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But I've found there's a rather large contingent of anti-reddit people. And frankly, the wider this stuff is copied, the better we all are.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) does handle fraudulent advertisements and the like.... If they even address your complaint, AND if the complaint comes in your favor, you are still guaranteed nothing.

And the "punishments" are at the level of 'just doing business' for most cases.

With FTX, its when rich people get hit is when the government gets involved. The rest of us can get stuffed.

Then, I stick primarily with video and audio. I stay away from software piracy because I prefer my data to be in FLOSS formats.

MAKE SURE to use Firefox, with "uBlock Origin" and "Privacy Badger" plugins before going to any of these links. Also if you're on Windows, go enable in Windows Explorer to show "file extensions" - some torrents will be malware with movie.mp4.exe and try to trick you to run malware.

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Movies:

    RARBG.to - One of the most organized public trackers, gets new content very quickly. Can search by IMDB tags (eg. tt0258038, appearing in IDMB URLs)
    rutracker.org [.org, .net, .nl] - The best general tracker from Russia and arguably the best one overall. It's great for niche movies, especially from Russia and other east European countries.
    TorrentGalaxy.to - Another highly recommended site for movies & TV. Proxy list.
    ettvdl.com
    Zooqle.com - Easy to use torrent site
    1337x.to - Many public p2p releases/encodes are released here, including Tigole/UTR/YIFY. Cams are typically uploaded here as well.
    psarips.com - Small-sized x265 (re-)encodes
    [Documentaries] forums.mvgroup.org - Very good documentaries tracker. Registration required.
    [Anime] Nyaa.si
    [Anime] hi10anime.com
    [Anime] shanaproject.com

    forum.dirtywarez.com - Popular DDL forum. Has a request section.
    scnlog.me - Scene releases
    rlsbb.ru - Scene releases
    ddlvalley.me
    movieparadise.org
    adit-hd.com
    megaddl.co
    rmz.cr
    2ddl.ms
    rarefilmm.com - Rare movies
    psarips.com - Small-sized x265 (re-)encodes

    Nebulance (NBL) - Very good alternative to BTN and easy to join. Great for finding/requesting old, unpopular, obscure shows. NBL can be joined through MAM. You are eligible the moment you become PU, which is 1 month.

    Filelist - One of the largest general private trackers. Romanian tracker, but media content will typically include dual language audio (English and Romanian). The tracker might be smaller compared to IPT but the quality control is better, especially for movies and TV shows. You will be able to find high quality encodes from PTP and BTN which you might not find on IPT. Can be joined through MAM with a 5 months old account

    IPTorrents - The largest general private tracker, period. Definitely worth to have as a back up. Invites are easy to come by if you make acquaintances otherwise you can join it through EMP (unofficial invites; need access to invite forum so you have to be Good Perv user class which requires 8 weeks on the tracker). Also, don't forget to log in every 3 months or you lose your account (called Inactivity rule)

    Secret Cinema - If any of the following keywords interest you then this is the tracker for you - old (as early as the 1st movie ever), non-mainstream, non-English, arthouse, experimental, rare - movies and Tv shows. This tracker can be joined through MAM (6 months old account required) and RED.

    PassThePopcorn (PTP) - Movies tracker. Best source for movies, period. Couple of unique features - !!!!* The amount of active fleshed out collections available to discover content to watch. It's often better than some legit sites dedicated to this stuff. !!!!* High quality encodes. Many torrents are marked Golden Popcorn (GP). They are best of the best encodes. It is like Oscars but for encodes. Currently it is not possible to join PTP unless you know someone who has an account there and can invite you. The best strategy suggested is to reach as high of a user class you can reach on RED as feasibly possible. This will increase chances when PTP starts recruiting again. In the meantime you can join SC, BHD, BLU etc and make requests there

    beyond-hd.me (BHD) - Movies/TV tracker. Focuses on HD and some SD content. Originally home to the famous FRaMeSToR remux group but then many more after AHD died. Currently the best alternative to PTP and BTN. After AHD's demise, this is now the 2nd best tracker for high quality encodes too. Can be joined through RED (either be Elite user class OR power user with 6 months old account)

    pixelhd.me - Movies tracker. Known for producing small sized encodes. PxHD Mobies - 720p/AAC/mp4 at 1.5-2GB (esp. for Mobile Devices); PxHD/PxEHD - 1080p/AC3/mp4 at 4GB and 8GB; and PxHDA - 1080p/DTS/ at "whatever size is necessary" for high transparency (usually 6-12gb). Can be joined through RED (Elite or "high-level" PU; + 2 more proofs; all 3 accounts at least 6 months old) and MAM (Elite or "high-level" PU; + 2 more proofs; all 3 accounts at least 6 months old)

