CmdrShepard

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Disney is gouging customers with a near doubling of subscription costs. (sh.itjust.works)

Disney is raking its customers over the coals with a 75% price hike for their annual subscription (originally $80.) People wonder why piracy is on the rise.Multiple commenters are saying I’m off base about the 75% price increase. My payment less than a year ago was $79.99. Here’s the proof.

CmdrShepard,

Not even sure what you’re attempting to say here, so I’ll just say have a good one!

Ways to pirate music as convenient as Spotify?

The reason I gave up on MP3’s and subscribed to Spotify was because Spotify was easy. I’ve been listening “Iron Maiden - Empire of the Clouds” song every day and like a week ago, its removed. This was the last straw for me. Right now I’m trying to find “Stremio” of the music world. Can someone assist?...

CmdrShepard,

Can you even buy DRM free music these days?

CmdrShepard,

There are ways to rip physicsl media but they break the encryption which is ‘illegal’.

I meant more just having control of the actual files when buying from places like Amazon or ITunes rather than just being given library access to the songs for so long until that company loses the license and deletes them from your library.

CmdrShepard,

This is the biggest downfall of Emby/Jellyfin IMO. It’s a tradeoff from being reliant on Plex’s authentication servers, but requires a lot of technical knowledge to setup correctly (rather than just port forwarding and relying on a strong password).

CmdrShepard,

This is the riskiest way of doing it because you’re exposing ports to the open internet.

CmdrShepard, (edited )

Dude’s obviously mentally unstable and probably a pedophile. It takes a special type of person to shoehorn “child sex trafficking” and multiple references of “jerking off” into a discussion about media server software.

CmdrShepard,

Lidarr automates the acquisition but doesn’t actually supply you with any songs to download. I have to agree with them that pirating music is not easy these days and this is coming from someone in about half a dozen private trackers with around 60TB of TV and movies on my server.

Aside from finding the files, there’s also barely any standard for file naming and lots of different sources for specific songs (from multiple different albums even) which makes managing it all a huge pain in the ass (Lidarr does help with this part though provided your sources are good).

CmdrShepard,

It’s actually decent for finding really old, less popular movies/tv.

CmdrShepard,

Yes the HVAC was a full install as he had an oil burning furnace with radiant floor heating prior to this. They installed an AC/furnace and ducting. The windows were through one of those sleazy companies like Renewal by Anderson and like I said I think he got fleeced on both jobs.

CmdrShepard,

I’d just recommend not settling for something in poor condition just because you feel beat down or overwhelmed by the grind.

You will be filled with constant regret if you wind up buying some dilapidated property simply because you’re tired of the back and forth because once you sign the papers, you’re stuck with it. The process isn’t enjoyable, but try not to let that get to you.

Not sure what the exact condition of house is nor what contractors charge for work in your area, but in my area of the US, $15k isn’t going to get you very far on most projects. One of my coworkers just spent $27k to have an HVAC system installed and $40k for new windows. I think he got fleeced, but even halving those prices, you’re still being given a rough quote equivalent to these somewhat basic tasks for what sounds like serious structural work.

CmdrShepard,

Why the need for secrecy now it’s all said and done?

Because it’s not all said and done yet lol

CmdrShepard,

Nah the website displayed “seed/leech” numbers can be outdated or fudged (1337x is notorious for this) but the number you see in Qbit will be accurate, however those 9 seeds you see are either people without the complete file or people who aren’t port forwarding because “you don’t need port forwarding for torrents” and you can’t connect to them.

CmdrShepard,

Are you accounting for stuff like SATA cables and cradle mounts for the HDDs in your cost calculation?

issues with QbitTorrent stalled torrents

I am just getting back my sea legs, but apparently they’re pretty shaky because I can’t get my ubuntu torrent (no seriously, it is) to download. It never starts downloading and is stuck in “stalled”. I’ve tried a number of things, but even with default settings it isn’t starting. I’m using proton VPN on Linux Mint,...

CmdrShepard,

In the bottom center of the Qbit app does the icon show as red, yellow, or green? This displays whether you are connectable or not. I’d bet it’s a port issue. If Proton offers port forwarding, find the port they assigned you and input it into the “incoming connections” port in the Qbit settings.

CmdrShepard,

Would an avalanche have buried/displaced their tent and bodies?

CmdrShepard, (edited )

It’s been a while since I read about it but IIRC, rescuers arrived just days later and were able to follow their tracks down the mountain to where some of the bodies were eventually found. An avalanche powerful enough to kill the whole party surely would have wiped all this away even if some of it had melted away in the preceding couple of days.

CmdrShepard,

I think this is a commonly repeated but warped view of executive responsibility in a corporation. You could prioritize shareholder interest by chopping up and selling off successful parts of a corporation to get incredible quarterly results for a quarter or two, but quickly the corporation would dissolve due to a lack of an ability to make money. You could argue the CEO made the right call because shareholders made a lot of money in those quarters therefore he did what’s in their interest but at the same time he/she collapsed the entire company in order to do it, which isn’t in anyone’s interest. Prioritizing long-term growth can benefit shareholders even further than burning bright and burning out fast.

Prior to the last several decades, this is how companies operated, with an eye for long-term growth, but in recent history, this has shifted more toward short-term gains which has only benefitted the 1% of the 1%, while the rest of us suffer with inflation, recessions, unemployment, and an evaporating middle class.

CmdrShepard,

There are many ways to measure ‘maximizing returns’ though which leaves a lot of room for interpretation.

CmdrShepard,

Don’t worry. They’ll reply with their location once the daily power outage is over.

CmdrShepard,

I think if anyone is qualified to speak for Gen Z, it’s most certainly Business Insider.

CmdrShepard,

It’s still flash storage inside our phones but it’s permanently mounted.

CmdrShepard,

Me too, but I was pointing out that it is still being used inside the phone, so those advancements in capacity aren’t just completely abandoned.

CmdrShepard,

I have the Define 6 stuffed with 8 or 9 drives in it right now. I started with 3 and just add drives as needed as my storage pool fills up.

CmdrShepard,

They have a ton of freeleech content too. Pretty much everything that isn’t new.

CmdrShepard,

Why would you make the honeypot private? Much better to cast a wide net if that’s your goal. They’re pretty much universally ‘safer’ and better quality in my experience

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