ITT: people who apparently think the only online crime is copyright infringement.

Yes, you should enjoy it! But it will not get you any invites. Which, incidentally, you should not be asking for in public forums. It’s frowned upon. A lot.

Bandwidth has literally never been a problem on any tracker. BitTorrent made bandwidth concerns obsolete over 20 years ago, as long as files are well-seeded.

You will have to pay your dues like everybody else.

The dangly-but-not-dangling bits of the bracelet bangles appear to be attempting to tunnel into his tattoos. Gravity and anatomy: shit AI doesn’t understand.

Do we just not fucking do Rule #3 any more?

#3: Do not request or link to specific pirated titles

I didn’t say it wouldn’t work, just that it’s shameful…somebody always takes the bait.

This trolling is like squirrel hunting with a howitzer. No subtlety. No skill. Pathetic. You should be ashamed of your weak, baby-like troll-fu.

Can confirm group-watching with Plex. I did this quite a few times with some friends during the darkest initial pandemic times and it’s a great way to connect with distant friends. I also recommend, as someone mentioned, a simultaneous discord chat. We exclusively watched horrible movies and MST3K’d the shit out of them.

Same! Not sure why Google doesn’t crack down on it. They either don’t know, don’t care, or quietly want to encourage people to become Android devs

You’re entitled to that opinion, but if I go out right now and murder someone with my vehicle due to deliberately or accidentally getting drunk, I’m probably going to jail. Corporations have demanded that they be treated as people, so…fine. Let’s give them what they want.

Well, you probably just need to buy that shitty Redmi then. My shitty Redmi thinks it’s a new Pixel, however, thanks to my dumb ass learning a few new tricks on my old S7 back in the day 😉

Find your exact device here and then look at tutorials for unlocking your bootloader and installing a custom ROM. I had a Galaxy from that era and it’s relatively easy to pwn them. As a noob, you should set aside a day for the process and make sure you’ve carefully read all the tutorials before that day. Careful prep will save you a lot of stress.

That’s correct, but a lot of foams and soft plastics are also inherently unstable under normal conditions. Many consumer products have foams or soft rubbery exteriors that will quickly breakdown in a matter of years. These products should just be banned, they just contribute to landfill waste and planned obsolescence.

I agree, and, furthermore, corporate death penalties for this kind of shit need to be an actual thing. Did your actions directly cause disease and death? Yes? Great, we’re dissolving your board, banning them form serving on the board of any publicly traded company for a decade, liquidating company assets, and criminally charging anyone who touched this shit with a 10-foot pole.

Jesus Christ. Theme: tell me you’re an American without telling me you’re an American.

Best healthcare in the…ya know, fuck it, I can’t even sarcastically finish the sentence

Rule 3 ➜ Don’t request or link to specific pirated titles

The rules exist for a reason and they aren’t suggestions.

3. Don’t request or link to specific pirated titles

Jesus Christ, this is not that fucking complicated

3. Don’t request or link to specific pirated titles

This is not that complicated

This is a scare tactic and it’s a stupid one. If there were any advantage whatsoever to a nuclear powered cruise missile, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. would have already cranked out thousands of them instead of conventional rockets.

We could just rewrite the headline as:

Putin says, “Booga Booga!!! Have nuclear shit!! Am scary asshole!!”

Pretty decent chance ChatGPT can answer this for you.

I don’t think they’ve released it yet, but I’m watching every minute the second that thing drops.

kbin.melroy.org is a dogshit instance that needs to be defederated as they obviously don’t give a shit about spam.

What’s extra fun is that there is contact info at the bottom of each one. Weird spam

Here is how record companies have treated their own precious assets: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Universal_Studios_fire

10s of thousands of original master recordings lost forever. They should fucking be paying archive.org for preserving these artists’ works

*Edit: and of course Universal is one of the plaintiffs. I hate these fuckers so much

*Edit: OK, so this article is missing a bunch of vital context. Here’s a better one: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/physicists-achieve-fusion-net-energy-gain-for-second-time/

Yeah, to be clear, I think Google should be the target of multiple antitrust actions. This is just a symptom.

Google forcing people to use its browser or pushing companies to develop exclusively for its browsers has broad antitrust implications, especially if they are using their ad clout to push wider adoption.

This is seriously deserving of an antitrust investigation. An open web is essential.

*Edit: referring to Chrome and its derivatives, not Adobe. Alphabet/Google has been begging for antitrust action for years.

Why would you pirate something with no intrinsic value? It’d be like stealing seawater. Piracy requires booty, NFTs have none.

The main problem I’ve found with that software is that there is a small but definitely noticeable latency on every possible setting and hardware. Super. Fucking. Annoying.

I just tried it out and the UI and additional functionality is a massive upgrade over the current stock Mastodon experience. And it federates seamlessly with Mastodon accounts. The Antenna feature is something that I’ve been looking for in Mastodon since day one. The fediverse rules. Use it if you like it!

Ah, also, it’s worth your time to check if apps that you use a lot can be backed up to the cloud. Messaging, podcasts, etc. It’s big time saver when you are setting up your new OS. After you have root, check out SwiftBackup, it will make the next one easier.

My best advice is to do a lot of research in advance of the install and not to panic when things go sideways. The steps you’ve listed look about right, although I usually have to root after installing the OS as the install will often overwrite Magisk and your custom recovery. As someone else mentioned, https://www.xda-developers.com/ will likely have all the information you need.

If the maniacs aren’t black, brown, and/or poor, cops don’t really give a shit

Yeah it’s too bad they just can’t do anything to decrease their water consumption

Image: Google maps search of Phoenix area golf courses

Between his terrible lawyers and his feeble attempts to hide his money, his bankruptcy proceeding sounds like an absolute clusterfuck.

Check out the Knowledge Fight podcast if you want excruciating detail on Alex Jones’ horrible life and work.

She trialed to dial-a-murder a black dude. This woman is a giant asshole. Her lawsuit shows that she learned nothing from the experience.

I used to run hundreds of torrents on early 2000s hardware and it was fine. Not sure what the problem is, but it’s not the bittorrent protocol.

I’ve used a browser extension called DownThemAll for this sort of thing. It will scrape recursively and you can add search parameters as well, like a specific filetype. Really useful.

Admins despise ratio cheaters and it’s a great way to get banned across multiple trackers. I recommend just getting a seedbox.