    HD-Torrents (HDT) - Movies/TV tracker. Focuses on HD content only. This tracker is great for HD movies though not as good as PTP. Specialty lies in allowing of multiple untouched material of the same movie, which helps in getting those foreign languages, different audio/video quality, or even different content in audio/videos. Slightly superior to PTP in this regard. You can pay for an account through their website. (Note - Only buy the account from their own website, not a 3rd party)

    uhdbits.org (UHDB) - Small movies tracker. Should not aim for it as your primary tracker but it is good to have as backup, aim for BHD instead. Can be joined through RED.

    TV Chaos UK - TV tracker. Great site for UK TV content. Best joined through requesting on /r/invites (proof of ratio from other sites required). Quality lacks a bit so use it with a TV tracker like BTN to get the most of UK content

    Broadcast the Net (BTN) - TV tracker. Best source for TV related content, period. Currently this tracker is not recruiting anywhere but it is recommended to join PTP where BTN will recruit again in the future

    TV Vault (TVV) - TV tracker. Best private tracker for old TV shows. Best way to join it is through MAM.

    More Than TV (MTV) - Movies/TV tracker. 2nd best private tracker for TV after BTN. Retention is not good but with a strong request section, this is not an issue. Can be joined through RED

    asiancinema.me - Movies/TV tracker. A neat little tracker for Asian content.

    animebytes.tv - Best place for anime on the internet. Can be joined through RED (account has to be 1 year old)

    AvistaZ - Movies/TV tracker. One of the best places for Asian (mainly Japan, South Korea, China etc) movies and TV shows. Best place for Korean dramas. Easiest way to join is through application on their site. Also one of the few top trackers that have open signups from time to time.

    Blutopia - Movies/TV tracker. Very nice tracker for Movies and TV. Like other private trackers, you can make the most of it through the use of its request section. As SD encodes are not allowed on this tracker, it is a great source for untouched DVDs, especially if you aren't in top trackers yet

    TorrentLeech - General scene tracker. One of the largest general private trackers

    alpharatio.cc - A general private tracker focused on scene releases. Inferior in content compared to other general trackers like IPT, TL, FL etc but has a very strong request section. Great for requests for which personalised trackers don't exist or aren't good enough. Can be joined through MAM and RED during AR's global invites period, keep an eye out

    pluto.tv - Official legal service
    github.com/iptv-org/iptv - Mass IPTV aggregation
    sportsbay.sx - Sports & non-sports channels
    123tvnow.com
    cxtvlive.com
    stream2watch.ws
    time4tv.stream

    /r/rugbystreams - Live streams. Links posted within the hour of the match
    /r/MLBStreams - Live streams. Links posted within the hour of the match
    /r/ncaaBBallStreams - Live streams. Links posted within the hour of the match
    /r/WWEstreams - Live streams. Links posted within the hour of the match
    /r/mmafights - Live streams. Links posted within the hour of the match
    /r/motorsportsstreams - Live streams. Links posted within the hour of the match

