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sJBs

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#273040 31-Jul-2020 21:40

Hi there Geekzone

I'm sJBs,

I have recently immigrated from South Africa and was looking to join forum and community similar to carbonite.co.za.

I was recommended Geekzone, but it seems like the registration page contains a hidden key. After consistent errors over the last number of months, I finally succeeded (not sure how though) to tick the invisible Captcha.

Anycase, now I'm here.

Something more from myself:

I'm an engineer by trade and have a keen interest in technology, renewables, finance, open-source, cryptography, AI, mountain biking, hiking and gadgets in general. I'm based in Napier in the beautiful Hawke's Bay, I have brought over quite a bit of tech, but will have to wait till I've finally purchased property before setting it up, sell off or upgrade. So, I will become more active in the next couple of months.

Looking forward to learn from the community and hopefully be able to contribute to make the world a better place for all TM

Linux Mint 19.3 (Yes upgrade is overdue) with ZFS and multiple replicating XigmaNas servers (BSD with ZFS) for storage, all connected via Mikrotik Routerboard (firewall) to a Huawei 618 for Spark Wireless Broadband...

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#2532441 31-Jul-2020 21:40

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#2532458 31-Jul-2020 21:47

Welcome. I'm sure @freitasm can comment, but the signup could be something blocked by an adblocker?

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#2532464 31-Jul-2020 22:00

As above - your browser (or network, DNS or other resource) is either working to block ads, scripts or some trackers - in special Google services.

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#2532549 1-Aug-2020 08:26

Welcome to the madhouse

I'm a geek, a gamer, a dad, a Quic user, and an IT Professional. I have a full rack home lab, size 15 feet, an epic beard and Asperger's. I'm a bit of a Cypherpunk, who believes information wants to be free and the Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. If you use my Quic signup you can also use the code R570394EKGIZ8 for free setup. Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer.

sJBs

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#2532567 1-Aug-2020 09:44

Thanks everyone.

I'll go though some of the posts thoughout the next week or so, so be on the lookout for me.

Regarding the errors. I'm using the latest chrome with no ad blockers, on Linux Mint 19.3