N-gated Hacker News5d ago
🚨 NEWS FLASH: #AWS #Lightsail is the Hotel California of cloud services. Sure, it seems cheap at first glance, but their $0.09/GB overage fees will have your budget imprisoned forever! 🤑 The "honest comparison" demands you re-mortgage your house for those surprise fees! 😂
https://galaxycloudsolutions.com/blog/aws-lightsail-vs-galaxy-cloud-solutions/ #HotelCalifornia #CloudServices #BudgetSurprise #OverageFees #HackerNews #ngated
AWS Lightsail vs Galaxy Cloud Solutions: An Honest Comparison (2026) | Galaxy Cloud Solutions

Comparing AWS Lightsail and Galaxy Cloud Solutions for VPS hosting? See the true cost of Lightsail including bandwidth overages and hidden fees vs transparent VPS pricing.

Hacker News5d ago

AWS Lightsail's $0.09/GB Bandwidth Overage Is a Trap for Small Projects

https://galaxycloudsolutions.com/blog/aws-lightsail-vs-galaxy-cloud-solutions/

#HackerNews #AWS #Lightsail #Bandwidth #SmallProjects #CloudComputing #CostTrap #TechNews

AWS Lightsail vs Galaxy Cloud Solutions: An Honest Comparison (2026) | Galaxy Cloud Solutions

Comparing AWS Lightsail and Galaxy Cloud Solutions for VPS hosting? See the true cost of Lightsail including bandwidth overages and hidden fees vs transparent VPS pricing.

AlcorNewsApr 26
Une équipe propose de viser Alpha Centauri avec des voiles lumineuses : plus de carburant, juste des lasers et de la physique pure www.geo.fr/sciences/pro... #Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #AlphaCentauri #LightSail #BreakthroughStarshot #InterstellarTravel #LaserSails

Propulser un engin spatial grâ...
Propulser un engin spatial grâce à la lumière: le projet de scientifiques pour atteindre Alpha Centauri

Un voyage épique de 4,37 années-lumière sépare les humains d'Alpha Centauri, notre plus proche voisine stellaire, mais une équipe de l'université Texas A&M vient de dévoiler une technologie qui pourrait nous en rapprocher et, plus largement, bouleverser les possibilités en termes d'exploration spatiale.

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AlcorNewsApr 26
Une équipe propose de viser Alpha Centauri avec des voiles lumineuses : plus de carburant, juste des lasers et de la physique pure https://www.geo.fr/sciences/propulser-un-engin-spatial-grace-a-la-lumiere-le-projet-de-scientifiques-pour-atteindre-alpha-centauri-231807 #Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #AlphaCentauri #LightSail #BreakthroughStarshot #InterstellarTravel #LaserSails
Propulser un engin spatial grâce à la lumière: le projet de scientifiques pour atteindre Alpha Centauri

Un voyage épique de 4,37 années-lumière sépare les humains d'Alpha Centauri, notre plus proche voisine stellaire, mais une équipe de l'université Texas A&M vient de dévoiler une technologie qui pourrait nous en rapprocher et, plus largement, bouleverser les possibilités en termes d'exploration spatiale.

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Gaelan LloydApr 21

Over the weekend, I decided to benchmark some of the VPS's I host services on. I spun up new FreeBSD instances of varying sizes and benchmarked them using sysbench.

The chart shows the results in three main categories using relative performance numbers, each normalized to "out of 100" for easy comparison... (1/2)

#vps #freebsd #benchmark #benchmarking #vultr #lightsail

Good News CommunityMar 7

🌟🚀 Traveling at 20% the speed of light?
Scientists just demonstrated a breakthrough photonic crystal light sail, lighter, more efficient, and potentially scalable for laser-propelled interstellar travel. A practical step toward exploring the stars!
Read more: https://thedebrief.org/traveling-at-20-the-speed-of-light-scientists-demonstrate-practical-light-sails-to-explore-the-universe/

@goodnews

#GoodNews #LightSail #InterstellarTravel #SpaceTech #ScienceBreakthrough

Traveling at 20% The Speed of Light: Scientists Demonstrate ‘Practical’ Light Sails to Explore the Universe

Science, Tech and Defense for the Rebelliously Curious.

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<<ewe>>ynNov 29

🚀 New Video Tutorial!

I’ve released a complete walkthrough on deploying OctoJoom on AWS LightSail — including Docker, Traefik, Cloudflare DNS/SSL automation and Joomla 6 auto-deployment.

If you're building Joomla sites with modern DevOps tooling, this tutorial will save you hours.

🎥 Watch the full video:
https://youtu.be/YgNVX2i-pL4

#Joomla #DevOps #Docker #AWS #LightSail #Cloudflare #Traefik #Linux #OpenSource #VDM

Deploy OctoJoom on AWS LightSail: Full Joomla 6 Docker Setup with Cloudflare & Traefik

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Daniel FischerSep 2, 2025
Lightsails for Interstellar Travel - Photonics for Propulsion, Thermal Management and Stability: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00450 -> "Substantial scientific and technological advancements have enabled lightsails to be the frontrunner for feasible interstellar spacecraft, making the #lightsail endeavor one of the most promising and exciting scientific pursuits in the twenty-first century. Looking forward, further progress must be made across numerous fields of science in order to bring lightsails to the next stage of viability. [...] We see the lightsail project shifting the paradigm of space exploration in the twenty-first century, inspiring generations of scientists at the boundaries of scientific and technical capabilities."
Steven RosenbergJul 16, 2025

Did AWS Lightsail used to offer FreeBSD on its menu of OSes? I looked in on the service recently and didn't see that among the choices.

#AWS #Lightsail #VPS #FreeBSD

Universe TodayFeb 28, 2025

Photonic Lightsails are our Best Shot at Reaching Another Star

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.universetoday.com/171137/photonic-lightsails-are-our-best-shot-at-reaching-another-star/

Photonic Lightsails are our Best Shot at Reaching Another Star

Chemical rockets are loud, noisy and can only get us so far. If we want to reach another star system, we’ll need something better—either super energy-dense fuel to improve the efficiency of chemical rockets or a way to push spacecraft using beams of energy, like a photonic lightsail. A new paper looks at the pros … Continue reading "Photonic Lightsails are our Best Shot at Reaching Another Star"

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