    rutracker.org > Sports - Torrents. Sports subforum at rutracker
    sport-video.org.ua - Torrent soccer, motorsports, baseball, basketball, football, hockey, rugby, other
    footybite.com - Highlights and live streams. Soccer
    nbafullhd.com - Replays. Basketball, football, F1
    liveonscore.tv - Live streams. Soccer, MMA, motorsports, baseball, basketball, football, hockey
    sportsurge.net - Live streams. MMA, boxing, motorsports, basketball, football, hockey
    sporthd.live - Live streams. Soccer, MMA, handball, basketball, rugby, football, tennis and others
    sportsbay.sx - Live streams. Football, soccer, basketball, hockey, baseball, NCAA, tennis, cricket, motorsports
    worldcupfootball.me - Live streams. MMA, baseball, basketball, football, hockey, NCAAF, NCAAM
    6stream.xyz - Live streams. MMA, baseball, basketball, football, hockey, NCAAF
    bilasport.net - Live streams. Soccer, MMA, baseball, basketball, football, hockey
    720pstream.me - Live streams. MMA, baseball, basketball, football, hockey, NCAAF, NCAAM
    ripple.is - Live streams. Soccer, MMA, boxing, motorsports, basketball, football
    nflbite.com - Live streams. Football
    nbabite.com - Live streams. Basketball

And there's also https://thepiratebay.org .

I used to recommend Netflix back in the day, cause it just worked. Now, there's 30+ different streaming services, and many have switched to the "leak an episode once a week/month".

Just pirate. It's better, cheaper, AND not hostile to the end user!

Right now, they're seeing loads of x10 and above. And since Mastodon is inherently noncommercial, I'm glad to support the instance im on.

And it's so much more peaceful there. Fake viralness doesn't exist. Re-toots (re-tweets) don't exist as a intentional design ideal. And its chronological. No re-loading to see more forced psychological viral garbage for more forced interaction.

So far, it's calmer and much more pleasant than I had thought possible.

https://gitlab.com/crankylinuxuser/pantograph-antenna-array

All the details are here to do autotuning to the frequencies available to a KrackenSDR dependent on frequencies. This device and antenna go from 400MHz to 1.7GHz.

https://github.com/F5OEO/rpitx

And it does work with nearly every RPi.

And unlike only doing FM (97MHz-108MHz), it can emit from an IQ datastream from 10KHz to 1.5GHz.

Given the hypercapitalist point of view here, I figured it was some auto-degrading NFT.

> This is an interesting way of thinking! On one hand, all of my homelab servers now run on old AMD Athlon 200GE CPUs that would otherwise be considered e-waste in the eyes of some, but now run at 35W TDP and are enough for all of my CI/backup/development needs, in addition to being a cheap x86 option.

Precisely! You're using them, and following the 4 R's : reduce, reuse, repair, recycle. Not sending stuff to the scrapyard or landfill is always laudable.

I'm also wary and careful in not doing the bad environmentalist trope, by blaming the individual for small things when we have massive things that could be greatly scaled down. It's like in California, where people are being heckled in taking too long showers, all the while farmers there are trying to grow wetland foods and trees in the desert! It's literally dozens of gallons vs acre-feet of water.

I recently read that XCode 14 is bloating all iPhone packages compiled with that. It's stuff like that I'm looking at first, since that contributes to manufactured obsolescence due to bloated storage reqt and wasteful uneeded code. Its those things at massive scale I'm looking at.

Strip the tracking crap out of your app.

Reduce/eliminate all but the absolutely necessary API calls required.

edit: To be honest, anything that causes bloat is what pushes the "get rid of current device and get newer device". And it's not 1 app, but dozens over bad upgrades and bad features, tracking, monetization, etc.

I don't just think of the CO2. I also think of all the industrial e-waste in silicon chip making, and the fact that their cradle-to-grave cycle is a "local landfill".

If these companies try to cheap people out of what bounties they offer, then they need reminded that they're not the only game in town that'll pay for exploits.

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"Workers around the world: lost $3.7 trillion in the pandemic Billionaires around the world: gained $3.9 trillion in the pandemic

It's the biggest one-year wealth transfer in history, yet somehow barely anyone is talking about it."

https://twitter.com/danpriceseattle/status/13751892041251143...

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Iron Mountain CEO says he's been 'praying for inflation' because it means he can raise prices

https://www.businessinsider.com/ceo-praying-for-inflation-ra...

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Leading grocery chains such as Kroger (KR) and Alberstons have said in recent days that they expect to benefit from rising prices. Sales boomed at these chains and other grocers during the early stages of the pandemic, but have slowed down in recent months as more people return to eating meals out.

“Our business operates the best when inflation is about 3% to 4%,” Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen said on an earnings call with analysts Thursday. “A little bit of inflation is always good in our business.”

