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darkpuma
If this is yours, I recommend adopting some sort of inverse relationship between file size and retention time. 0x0 does this and I think it makes a lot of sense: https://0x0.st/

    retention = min_age + (-max_age + min_age) * pow((file_size / max_size - 1), 3)

   days
    365 |  \
        |   \
        |    \
        |     \
        |      \
        |       \
        |        ..
        |          \
  197.5 | ----------..-------------------------------------------
        |             ..
        |               \
        |                ..
        |                  ...
        |                     ..
        |                       ...
        |                          ....
        |                              ......
     30 |                                    ....................
          0                        256                        512
                                                              MiB
crazygringo
Why?

I don't see what the correlation is between a user's file size and how long the user will need it to remain.

Generally people use these services to host a file for around the time it takes someone to check their e-mail/ticket/etc. to download the item -- hopefully within a day, usually a couple days, worst-case scenario a week.

The time-cutoff is based on human behavior.

Plus, it's too much mental overhead for a user to have to worry that each file uploaded lasts for a different amount of time.

lalala1995
I think it is to cut the host's cost on disk ? Not necessary for the benefit of user.
dahart
For a host providing a free service that they have to pay actual money to run, and having a finite & non-advertised limit on disk space, it makes sense to put a heavier mental price on large files, so that a 1GB upload actually does feel heavier to the user than a 1KB upload.
darkpuma
> Why?

The current policy of 25GB for seven days is very generous, but I fear it will prove unsustainable.

leet
I can totally write a script to divide my large files into smaller parts before uploading. That way I will get unlimited storage?
darkpuma
> That way I will get unlimited storage?

No. That way fill up his hard drive, break the server and ruin it for everybody. Don't be that guy.

blotter_paper
I think GP gets that, and is pointing out a potential problem. Your solution of not being an asshole works for small groups, but not the entire internet.
ltc5505
Did you type this graph out by hand?
kekebo
Either I'm unfamiliar with the word or there's a typo in the "Links and Files" section of the disclaimer: 'forbinned' instead of 'forbidden'
siedes
Anyone find a privacy policy anywhere? I went to the mother site listed at the bottom, but it is entirely in Russian. Tried translating privacy to Russian and searching various terms, but getting nothing.

Edit: nvm I found it

"Bashupload has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that Bashupload shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services."

willio58
So basically just a copy-paste and search replace for their name. This is boilerplate, what were you expecting?
derekdfulton
What's wrong with good old-fashioned wget?
hjek
Can `wget` easily upload files? More like `scp`, isn't it?
arthurcolle
you can use curl to upload files
darkpuma
Did you click the link? It's not offering an alternative to wget or curl, in fact it recommends you use curl. This site is a file host which you can upload to with curl.
arthurcolle
Did you read the parent? He was asking about wget
darkpuma
Pretty sure that was rhetorical.
IronBacon
It's probably a decade that I use woof[0] to "send" files on a LAN. It's packaged for Debian but essentially it's a Python HTTP/1.0 web server in a single file without external dependencies. With an option it can distribute itself and it can also offer an upload form to receive files...

[0] http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html

anoncake
IIRC "Writing" an HTTP server is close to a one-liner in Python anyway.
IronBacon
Well, launching "python -m http.server" should be enough to serve the content of the current dir so you are right. To be honest I never looked what that script does...
teddyh
Wget is not a “tool” - a “tool”, in modern parlance, now has to be a web service, which is what this is.
twic
This site isn't a tool, because it doesn't come with an npm module, smh.
[dead] allahreturns
Wget is a browser.

It invokes many things like flash, JavaScript engine.

If all you want is http, use CURL it comes from Sweden so it's relatively safe than Russian spywars lik Nginx.

mobilemidget
wget invokes flash and javascript? Not sure if I follow this, please enlighten me.

And how does one compare Nginx and curl, one is a webserver, the other a Swiss knife for mainly doing client side requests to various protocols, http/https being one of them.

[dead] kirishnareturns
Nginx can use proxypass to make requests like Curl

It also has Lua scripting language to modify request/response in-flight.

Wget is big compared to Curl. Wget is also being compromised enough compared to Curl.

the_duke
Are you really bored enough to create 2 temp accounts to post nonsensical comments?
anoncake
Lynx is a browser. Wget is not, but for different reasons.
isoprophlex
Nice idea. I guess you can make a nice extra buck from uploads containing sensitive personal/financial information or intellectual property.
aboutruby
You could also encrypt them before uploading them (even if most people won't do it)
tyingq
Firefox send is mentioned elsewhere in the thread. It does that by default, and keeps the key as a uri fragment so that the servers don't see it. I don't know why this tool doesn't do something similar.
timvisee
For people that prefer privacy, I've been building a fully featured CLI tool for Firefox Send. Maybe someone is interested: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend
syntaxing
This is awesome. You should share it on ShowHN!
timvisee
Thanks! Yes, I was planning on doing so once I've proper pre-built binaries available. I might do it in sync with a new upcoming Firefox Send release.
dkoston
Lol, proxy all my file uploads through your servers, no thanks!
autotune
Seriously how is this tool even getting upvoted? Why use this compared to straight up curl or scp to your own instance? This makes 0 sense, I need an aspirin.
lsferreira42
This is for situations when you can't scp your file, like when I use a jump server to go through some network restrictions.
autotune
Then you can upload to your own jump server first. This is just a bad idea on multiple levels.
banana_giraffe
Interesting, though I just prefer using a S3 bucket myself. I have a small script that uses curl and openssl under the covers to upload so I can upload from random machines I don't want to install AWS tools on.
morpheuskafka
This is really the best solution. It's next to no cost for short-term upload, especially if the files aren't that big. However, you're protected by one of the largest and most secure public cloud platforms rather than some random server.
jjuhl
No thanks. scp works just fine for that purpose.
[dead] spork12
This is great. I've been uploading movies to share with it.
Teslazar
I usually recommend https://file.pizza to non-tech people who want to send large files, as it is a very easy-to-use solution. The sender adds the file and then sends the file link to the recipient who simply loads it in their browser to download the file.

Files are sent peer to peer and are encrypted. The main downside is that the sender has to keep the browser tab open until the recipient receives the file.

thatcat
Yea, the only feature file.pizza is missing is a download complete alert to uploader so they can close the tab.
cyborgx7
This is something I have been looking for and couldn't find to the point that I was considering just building it myself. Thanks.