Just a quick note, as previously noted, our SSL certificates were due to expire. Due to various headaches involving issues changing our DNS records, and my personal unavailability, we were unable to renew our certificates in time. Right now, soylentnews.org is running on a LetsEncrypt certificate that was issued after quite a bit of pain. We're still trying to fix the fundamental issues that prevented us from being issued a two year Gandi certificate. Currently, I'm unable to resolve this issue more in-depth, but I've granted access to TheMightyBuzzard to be able help handle the necessary issues that caused the downtime. I will try to get a full writeup of the situation, but for the time being, the main site is up. Secondary services remain down due to the same renewal issues.
Apologies for any inconvenience,
NCommander
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 01 2018, @01:46AM (5 children)
I fell out of bed. Literally. I'm blaming the cat, but I found myself falling to the floor. Picked myself up, went to the bathroom, poured a coffee, and sat down at the desk. Log in, look at the browser, and refresh the page. SSL warning. Couple sips of coffee, and I pull up extensions, to tell HTTPS Everywhere to make an exception for Soylent. Go back to the tab, and refresh - there's your post at the top of the list.
So - did the exception work? I guess I'll never know.
Need moar coffee . . .
(Score: 4, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday July 01 2018, @02:00AM
I guess we're officially exceptional now then.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 01 2018, @02:30AM (3 children)
Well... I had to go read that other (/.) site for 2 minutes while you guys figured it out, and my IQ dropped 20 points because of that.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday July 01 2018, @02:49AM (2 children)
I still read /. headlines on the crapper (Not the comments though, because why? We took the best of the community with us when we split.). I've already read everything worth reading at my desktop, so...
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Sunday July 01 2018, @11:31AM (1 child)
I had made a few enemies over there too. Probably best not hang around where I wasn't wanted.
I love a good discussion... and a lot of times the other people bring up things I had not considered, and often changing my take on it.
But the flamebait name calling... I do not like stooping to that level unless the discussion concerns Congressmen, RIAA, or Microsoft.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday July 01 2018, @01:14PM
Flame wars and name calling are the spice in an otherwise bland discussion. There's room for both intelligence and entertaining jackassery in any discussion worth having.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.