diff --git a/scripts/add-ssh-keys.sh b/scripts/add-ssh-keys.sh
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-# simply pull keys down from sourcehut.
-# i would use github, but my keys are a bit of a mess there, and it doesn't
-# really matter.
-mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh
-curl https://meta.sr.ht/~gmem.keys >>  $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
diff --git a/scripts/backup-mc-server.sh b/scripts/backup-mc-server.sh
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-# backs up minecraft server, assuming it's using a systemd socket.
-# see /systemd
-echo "Backing up server world"
-echo "say Backing up world, please wait..." > /home/ubuntu/mc/minecraft.control
-echo "save-off" > /home/ubuntu/mc/minecraft.control
-rclone sync /home/ubuntu/mc hetzner: -P
-echo "save-on" > /home/ubuntu/mc/minecraft.control
-echo "say World backed up, saving re-enabled" > /home/ubuntu/mc/minecraft.control
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diff --git a/scripts/start-mc-server.sh b/scripts/start-mc-server.sh
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-# start minecraft server with optimised jvm flags from https://mcflags.emc.gs
-java -Xms6G -Xmx6G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 \
-    -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch \
-    -XX:G1NewSizePercent=30 -XX:G1MaxNewSizePercent=40 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=8M \
-    -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:G1HeapWastePercent=5 -XX:G1MixedGCCountTarget=4 \
-    -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=15 -XX:G1MixedGCLiveThresholdPercent=90 \
-    -XX:G1RSetUpdatingPauseTimePercent=5 -XX:SurvivorRatio=32 -XX:+PerfDisableSharedMem \
-    -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=1 -Dusing.aikars.flags=https://mcflags.emc.gs -Daikars.new.flags=true \
-    -jar paper.jar --nogui
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