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He can shock and awe a mouldy ringpiece when workers with actual rights start laughing at the baldy cunt




mobilism.org

I’ve just noticed I created my account 12 years ago this month!

Must’ve downloaded terabytes over the years. A lot of stuff is on Rapidgator so it’s worth having a Realdebrid account



Wtf, why would they assume everyone lives in a city? Especially in France!


Here’s what you need to know -

Er, it’s been like that for a couple of years now, all the manufacturers have been on the case for ages


I mean, the journalism is fucking amateur at best. “Red pill” isn’t a verb that’s immediately understandable, and yes, I know they say in journalism school to use plenty of similies instead of repeating yourself, but loads of English speakers wouldn’t have a clue what they mean by “Plod”


In a “Europoor™” country where I am, I recently had a Mickey D’s. It was €13 for the meal deal.

Not cheap, but not ridiculous, and the workers got paid enough to survive.

What’s the cost of a burger, fries and 500ml (or whatever medieval equivalent) drink in the US, where the staff don’t get paid enough?


We are renovating our house including (adding) all new appliances.

For context. Might be a bit less obvious to non native speakers, but I can understand how you might miss it



If you didn’t immediately take this back and demand a refund you’re part of the reason enshittification is getting worse

Or American with fuck all in the way of consumer rights, one of the two


Virtually every single country on earth - “Nah mate you can’t have absolute free speech, it leads to people spouting hate and general disorder. Much better to be civilised”

The US - “Well that’s just like, your opinion man. Hold my high fructose corn syrup”


Any idea how this affects those of us who only use it for random stuff where torrents are too slow or to bypass Rapidshare speed limits?


I’ve been using Kobo for a decade, never had a problem loading any type of file.

The first one I got was crap; the casing fell to bits. They sorted their shit out in the last few years and now I have a Clara E and it’s honestly fantastic


It takes just slightly longer to work out how to bypass paywalls as it does to type “pAyWaLl”

The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.

The European Commission said the US tech titan also abused its dominant position by imposing unfair trading conditions on other online classified ads service providers that advertise on its platforms.

“This is illegal under EU antitrust rules. Meta must now stop this behaviour,” the bloc’s competition chief, Margrethe Vestager, said in a statement.

Meta said it would appeal, alleging the decision ignored “the realities of the thriving European market for online classified listing services.

“Facebook users can choose whether or not to engage with Marketplace, and many don’t. The reality is that people use Facebook Marketplace because they want to, not because they have to,” the firm said in a statement.

Among the 10 largest antitrust fines ever imposed by the 27-nation European Union, it is the latest in a string of hefty penalties slapped on Big Tech companies in recent years by the commission, the regulator for the bloc. ‘Abusive practices’

Detailing what it termed “abusive practices” by Meta, the commission said that because Facebook Marketplace was tied to Facebook, the former enjoyed a “substantial distribution advantage which competitors cannot match.”

“All Facebook users automatically have access and get regularly exposed to Facebook Marketplace whether they want it or not,” it said.

Additionally Meta imposed unfair conditions on competitors in the classified ads service who advertised on Facebook and Instagram, the commission said.

This allowed it to “use ads-related data generated by other advertisers for the sole benefit of Facebook Marketplace”, it said.

Meta, which also owns WhatsApp and Instagram, contended it did not “use advertisers’ data for this purpose” and has “built systems and controls to ensure that”.

“It is disappointing that the Commission has chosen to take regulatory action against a free and innovative service built to meet consumer demand,” the company said.

Meta’s dominant position in the market for personal social networks comes with a special responsibility not to abuse it by restricting competition, according to the EU. ‘Duration and gravity’

The commission opened formal proceedings into possible anticompetitive conduct by Facebook in June 2021, communicating its concerns to Meta in December 2022 — and receiving the firm’s response in June 2023.

The EU fined the company 797.72 million euros ($840 million), a sum the commission said took into account the “duration and gravity of the infringement”, as well as the turnover of Meta and Facebook Marketplace.

Meta’s total revenue last year stood at around $135 billion.

The European commissions has had several run-ins with Meta as part of a broader clampdown on abusive Big Tech practices.

Its policy arsenal has been beefed up over the past two years with major twin laws, the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, that carry massive financial penalties in the event of infringements.

In July the EU accused Meta of breaching the digital rules with its new “pay or consent” system. It meant users had to pay to avoid data collection, or agree to share their data with Facebook and Instagram to keep using the platforms for free.

