Flatworm7591

Flatworm7591 OP , 1 day ago

It also doesn't help that a lot of the white supremacists are also cops.

Flatworm7591 , 3 days ago

Lol, that's the whole point of the bans, isn't it? But there's still a lot more western media outlets banned in Russian and China than vice versa, to be fair.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 5 days ago

He's got a temp ban and I've banned a suspected alt account upvoting him from our instance. It'll be a permanent ban if he comes back for more.

Flatworm7591 , 10 days ago

Do we really need their help keeping fascists in check? Problem is hexbears consider everyone who's not on ml or hexbear to be an ipso facto fascist, and act accordingly. There's zero room in their ideology for anyone with more moderate political views. I'd say the majority of our users are probably left leaning, but unless they happen to want the violent destruction of the western liberal democracies, then they just aren't left enough for hexbears to accept.

Having said all that, I feel like we've managed to successfully remove most of the overt political trolling from hexbear on our instance lately, so our own communities aren't too affected. But they really hate the fact we've been clamping down on them.

I'll also acknowledge the majority of hexbear's users don't go trolling. They seem to have a bunch of well meaning people who are focussed on community building, a bunch of political history/theory enthusiasts, and a bunch of awful trolls who are just there for the lulz. You can see in their own modlogs that there's tensions within their instance between those groups.

So, it's a complicated situation to deal with, and depending which groups you interact with, you might have a very different experience. From my own experience I'd say the bad far outweighs the good though.

Flatworm7591 , 10 days ago

I think we just need to take what they say at face value, because it's all to easy for problematic users to pivot to "just joking" when they get called out.

Flatworm7591 , 10 days ago (edited 10 days ago)

Just remind me again, which instance produces hundreds of hate comments every time one of their shitty takes is removed from another instance? Hint: it's not us. They have zero tolerance for us, so why should we be tolerant of them exactly? I'm curious to know your logic.

Edit: and every downvote is from .ml. Wonder why they are wading in on this? Lol

Flatworm7591 , 12 days ago

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-software-bitlocker-slows-performance

That number was only for random write performance. And if you have an SSD that supports TCG Opal and eDrive standard (IEEE-1667) for hardware based bitlocker encrytion then there is no negative speed impact.

Flatworm7591 , 20 days ago

Quoting Internationalist 360° as a reliable source isn't going to win anyone over. And the 'The Hill' article you listed concludes something that is the opposite of what you are claiming:

The odious Russian media tried to paint Ukraine as a land of Nazis, though that is patently wrong. Ukraine has a thriving Jewish community, and its far-right is still on the fringe.

We all understand your point of view, everyone's a Nazi if they are against Russian/Chinese imperialism.

Flatworm7591 , 20 days ago

I think it's hilarious that 90% of your upvotes are from hexbear users. I wonder when will you stop apologising for Russian imperialist wars of aggression using the "everyone's a nazi!" tactic? Even if it was a "Nazi" state, which it patently isn't, that doesn't for one minute excuse the Russian invasion. All you guys do is try to justify it at every opportunity. I thought you were supposed to be anti-imperialist? I guess that only counts when the US is doing something reprehensible.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 20 days ago

Interesting factoid from that article is that a crackdown in Japan has seen a two-thirds decrease in piracy over from 2021 to 2023, which is very substantial. They then go on to say that piracy globally went up 6.7% in 2023 compared to 2022, so I guess Japan is an anomaly.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 25 days ago

It depends what you are watching it on I suppose. If you're streaming content on a phone, then 480p is probably acceptable to most people. But if your connection can support a higher resolution without buffering issues, then why wouldn't you? Especially if you're watching something on a TV or large monitor, it'll look terrible in 480p.

Edit: I'm assuming when I said "why wouldn't you?" that you have unlimited data. Obviously if you have a data cap then that's a different story.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 24 days ago

Don't know why you think you know where I live. And you seem to have completely missed the disclaimer where I said "Obviously if you have a data cap then that’s a different story."

And just FYI, for areas with a decent internet network, whether in the city or not, your data use doesn't impact your neighbors' bandwidth in any meaningful way, assuming your ISP isn't massively over-subscribed. I mean all ISPs are oversubscribed to some extent, but then most people aren't download 24/7, so they typically size the 'pipe' to accommodate peak combined usage.

I'm perfectly well aware that if your local ISP's network is dogshit then this might be more of an issue. That's why they typically have data caps in those areas to discourage bandwidth usage. If you don't have a bandwidth cap then it's really the responsibility of your ISP to provide enough bandwidth for everyone to enjoy. You want to go around ranting at people for watching HD movies, go right ahead, see what happens. Try ranting at your ISP - it might be more effective.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 24 days ago

It's not, but I didn't want the comment thread devolving into a heated discussion on racism just because @scoobford jumped to entirely the wrong conclusion about your post.

