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Bronzie

@ Bronzie @sh.itjust.works

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  • Season Torrents

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  • Yep, can confirm.I usually wait for seasons if it's a show I don't know when I will have time to watch, just to get it as freeleech.It's usually always there when I check after a few days.

  • Bracing for impact

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  • Like others have said, I also prefer having a backup and getting new HW when shit hits the fan.You can build a warm-standby solution, but that road is both costly and more labor intensive.

    The family can survive for a few hours while I run out to get a new drive or NUC to fix stuff.If you're lucky, it happens right after dinner so you can skip clean-up too!

  • Non-US Lemmings, how is Christmas celebrated where you are?

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  • For Norway it depends, really...

    We get the small things (lights, figurines) out with advent starting, so late november/early december, but don't do the tree until the night before (23rd). The outside lighting we usually do a bit earlier, as it gets super dark here and it looks nice.Some people do it much earlier.

    Special traditions for Norway would probably be porridge with an almond in it. The one who gets the almond wins the marzipan prize.Our family does it a bit differently: There are many almonds, the total changing every year and only Mum knows, and the one with the most gets to pick from the prize pool first. That way, everybody gets something and the kids are happy.I finally won last year with 14.It's also super fun watching people looking like chipmunks, hiding their almonds until it's time to count.

  • Homemade baguettes

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  • Holy they look incredible! I can literally hear the sound of the crust

  • Convince me of a better system than capitalism that could actually be implemented

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  • No.All 5 Nordic countries are consistently in the top 10 and are very much capitalistic, albeit with a very strong social safety net and a historic mentality of cooperation.

    Capitalism is a functional system as long as it is heavily regulated. As soon as the corporations are allowed to influence politicians and the media not held responsible for presenting a false narrative, the system begins crumbling.

    And those saying it's impossible to get rich in our type of society: The top 10 list of millionaires per capita has three Nordic countries in it, and three of the other countries are tax heavens Switzerland, Singapore and Hong Kong.

  • I'm unsure what to self-host

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  • I have three servers running these days.One is a NAS that hosts the .arr suite and my torrent client. This is just to keep the media management in one place.A N100 NUC that runs a lot of stuff in Proxmox, like Jellyfin, Heimdal, HomeAssistant, PiHole, Tailscale. I hope to add Caddy to this in the future, but I've never played with a reverse proxy before so I'm a tiny bit scared hehe.Lastly is a inudstrial PC I got from work that hosts game servers. Right now it's down as we haven't had time to game, but usually it's either a Minecraft server or Valheim.

    For backup I have one copy on the NAS and I upload the most critical data to a cloud service I trust and pay for. This is now Proton.My dream is finding a tech friend with his/her own NAS so we can set up a encrypted partition on each others NASes for automatic backup. I give you 1 TB, you give me 1 TB, life's good!

  • I'm unsure what to self-host

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  • As with most things: it depends...

    If you're in a country where ISP's freely give out user info, I'd say you should have a VPN.If you're on a private tracker, you might not need it, but you never know if the people hunting pirates managed to get in there too.I don't use one as our ISP's mostly throw those letters in the trash and I'm in a private tracker, but your mileage may vary.

    To get started, you only need a server (like Jellyfin or Plex) and a torrent client. Then you can automate it with the .arr stack, such as Radarr and Sonarr, race others with autodl-issri/Autobrr, share your media with friends and family with open ports (not recommended) or Tailscale/Netbird...It gets as advanced as you yourself want it to be.

    Feel free to ask if you have any questions, not just about piracy but how to set things up in general.Good luck, and remember to have fun while doing it. If you don't, you won't bother keeping it updated and working in the future.

  • Ownership of Digital Content Is an Illusion—Unless You Self‑Host

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  • Webrips. That’s how we get movies and shows today without waiting for physical media being released

  • What's a service you’ve been using forever that hasn’t enshitified?

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  • No, again, he said anyone that parrots it. If you keep repeating that argument over and over, then your are parroting it. That's what parrots do; they repeat stuff.If you are offended, then it's time for some self reflection. That is not an ad-hominem, but a blanket statement and opinion.

    And no, you're being selective with the truth. You cherry pick bits of what he said to present your argument in a better light. I don't entertain that, my friend.

    Your last point is true, but again you are being selective with how you present it.

    If I point a gun at you and say you die unless you do something against your personal morality, you'd most likely still do it. That is in the name of survival.Yeah, you'll be able to go to work tomorrow and make money because you're not dead, but nobody can accuse you of doing it for profit. That is what you are in essence doing here and it's a bad take in every possible way except morally.Steam fought back and lost. They could morally tell Visa and MasterCard to pound sand and die with their heads held high, but I'm guessing they like you as my potential murder victim above, chose to keep existing instead.

