LocustOfControl

u/LocustOfControl@reddthat.com
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I'm on MAM + other private trackers. MAM isn't particularly strict on rules, and it's ridiculously easy to have a positive ratio there what with all the freebies.

Private trackers are designed to make sure there's always plenty of seeders. They mostly do that by enforcing that people maintain a certain ratio - i.e. don't just hit and run. (There's other advantages like that you can request re-seeds and the system will message previous seeders but that's besides the point) You can't force people to maintain ratio if it's easy to game the system - that's why there are these rules about IP addresses.

Many torrent clients are broken, or just lie about their upload stats. Those clients are banned, as are other that are broken in ways that cause others problems. Phones are a terrible source to download from - signal issues, limiting battery usage, etc. They just waste download slots that could be used for real clients on real connections.

Where is all the freedom on that shit?

Are you serious? You're getting this stuff completely for free and you're whining that there's a few house rules. Entitled, much?

on Le Mans, France · c/pics · 17 pts · 162d

I want to see this from other angles. Obviously, this is the only one that looks good.

You're being downvoted for your strawman framing. Recognising that Netanyahu's actions in Gaza (and farther, now) are unethical and illegal is absolutely not the same as calling for another Jewish genocide. Being pro-Palestine does not mean you're calling for the destruction of Israel or the murder of Jews.

There seems to be a fairly successful effort to frame any opposition of Israel's actions as antisemitic, which is a disgraceful attempt to use the suffering of Jewish ancestors as a shield against criticism today.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/piracy · 8 pts · 1y

More than 10% but less than 30%? They initially said that they only downloaded, but now their argument seems to be they uploaded little enough that no-one got a complete copy of anything from them.

I find stereo mixes are better for more smooth audio levels - if you get a surround mix (assuming you don't have a surround sound system), then the centre channel is too quiet in the downmix. You might be able to boost the centre volume, which depends on your setup.

I mostly use private trackers, and normally the only stereo is in multi-track releases so you will waste a bit of storage there (plus they tend to be larger, high quality files).

on iMolotov · c/imageai · 4 pts · 1y

There's two tiny heads inside the hoodie. It's like in cartoons where small characters stand on each others shoulders in a trenchcoat.

I find there's aot of bad advice around shoes - particularly the idea that lots of padding and support is helpful.

I went to a physio who said my feet were flat and wanted to sell me inserts/special shoes. I instead fixed that with stretches and exercise.

It's like if I'd complained that my arm hurts when lifting something heavy and instead of looking at my form and helping build up the muscles they said "just wear this sling".

I'm getting on in years and all my other runner friends have bad knees, but I wear minimal shoes and have good barefoot form.

Got a bit off topic... yes, walking is great for losing weight as the body doesn't seem to consider it as exercise - it doesn't compensate by being lazy afterwards (which it does for most exercise).

on Early 00s LAN party · c/imageai · 27 pts · 2y

This one gets weirder the more you look. There's the guy typing on an imaginary keyboard (or using an invisible mouse), the fact that no-one really has any eyes, or that dark character who's got some device suspended in front of his face?

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/pics · 5 pts · 2y

I've heard that people claim the moon landings were faked, but (until now?) I'd never heard anyone claiming the Martian rovers were faked.