[20:44] <minasota> what do you all use for domain name registration?
[20:44] <Unit193> https://www.namecheap.com/
[20:46] <minasota> Unit193: so I can _just_ register with them, I don't have to host thru them, right?
[20:47] <Unit193> I don't use any of their hosting, no.  There's also name.com, gandi.net, and some others.
[20:48] <minasota> I had a no-ip account. was going to use them, but it was like almost 60 bucks after everything was done
[20:49] <minasota> well, more like $47 and some change. ~25 a year for renewal and ~$10 for private registration
[20:50] <minasota> and some other stuff they added I did not need
[20:50] <Unit193> namecheap even has a Dynamic endpoint.  My home router supports it, so if the router gets a new IP it can just update the subdomain for home.  ddclient supports it.
[20:50] <Unit193> ...Didn't no-ip have a free tier?
[20:50] <minasota> Unit193: that's cool. I used no-ip for that.
[20:51] <minasota> No free teir that I know of as far as regestering a domain name
[20:51] <Unit193> And yeah, even with whoisguard my domain isn't even that bad for renewals.
[20:52]  * minasota is missing the in-line spellcheck... still learning weechat
[20:52] <minasota> I'm looking at the site right now. Looks like what I searching for
[20:54] <minasota> idk, maybe I'm complicating things. All I need is a name that points to my server
[20:58] <minasota> Unit193: I'm curious, what do you use your server for?
[20:59] <Unit193> Depends which server, and a lot of things.
[21:16] <minasota> Unit193: man of many words... :) Ok
[21:17] <Unit193> Well, I could list a few, but don't really know what you're looking for.  Of course an httpd, I run a firefox sync server but that's just a uwsgi application behind the httpd, cgit+gitolite repos, torrent tracker, I have a couple bots on different ones, one sits in #ubuntu even, etc, etc. :P
[21:24] <minasota> Unit193: good job, you have officially lost me :) I'm going to take a moment and google some of what you just said
[21:25] <Unit193> Well that wasn't quite what I intended, just gave a partial list.
[21:25] <minasota> Unit193: idk really, I want to learn and play around, but at the same time I don't want to comprimise legit things I'm using my server for
[21:26] <minasota> I know man, that's why I ask in here, You all are very knowledable
[21:26]  * minasota knows how to spell, damn you weechat plugin...
[21:28] <Unit193> I suppose to be fair I have it because I either use it or am playing around with it. :P  (I used to have bttracker running a while, forgot about it, ended up being handy then upgraded it to opentracker.)
[21:30] <minasota> I've actually been reading about creating a bot. But the documention is all over the place. Basically something like #newsly in ##news but for sports :D
[21:30] <Unit193> Ah, yanos bot.
[21:31] <Unit193> Erm, 'yano's bot'
[21:31] <Unit193> I idle in the weather channel getting alerts (eg, ##weather-us-tn for TN.)
[21:33] <minasota> I do the same thing. But for the weather I just created a conky script that I could view without opening anything
[21:33] <Unit193> Ah, I have a weather script for my conky as well, yeah.
[21:35] <minasota> it's nothing really other than, "can I do this" If I really need to know the weather there are plenty of recources :)
[21:37] <cyberanger> I'd been using namecheap, considering switching myself though
[21:38] <minasota> grrr, I've spent lmost an hour reviewing this service... I just need a freaking name for my server
[21:38] <minasota> :)
[21:40] <cyberanger> Unit193: what is it you use like dot.tk
[21:40] <cyberanger> minasota: have you seen dot.tk?
[21:43] <minasota> not yet..
[21:43] <Unit193> cyberanger: Ah yeah, though of course you can use others like .ga.
[21:43] <cyberanger> Might be your answer, your just needing it for family and friends, you don't need a full blown professional .com
[21:44] <cyberanger> Unit193: thanks, .ga was the other one
[21:44] <Unit193> Or, err, .net...
[21:44] <Unit193> cyberanger: There's a few now, though getting StartSSL certs is out of the question for .tk.  Thanks for reminding me, even if I do still have those domains...
[21:45] <cyberanger> Unit193: wonder if letsencrypt will fix that
[21:45] <cyberanger> minasota: look at http://www.my.ga/en/index.html?lang=en and http://www.dot.tk/en/index.html?lang=en
[21:46] <Unit193> cyberanger: Actually they use freenom.com
[21:47] <minasota> cyberanger: thanks, will do
[21:50] <cyberanger> minasota: What Unit193 said, http://www.freenom.com/en/index.html?lang=en
[21:51] <cyberanger> has .tk and .ga, few others
[21:51] <cyberanger> Unit193: thanks, forgot about that.
[21:52] <Unit193> Hah, maybe between the two of us we'll finally get it. :P
[21:59] <cyberanger> Maybe
[22:00] <Unit193> Meh, future of newsbeuter in Debian doesn't look great.
[22:28] <cyberanger> How so?
[22:28] <cyberanger> pull from git/subversion/bazzar then?
[23:04] <minasota> checked freenom and the domain I want is available - .ml .ga. cf. gq
[23:05] <minasota> "As a PAID domain name registrant, you receive the benefits of holding the legal license rights of the domain name. This means that you can register the domain for a longer period of time (1-10 years)"
[23:05] <minasota> How long does the free domain name last?
[23:05] <minasota> I'm assuming I have to update or something every 12 months?
[23:05] <cyberanger> Unit193: Has it changed lately?
[23:06] <cyberanger> minasota: think 3 or 6 months, you just renew it though, Unit193 might know more
[23:12] <minasota> so it's like a host with no-ip, just renew when time is up?
[23:15] <cyberanger> Yep
[23:25] <Unit193> cyberanger: Usually 12 months is the long option, aye.
[23:29] <minasota> cool
[23:38] <minasota> Unit193: you still around?
[23:38] <Unit193> Yeah.
[23:45] <minasota> the firefox sync server you said you run, I know firefox offers that service with an account acctivation. Just curious how/why you setup your own. Might be something I'd like to do
[23:46] <minasota> Basically, what advantage would I have running my own sync server for firefox over what is already available?
[23:46] <Unit193> I then "own" the data. I didn't really "feel" comfortable trying it out with them having all my data.
[23:47] <Unit193> cyberanger has it better of course, FXA too.
[23:47] <minasota> Unit193: I totally understand. Can you point me towards something I could read up on this more, please
[23:48] <Unit193> https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-sync-1.5.html well this isn't what I did, but docs.
[23:51] <minasota> cool, I'll take a look. I found this one, too https://www.vegard.net/archives/10175/ I like the idea of owning the sync/data. thank you