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/18/business/grocery-store-inflat...

Instead, you should sell the exploit on the exploit dealers sites. This is easily worth $300-500k

But not now. And you have the 'privilege' of being dicked around with people googling you.

I'm not advocating public execution of billionaires here.

I'm talking about getting rid of companies like RealPage ( https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-r... ) and other companies that either collude information asymmetry or otherwise buy up the market and wait to artificially drive prices higher..

I'm talking about restrictions of companies buying residential dwellings (not corporate dwellings, but im sure that could be gamed).

I'm talking about rent control. I'm aware that's a top-down command approach. Maybe use it as a cap per sqft?

I'm talking about relaxing or eliminating zoning restrictions. Much of them were put in place as a racist plan during the 40's-60's.

I'm talking about having banks *require* including on a mortgage application if you've paid rent for X years at Y rate, that you qualify for a mortgage of the similar terms.

I'm talking about having the mortgage rate be different (LOW) for your primary residence.

I'm talking about converting apartment complexes into a benefit corps run by the people who live there. Again, having people live in dwellings where they reasonably know that they are safe is inherently a great thing, and builds a real community. Problems that arise can be handled by the people who live there, like if a recession hits and 1/10 lose their jobs. (Yes, this is more radical.)

Every one of these changes would enable more people to have their own place to live, and live better how they want to live. Does it solve every problem? Of course not. It's steps to do this. And what I see here in my area, we're going the very wrong way. More and more are going homeless or vanlife every week. And that piece of stability disappears. And it's hard to reestablish once you're in that direction.

It's not just an individual issue - at a certain number, it turns into a societal issue that needs a society-wide solution.

I fail to understand why heavy controls that enable real humans (not made-up on paper corporate humans) to get a residence of their own, is so damned radical.

I see what the environment looks like, with RealPage ( https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-r... ) and Zillow and Redfin, and whomever else is buying residences left and right. And I want none of it. Burn these parasites to the ground. And damn the "profit".

How about the same, for water?

How about the same, for basic medical?

How about the same, for electricity?

Profiteering and gatekeeping essential things to live is ethically abhorrent. And yes, housing SHOULD be a right. Instead we have "right to badmouth government" and a bunch of other 'self-actualization' (Maslow) style needs, but We collectively ignore the bottom ones, like food/water/shelter.

Most users would have a perfectly fine time with Linux. Most things just work these days. Hell, with WINE or Proton/Steam, even Windows stuff works - even this year's games.

Well, and it's also some of the richest user datasets. Google is doing it. Apple is doing it. Amazon is doing. So why not MS? It's not like we have hard privacy laws in this country!

With that attitude, there will be.

But there doesn't have to be.

> Targeting them more precisely with aid is the way to solve that, not helicopter money into massive bubble and inflation.

Not aid. Money. Straight up cold hard cash. Any thing else instead, like SNAP, housing vouchers, etc treats them like they have no agency. Yet with corporate handouts, we do no such thing. Look no further than the PPP debacle.

Just because the general country-wide unemployment is a low number, does not mean with any sort of guarantee that an individual will be able to transition in a decent amount of time as not to unduly impact their life.

And given what the oligopoly of banks... err, the FED has been saying, 'they are hitting the brakes of inflation by raising interest rates significantly' - further exasperating the layoffs and slowing/reversing hiring at other firms.

It's a whole other thing to be cheering for people losing their jobs.

Remember, we have one of the weakest social nets in the world. And our medical is nigh exclusively tied to our jobs.

But people are losing their jobs en masse (and the C-levels get golden parachutes). Um, yay?

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"Do you want to repeal suffrage?"

And naturally, most have no clue that has to do with women's voting rights, and asking to repeal them.

Voters are very stupid. And when a group gets smarter, gerrymandering comes in to 'lower the average'.

And, the gist also has very strong vibes of Ronald Wright's misattributed John Steinbeck's quote:

“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/328134-john-steinbeck-once-...

The USA "ideals" taught in school say that democracy and democratic republics are the best forms of government.... yet (almost) all our companies are autocratic dictatorships.

Well... It's a lot uglier of an issue than you state.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/can-government-officia...