  • What's a service you’ve been using forever that hasn’t enshitified?

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  • He didn’t. He said people who parrot it are.Unless you do, there is no reason to be offended. Up to you.

    And no; realistically, if you lose Visa and Mastercard, you can close shop. Obviously it’s for profit, because a 99% reduction in turnover means all employees out of work.Yes, I took that number out of thin air, but I know most people would never bother as that is what they have.Maybe it’s different in your country.

  • What's a service you’ve been using forever that hasn’t enshitified?

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  • Mine too!

    Still local, small time with a few thousand customers. They don’t upcharge internet prices if you skip linear TV.All emplyees are local and I see them drive around.

    I don’t care how good your pitch is, Mr. Salesman at my door: I’m sticking with what I’ve got!

  • How can I optimize my jellyfin, specifically transcoding and the CPU usage involved? I'm running it off a mini pc so resources are everything

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  • Are you streaming to a Chromecast, by any chance? Or a older Galaxy device?The 4k Chromecast with Google TV does not support AV1, but the 1080p version does. Jellyfin tried Direct Playing AV1 files, which obviously went poorly.

    I run the same CPU in my NUC as you do, and all data is on a NAS shared with NFS. It's been absolutely bulletproof for about a year, so I'm confident you should be able to make this work.

    Any other containers running at the same time?No cooling issues?

    Just asking because mine dropped massively in temp when repasted.

  • Can’t pay, won’t pay: impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy

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  • I'll admit never having used Lidarr, but if it's dead and no other good automated software exists, I'll just use the good old "search and click download"-hack.

    Hopefully I won't ever have to do this, but time will tell

  • Can’t pay, won’t pay: impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy

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  • Spot on!

    The moment music starts being split up between companies is the day I start pirating music again too.My NAS and media NUC have soon paid for themselves from saving on streaming services. Adding music to it won't cost me a dime.

  • Just got on first private tracker, want to start a seed

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  • You've already gotten a lot of really good advice, but I'll add what I did on TL to get >10 ratio in about a year, without really limiting what I download.

    For movies, I focused on finding files >14 GB so they are freelech. For movies I really wanted in super high quality to enjoy, I chose torrents with fewer seeds. This both boosts my points gain and lets me upload more when someone else wants the same file.My best ratio files are several 70+ GB 4k Remuxes.

    For TV Shows, I downloaded complete seasons as they are always freelech, unless it was a show I really want to watch right away.These days I just add it to Sonarr and let it rip.

    It goes without saying that you keep seeding everything for as long as you can. I have several hundred, some people have thousands.

    Make sure you start with freeleech content to build a small buffer so you don't get warnings that stress you out. It sucks frantically trying to get your ratio up before some timer ends and you get banned.

    Feel free to ask if you need some more help, and enjoy TL. It's a really good site run by what seems to be very level headed people.

  • Have you ever cried because of a video game?

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  • Yes once, and it was at the ending of "Brothers: A tale of two sons".I bawled my eyes out.

    Small game, but absolutely recommend for anyone that wants to clear out their tear canals.

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    Router suggestions for a complete noob

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  • I don't know why it wouldn't be, as they are great products out of the box.A bit pricy, but worth it. I'd give the same recommendation as you for anyone wanting to dabble a little and have room to grow and play with VLAN's, ACL's and expandability in the future.

  • People who don't live alone, who does the cooking?

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  • Same for us.She hates cooking and it looks like a bomb went off when she's done. I hate doing laundry and it looks like a toddler folded the clothes when I'm done.Cooking and cleaning probably takes more time per day, but we're both happy.

    A win/win that has never been explicitly agreed to, just happened naturally.

  • What is a food that you are very picky about?

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  • Carbonara.

    I've been served this dish with peas, with onions and with cream.I can forgive the bacon if it's really good bacon, as guanciale/pancetta can be hard to get here, but for gods sake don't ruin it with anything else.

    I rarely order it when out because so many places just serve a generic dish with bacon and ham without mentioning it, and I am not being the snob that asks what they use.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
    Bronzie @sh.itjust.works

    Your recommendation for smart plug

  • Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    Bronzie @sh.itjust.works

    Experience with Autobrr?

  • Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    Bronzie @sh.itjust.works

    Lemmy equivalent to Trackersignups?

  • Coffee @lemmy.world
    Bronzie @sh.itjust.works

    Need a little guidance on grinding