Bowing to pressure from EU regulators, Meta announced this week it was offering non-paying users in the bloc the option of receiving less targeted ads, as well as cutting subscription rates for entirely ad-free services.


Just downloaded it two days ago, it’s on 1337x.to, loads of seeders

Plenty of subs available, and subtitlespeechsync is one of my most used programs!


Wouldn’t be an 80s goth party without Fields of the Nephilim and Sisters of Mercy


I was curious about how much you could actually read in the 11 minutes that this YouTube drivel wasted on getting a point across

I tested my reading speed and it was 346 wpm, so I’m guessing the average is about 300 because I read a lot

3300 words is an absolute fuckton of information.

I’ve no idea why anyone would waste 11 minutes listening to about two minutes worth of information




I didn’t know 1337x rate-limits! Thanks for the info.

Yes, TGX is excellent too

RARBG is sorely missed

Torrentleech is good


You missed the bit where I assumed OP isn’t looking for long-winded series due to having kids


Right, reading through the comments, you say you’ve got a couple of kids. I’m guessing that means you’re a bit older and don’t have that much time to binge-watch long pointless series etc

To pare it down, ignore the comments about Sonarr and Radarr etc, they’re for people who are addicted to downloading as much media as humanly possible, or folks in the US with 1990s internet speed. I’ve tried them and didn’t find much benefit to them.

If you just want to quickly download a film or a series, setup is very simple.

In twenty years of torrenting, I’ve never needed more than a good VPN, a good BitTorrent client, and a good website for magnets. Plus a PC hooked up to the TV with the screen extended.

Torrent client - Use Qbittorrent, for reasons explained later

VPN - As others say, port forwarding is necessary. Use Proton, when you start it up, it gives you a different port number each time. In Qbittorrent, click options then connection, and change the port number to the one Proton gave you. Bit of a fucking about each time but worth it

As for torrenting sites, I rarely need anything more than 1337x.to

BUT, as stated, the search function on QBT is amazing for finding obscure stuff. You need to install Python on your PC first, then there are plenty guides online for installing the search plugins. It sounds complicated but is incredibly easy and stable once installed.

That’s it. That’s all I use and have done for decades. With fibre optic nowadays, a 1.5gb film takes about two minutes to download, you don’t need an entire hard disk full of media, just plan ahead


I’ve got the entire collection of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, along with every programme Fred Dibnah ever did

You’re welcome to them to get you started as long as the site wallpaper is fine bone china with hand painted periwinkles


Apparently we have the Nazis to thank (?) for that. It was going to be pulled down but it made a very good radio transmitter antenna, so it stayed up


You’re a legend! I googled torrentleech and to my great surprise, Firefox filled in the login info and apparently I already have an account.

I have no fucking clue I signed up about a decade ago but hey ho 😂

Thanks for the pointers!




I’ve been torrenting for 20+ years and I’ve heard Usenet mentioned a lot but have never needed to sign up. Do you know if there’s a newsgroup that’s specifically UK based?


Thanks for the suggestion!

Yeah I did wonder about that. The only private one I’m a member of is MAM which was fairly easy to get in to, but wouldn’t have a clue how to sign up for others


Are there any decent UK-centric torrent sites? For both films and TV
I get most of my stuff from 1337x but fuck me, it's just all Hallmark TV films and wrestling series now! Edit - sorry I'm not actually living in the UK; I fell asleep and missed the answers lol Thanks everyone, I'll do a bit more investigation into your suggestions
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I haven’t used anything other than 1337x for years now, it’s very active


Yeah I’ve never had to use anything other than MAM and Mobilism.org and nobody mentioned either

Mobilism has been my first choice for over a decade, then if I can’t find it, MAM and leave the pc on for 72 hours lol


The comments from obvious teenagers on 1337x on pretty much every torrent suggests that a lot of people do this



I tried AirVPN after Mullvad stopped supporting PF, it’s clunky as hell and restricts a fibre connection way too much. They were nice and gave me a full refund though


It’s a joke on the mess that Reagan made of the education system, chill out


What, like your education system is so bad you can’t even spell the names of your presidents? 😂



I once found a torrent of every programme that Fred Dibnah ever made, managed to download it over the course of a month or two. Reupped it when someone on UK Reddit asked where they could find his stuff, and next thing it had 20 seeders or so.

It’s still going strong, and Fred’s memory lives on