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Re:JSON as configuration files: please don’t (2016) on Sunday April 14, 2019 @12:19AM (#19657592)
Avoiding lightweight markup languages and sticking to real programming languages for configuration has a lot of benefits.

On that: https://youtu.be/0pX7-AG52BU

Re:List out of Lambda on Saturday April 06, 2013 @11:21PM (#5505971)
Nice to see a fellow Maroon on here!
Re:Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S. on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @01:33AM (#5242978)
I assumed that this meant the attackers logged into their own social network accounts while they were "inside" (i.e. using) compromised machines in the target locations.
Re:Linode Simplifies Plans, Reveals CPU Priority on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @03:08AM (#4841522)
Another potential option is using a Linode 512 with "extra" RAM (see the Extras tab in the Linode Manager).

Additionally, I've always found the Linode support folks to be fairly accommodating, so maybe it's worth asking if they can still provision 768s.