Comment by 🚀 stack

Odd things happening:

After userid/password/CAPCHA/TOTP, I get "invalid credentials. Try again later or <SIGN IN>", the latter being a button. It took me a while to realize that clicking the button actually just lets you in!

A few times I got a dialog box telling me I've been logged off. Dismissing it gets me right back in

Sep 10 · 3 months ago

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Strange indeed...there's ghosts in these machines...

I did AWS and Google for a few years, especially if you can use the free-tier stuff, might as well take their money. Then I decided I wanted an ultra cheap VPS hosted in Canada with non-US ownership (for reasons) and actually good specs. I went with OVH and haven’t been happier. 2 vCpus, plenty of storage, ram, and “unlimited” bandwidth. The admin interface for all these options are terrible. Maybe digital ocean is okay, but you only suffer through it very occasionally.

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