Most trackers provide points for seeding torrents. Usually the amount of points depends on the size and the amount of torrents.
These points can be exchanged for “upload” (or other things like an invite), which helps with increasing the ratio.
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Given there’s seperate front end and backend code, does this mean it’s possible to write an alternative front end for Arcadia?
As for your design, I like it! It looks like a more modern gazelle-like interface at first glance.
Below is the thread of german torrent trackers. Part of the table is cut off on mobile so I recommend switching to desktop site.
I suggest trying to enter Immortuos, TNTracker, and RocketHD. Seedpool is great for 0-day German scene content, but it’s an international tracker.
IM is worth a try but they need proofs and will likely tell you to wait a few months for more assccount age (e.g. minimum half a year or so).
TNT is easy to get an invite for, if your somewhat active in a community where you know people are on TNT.
AnimeWorld is the best for anime and typically does open sign ups around new year.
RocketHD is an upcoming tracker which is better than the stats suggest. Also it’s improving quickly with an active community. It’s the only German tracker with an invite path (through MAM).
TS is the best. But unless you’ve been active for years with great (!) (international) proofs it’s impossible to get into.
https://www.sb-innovation.de/showthread.php?35824-Liste-aktueller-deutscher-Torrent-Tracker-V2
Edit: If you’re in Germany you must bind your torrent client to your VPN. Else it’ll be an expensive lesson.
- epub is the best ebook format. Use Calibre to convert to it from e.g. azw3 (Amazon)
- m4b > mp3. The former is better suited for audio books.
- archive.org for archiving websites
BitTorrent v2 allows for per file hashing, which makes it easier to merge swarms. This could be used to keep individual episodes alive without splitting seeders between season pack and individual episodes.
But given how many tracker staff want to continue doing what they’ve always done, I don’t think it’s big enough of an advantage for them to allow v2.
Just wanted to point out that downloading is no longer a grey area since an EU ruling a couple of years ago. Streaming as well as downloading from unauthorized sources is plainly illegal - you’re right about it being very unlikely to be prosecuted for it.
The one and only a absolutely necessary precaution is preventing your torrent client from accessing the internet when the VPN is not running.
This must be done by binding your torrent client to your VPN network interface. [1]
A “VPN Kill Switch” or similar is not enough to prevent your IP from leaking to law firms.It’s also a good idea to use a reputable VPN company like AirVPN, ProtonVPN or Njalla VPN.
I’m also german and I’ve been using torrents for years, so this definitely works well for me. A friend of mine’s brother received an “Abmahnung” from a law firm, as well as a more distant person ended up paying around 1000€. I feel like almost any german somehow heard of people getting letters.
- ActualBudget for finances.
- Radicale for calendar/contacts.
- Immich for photos/videos.
- Redlib as a frontend for Reddit (LibRedirect ftw).
- TheLounge as an IRC client.
- Bitwarden/Vaultwarden as a password manager.
- paperless-ngx for documents
I’ve been lucky and have had only a few issues and none with the small amount of games I’ve launched over the last year or so.
There’s an issue where people report issues with games, although I don’t know how up-to-date it is.
wine-ge is patched wine which includes many patches proton has that make games work (well).
Also, the developer of wine-ge no longer has their focus on it, because UMU [1] makes it possible to use proton(-ge) directly. UMU is already included in Lutris, Bottles & Co., or you can use it standalone [1].
There’s two reasons why r/linux is popular on Reddit:
- Reddit is popular
- r/linux is popular
First of all thank you for hosting this instance.
PS: Irrelevant rambling without a point below.
I don’t know how French/EU equivalents to DMCA take down requests work and how trigger-happy OVH is. Given services like real-debrid still operate, it won’t be as bad. From what I’ve heard Hetzner is quite strict when it comes to complaints, so I assume OVH is better.
It’s good that you don’t allow direct linking to pirate content. It seems to me that on most platforms communities are closed prematurely to avoid further annoyances/complaints, even if they follow the law (like here).
I do wonder how Lemmy would be impacted by an influx of DMCA complaints. Instances would have to delete the content but I don’t think they have the manpower to do so.
Instances like dbzer0 could also get taken down by complaining to the VPS provider if the instance operators wouldn’t comply.
The group tiers you’re talking about exist and are called trash guides. If you’re only on public trackers the groups might not be as prevalent, but e.g. TorrentLeech is more likely to have them.
The letterboxing with ultra wide monitors might be possible to solve locally with your video player. For MPV there’s the dynamic-crop.lua script, which is not perfect but works quite well.
I’m using mpv with Jellyfin on my PC through jellyfin-mpv-shim.
Edit: For Windows you might want to check out MPC-BE. I’ve found some mentions of “View -> Video Frame -> Touch Window From Outside” but I never tried it.
[1] is a great usenet guide. For automation look at TRaSH guides (Sonarr/Radarr/Prowlarr) and their german section.
If you have questions the discord server in the linked [1] guide is quite helpful. They created the german trash guide.
Well yes, it’s not shocking given what the show is about. I wrote “awful” because their death was not necessary and more a result of an accident (guy hitting his head). But yeah, “awful” might be a bit strong of a word.
You could just as easily in the spirit of this community do it with the same name and code, same way they do it for cracked games.
You could, and unless you’re trying to profit off it the original devs likely won’t care.
And also [bank on] pirates to not outright rip them off, which seems to be working for some reason…
They already publish it under GPLv3, they want it to be free (as in freedom) software.
I don’t care about any security concerns. If someone does not want to build it themselves or download from a third party they can buy it for their convenience. Or they can take the risk or find another way to install it.
For example I looked up whether Strawberry is on Winget, the Microsoft package manager for Windows. And look at that, it’s completely free to download by the original developer [1].@upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.comThey only ask users who are too lazy and want to download through the Microsoft store for payment. I get why you don’t like there being no binaries on their site by them, but they do provide free ways to install it. They just don’t tell you about it.[1] https://winget.run/pkg/StrawberryMusicPlayer/Strawberry
Edit: For anyone who does not want to click the link:winget install -e --id StrawberryMusicPlayer.Strawberryinstalls Strawberry on any Windows computer. Officially.
They create the world, but the player is the one controlling the action.
Yes, the streamer adds to the experience (i.e. how he plays, commentary, …), but a narrator put their own spin on a story. Intonation, the timing of pauses, etc. all requires skill and changes the end result.
Good point about fan fictions. I think fan fics are more like mods in the way that they expand on the world/media without distributing the original media itself.
But yeah I also think it’s dumb that playing a video game could be considered copyright infringement. The same goes for small clips from movies, which are the exact opposite of detrimental to the popularity of a movie.
GPLv3 is a copy left license. If you legally acquire the source code (it’s public already, so anyone does), GPLv3 does not put any restrictions on you when it comes to building, selling, distributing, modifying the code.
I pointed out the name because trademark law is seperate.
And yes, GPLv3 has some requirements like attribution (mention the original developer somewhere), and you have to point out where to get the source code (already public in this case). Also, if you make any changes to the source code you must provide those changes to anyone you distribute too under the same license.
These restrictions apply to eg. UNIT3D too. Some (most) torrent trackers seem to violate the requirement to provide their changes to their users and want to keep them private. But I never asked them whether they’d provide me their source.
Otherwise GPLv3 does not pose much restrictions on it’s users, especially not on distribution.
If you set your torrent client to only use the VPN network interface, it’s much more likely to be CGNAT. In other words it’s been some other customer.
If you still use BitTorrent, I’d recommend switching to qBittorrent. The former is outdated and ridden with ads compared to the more performant qBittorrent.