This is why we shouldn’t ban Critical Race Theory.

The people who invented C++ never went outside, otherwise they would have never invented C++.

Man, even when I try to be diplomatic I still get berated.

Should have just said fuck you and called it a day. (kidding)

By “zip file”, I meant a compressed archive. I’m not as nerdy as you guys are so I see now that there is a difference. I appreciate the correction.

That said, you have to admit that it’s still cool that these different file formats are nothing more than archives. Maybe not to you but it blew my mind when I first learned this.

Well fair enough. You clearly have more knowledge on the subject than I do.

FWIW, by “zip file”, I meant that the file is a compressed archive. Apologies for implying a specific file format. That wasn’t my intention.

You could always download a random exe even in Linux, you know. But I’ll handle it. Commuting home now.

Why don’t you just try it and see for yourself?

Remind me in about 5 hours and I’ll upload a screenshot as proof when I get home.

Speaking of which, it blew my mind when I discovered that .EXEs are just zip files compressed archives. Same goes for .DLLs, and a lot of other common Windows file extensions as well. (.DOC too, for example IIRC). They all open in your favorite archiver software (I like NanaZip; which is a fork of 7-Zip with a modern UI).

I didn’t know they offer same day shipping on mail-order brides now.

Yes but you can always just update the emulator yourself. If you’re playing the latest games then you’re usually using a more up-to-date version anyway.

Or just download a FitGirl repack of any Switch game and you don’t have to worry about any firmware/decryption nonsense. Just install and play.

Don’t bother. Just sign up for a Debrid service. It’s torrents but direct downloads, which means no needing to worry about seeding. It replaces your torrent client entirely.

Yep. Anyone who started buying within the past two years is laughing all the way to the bank now.

I have to disagree. Removing features for the sake of simplifying things for the idiot masses frustrates me like no other. To this day I’m still upset over the removal of the Menu button in Android.

Also, love to be that guy: it’s their. I’ll never understand why people mix up their, there, and they’re so easily. Same goes for you’re and your. I realize that I’m being a dick but this shit is basic elementary school English.

Exactly. That’s what I’m saying. Do you even know what you’re arguing about?

It goes down all the time. It’ll be back.

They’re not trolling. Download some tunes from there and then check them in a spectrum analyzer if you don’t believe them.

I posted some better alternatives elsewhere in this thread. Use those resources instead.

Yes it does. Not every track, but a lot of them are rips. Check with a spectrum analyzer if you don’t believe me. Use of of these sites instead: One | two.

Don’t use DoubleDouble.top. Many of its tracks are YouTube rips.

Use one of these websites instead. Every single tune is available in 320Kbps MP3 and FLAC. No rips nor re-encoding:

https://slavart.gamesdrive.net
https://free-mp3-download.net

But again, why bother paying for a private tracker, when I can just pay for Real-Debrid instead and not worry about silly ratios, since every torrent is a direct download straight from their servers.

I’ve only ever downloaded from public trackers (cause it’s impossible to maintain the required seed ratio on private trackers and Debrid services are better anyway); never had an issue ever over 20-some years of torrenting ever. I don’t bother verifying checksums cause it’s unnecessary paranoia. All the major public trackers have good moderation teams; the malicious garbage gets called out in the comments and removed rather quickly.