fix it.
Do you want to be your own energy company powering all that? I'm not even sure how you'd do that. I hope you've read some free books on it.
If hardware is too much to pay for then go out into the forest right now with a stick and a rock and construct a high end central processing unit. Maybe the owls will be able to help.
I mean, maybe you have a point about domains being strictly controlled, but they only cost a few dollars and then that's it. The other 99% of the money goes into things that are totally legitimate and you would be forced to pay for anyway one way or another. Usually with a reduced cost and an awful lot more labor+expertise.
>>47738280
>>47737280
>How does one mess that up?
Quite easily if you've got a whole bunch of shells open. Take it from someone who attempted to spoof a workstation IP by using ifconfig to grab it's MAC, and forgot that he was actually logged in to the server at the time. Cue all sorts of weird behaviour and some pissed off sysadmins.
>>47738368
Did you try loading it again? Probably had to cache the first time.
>>47738330
First of all, as long as you own the hardware any outsider needs a search warrant to even touch the hardware without permission. This also applies to your bedroom, it's only as safe as your own door lock is.
Most motherboards with IPMI can be set to alert on physical intrusion, which can instruct the machine to do something like power down.
I don't see how someone's own house is any more physically private than a datacenter, in fact quite the opposite. Especially if you're not a neckbeard on /g/ without a social life.
>>47738368
>University of Washington
http://bgp.he.net/AS101
Says your image is from 2014. Also, only a 3/5 ISP.
>>47738368
ayy
>>47738368
>2014
Wat
>>47738358
>if you want to do anything, you have to either embrace all aspects of modern corporate rule unconditionally, or you have to make the universe from scratch yourself
>>47738100
>What about teknik?
>>47737870
working for me
>>47738532
The point was that 99% of the money goes into things that are actually valuable and can't be done half as well, if at all, by individuals.
I never said he had to do all of that, just that he would run into varying degrees of roadblocks if he tried to do any of it. Also, "free" is not equal to $500. Or $200.
>>47738100
Teknik is SLOW AS FUCK in europe, also the name is not kawaii
Do you guys have some sugar?
@neku | mdadm: /dev/md/0 has been started with 3 drives (out of 4).
@neku | mdadm: /dev/md/1 has been started with 3 drives (out of 4).
@neku | mdadm: /dev/md/2 has been started with 3 drives (out of 4).
@neku | mdadm: /dev/md/3 has been started with 3 drives (out of 4).
@neku | pray
>>47737981
uguu.se now has 24 hour hosting instead of 1 hour hosting.
>>47738532
>modern corporate rule
This is faggot talk for "I shouldn't have to work and/or pay for things"
>>47737870
http://a.pomf.se/bumekd.html
wew
Pomf.se is up again.[1] One drive is still down, don't ruin it.@neku | need to be able to start it to begin with, I ran the command "sudo mdadm --remove /dev/md0"
@neku | and after that all hell broke loose, so in theory it should be able to start now, however it might not be marked as boot or doesnt start the array on boot time
[1]: https://pomf.se/
>>47738722
A marvel of science and engineering.
>>47738747
>sudo mdadm --remove /dev/md0
Why would you ever run this on any machine that wasn't a virtual one?
I'm a pleb.
On his contact page pomf.se/contact, there's a key file, on the site keybase.io
what can you do with that, and how does it help? tried looking around the website, but am too confused by my own stupidity to understand
it's alive!
>>47738786
With GnuPG, you can send him an encrypted email using that key. This is so that no third-parties (intelligency agencies) can read the email body contents.
>>47738781
as said somewhere in the first 3 posts, it was run on the wrong machine
>>47738039
He doesn't even like of Rustle.
>>47738781
can you even read?
he accidentally ran the command on the wrong server, he didn't mean to run it on the pomf one
Anyone got the pomf.se milestones website? I swear it exists, but I can't fucking find it.
Based Neku
>>47738805
thanks
i'll have a look at this
>>47738827
https://wubthecaptain.eu/files/is-pomf-dead-yet.html
from >>47737441
>>47738545
Going to have to edit my teknik logo again.
>>47738857
fug
It works!
http://a.pomf.se/vdyeef.html
I didn't want to lose this thank god.
http://a.pomf.se/eypewb.mp4
>>47738872
>ebin webside :D:D
>>47738805
>>47738836
He can also send you messages/files "signed" with the key, and you can verify that they haven't been tampered with in transit, and stuff. Go ahead and take a look at it. I wouldn't rely too heavily on keybase.io's in-browser encryption, though. It's better to run a real GPG program on your desktop instead.
>>47738878
hahahahahahah
Was this /b/ or /pol/?
>screamers: the website is down
finally
>>47738878
so 4chan it hurts. beautiful
>>47738878
This is wonderful.
>>47738878
>i got liberal on /b/ and it backfired
>i got mad at /b/ and it backfired
>i got fatter from all the pizza
>>47738878
kek
>>47738906
thanks! do you have any suggestions for ubuntu?
>>47738983
Easiest integration into encrypted email is probably using Enigmail.[1]
[1]: https://www.enigmail.net/
>>47738878
sometimes this "anonymous" man is a pretty cool guy but he sure does talk a lot, mostly to himself!
>>47738983
I mostly use the cli version of GPG (which should already be installed), and occasionally Enigmail (which lets you do most of the operations using a GUI inside Thunderbird). I think a common stand-alone GUI is Seahorse.
>>47739051
>My name is Monica
No. Monica is a white name. You a nigga.
>>47737085
Like this one? http://a.pomf.se/gnstwt.htm
>>47739058
>>47738995
I use thunderbird, so I'll give enigmail a try.
>>47738722
what's the original again?
>>47738995
mfw it's called e-nig
mfw the following post is >>47739051
yfw i have no face
>>47739137
Probably subconsciousness. Tulpas, how do they work?
>>47739133
http://blazeti.me/wewlad/
and this year's "april 1st" thing whcih I cannot find right now
>>47739232
kek I meant the original song
>>47739242
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwhvByj8YG8
?
>>47739277
Thanks!
>>47738002
Volafile is disgusting. I used the /g/ room like a year ago and all the people who frequent it are chodes.
>>47738381
That's how long it took him to take the test.
