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by gioo 2y ago
It's Godwin's law (of Nazi analogies): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law
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by gioo 2y ago
mpv is awesome. Shout-out, in no particular order, to: - Seeds of Might/JySzE's base `mpv.conf`[1] - uosc, a feature-rich but still minimalist UI[2] - thumbfast, a fast thumbnailer to be used with uosc or another custom UI[3] - Ei
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by gioo 2y ago
if you check sites that track HN's rankings, it was ranked #1 for a while, then it suddenly dropped to #27 and continued declining https://hnrankings.info/40481808/
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by gioo 3y ago
> People can use those open source tools on the free level that doesn't require the higher level of use. Fair enough. > You're mad they're trying to make money. I'm not mad they're trying to make money, I abso
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by gioo 3y ago
Remember that not all 3rd party clients are/were developed for-profit, there are plenty which are open-source, have no monetization or ads, and are gonna be hit by this change too. >This isn't about Reddit being greedy. This i
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by gioo 3y ago
> Actually, these users are generally deadbeat users. They're good at providing upload and buffering accounts but that is it. They don't make your community any better, they're spread out over multiple communities. You do
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by gioo 3y ago
IPT is a fine tracker but because of their scummy behaviour [1] you are very unlikely to climb the tracker ladder from there. You can try following that_guy_iain's advice under for sure, but if you feel stuck go for RED 100% (regardles
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by gioo 3y ago
It's not really a problem because they don't want people joining the tracker in general. It's about accountability, exclusivity and the quality of the user base. Invites being for sale means any random person could join, hind
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by gioo 3y ago
It's all by design, invite selling/trading is a big problem in the tracker world and tracker staff often force people to use their home IP to register for this reason. By having your home IP they can easily ban all your accounts i
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by gioo 3y ago
Buying an invite for TL is not a smart idea, they have regular open signups. You put all your accounts at risk for little gain.
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by gioo 3y ago
The common advice is to start out on RED (Redacted) by doing the interview, and climbing the pyramid from there. Use official recruitement to join other trackers, and with some patience you'll eventually have everything you need.
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by gioo 3y ago
Really a shame, especially for torrent users. The other good alternatives are double the monthly price at 10$/month in the case of IVPN (if you want port forwarding that is) and ProtonVPN. Unless you want to commit for a year or two an
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by gioo 3y ago
Aren't both mailbox.org and tutanota based in Germany? So... they both can be legally back-doored? No?
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by gioo 4y ago
I apologize, I tried to answer a broader question and somehow kinda missed the main point. If you host your own Mastadon server, you can federate with everyone. Other servers will only block you if you interact with the nazis, child porn, e
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by gioo 4y ago
Imagine allowing everyone to register an account on your email server. Now you have people maybe sending stuff to other email addresses on other email servers that's maybe 'problematic'. In the case of email it's not a b
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by gioo 4y ago
Of course Kickstarter as a company can do nearly whatever it wants and ban certain types of crowfunding campaigns, it's just sad to see this happening left and right in many fields. At least in this case someone can just choose a diffe
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by gioo 4y ago
Look at lastpass' wikipedia page, they have been collecting a security incident after another since 2015.