Flatworm7591 , 28 days ago

Are you really complaining about Russian oligarch billionaires having their foreign assets seized? Whatever happened to ‘eat the rich’? 🤣

Flatworm7591 , 28 days ago

So we agree it’s a good thing then :)

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

American liberals are fascists. We get it. Hilarious. If this is your version of left unity, you might consider a rethink.

Flatworm7591 , 29 days ago

I rather imagine socdems consider themselves socialists, probably not liberals though. But we weren’t having that discussion, so I guess you were just bringing attention to your community rules in a passive aggressive sort of way? Fair enough I guess.

I’ve just noticed things getting way too tribal lately and the communist/socialist left seems hell bent on fighting with the liberals instead of the conservatives. Personally, I think it’s counterproductive to dunk on the liberals when there’s so many actual fascists around, and it’s getting a bit tiring. Have they as a party moved too far to the right? Definitely. Would it be a step in the right direction if people like Bernie Sanders got a chance to make a difference? Definitely. Would it be far enough? Almost certainly not, but you know, this is the US we’re talking about, they’re never going to go fully socialist. You’ve got to have some level of pragmatism if you want to get any movement back to the left.

If someone is socially progressive and anti-authoritarian, then I don’t need to know much else about their politics, I’ll make the assumption they are probably a decent person. I really don’t care if someone labels themselves a socialist, a liberal or an anarchist, or any of the dozens of atomistic political groupings on the left, or if they don’t give a shit about politics. If they are trying to improve the current state of society in whatever way they are able, then they really don’t deserve to get dunked on. It’s mean spirited and counterproductive and there’s too much hate going around.

I mean, what’s your end goal with this strategy of hating on the not-quite-left-enough? I genuinely don’t understand it.

Flatworm7591 , 23 days ago

FYI I'm not American so I won't be voting for either. But I think you are contradicting your own argument when you say:

tl;dr: the distinction between dems and reps is not one of “left/right” but rather one of “right/further right”.

What I was arguing was that the Democrats (aka liberals) are further left than the Republicans (at least in some key social areas). So, while you have defined the difference here as right/further right, that is still an acknowledgment that they are to the left of the Republicans, even if they are "not-quite-left-enough" to qualify as leftist from your ideological perspective. So, it still makes no sense to treat them as equally bad options - there are still degrees of 'bad' we should be concerned about to minimise harms.

It seems to me that many people on the left are currently earnestly trying to destabilise the US by pushing it even further towards right wing fascism, in the hope that it'll eventually provoke some sort of domestic revolution or an international backlash to US influence. This seems to me like a high-stakes strategy that could horribly backfire in so many ways, and I just can't get on board with it.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

The short answer: if you are particularly concerned about anonymity, then yes, enable it AND use a VPN. But be aware some people may consider this leeching, because anonymous mode may compromise your ability to upload (and download) to some extent. But there are some circumstances in which this is entirely justified.

Public tracker scenario

For most people using public trackers, just a VPN without anonymous mode is fine and recommended, and gives you the maximum speeds in this scenario, while giving you an adequate level of protection from your ISP (if configured correctly). If you do enable anonymous mode, then you’ll likely find your upload/download speeds are slower, mainly because DHT & uPnP are typically disabled. And anonymous mode without a VPN is NOT recommended.

WARNING: anonymous mode doesn’t provide strong privacy guarantees on its own. If you are concerned about legal authorities and copyright trouble, for example, consider using a VPN instead (or in addition to it).

Private tracker scenario

If you are using private trackers then you would usually not be using a VPN or anonymous mode because many of them explicitly ban such things so they can track your download/upload ratios server-side against your IP address to ensure you are following their policies. While some private trackers allow exceptions to this (e.g., you may be able to get a dedicated VPN IP address whitelisted for your account after signup), many don’t.

I’m not claiming to be any great expert on this topic, and so this is just my general-level understanding. If anyone wants to contribute any useful expert info or to correct anything I may have wrong here, please feel free to comment.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

Okay, that’s useful additional info, I figured I was probably a bit out of date on the technical details :p

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

I think it’s generally recommended if you are security conscious to manually forward ports rather than allow uPnP to be enabled on your router. There’s been cases where IoT devices or apps can open sensitive ports to your network without your knowledge. And the uPnP protocol itself was found to be flawed a few years ago: arstechnica.com/…/upnp-flaw-exposes-millions-of-n…

Çadırcı reported his findings to the Open Connectivity Foundation, which maintains the UPnP protocol, and the foundation has updated the underlying specification to fix the flaw. Users can check with developers and manufacturers to find out if or when a patch will be available. A significant percentage of IoT devices never receive updates from manufacturers, which means the vulnerability will live on for some time to come.

But you know, it depends on your risk profile. For most people, it’s probably fine. Depends how paranoid you want to get.

Binding your VPN connection to qbittorrent is a good idea, for sure, if you use a VPN. I usually keep DHT enabled with a bound VPN connection and a manually forwarded port using Proton VPN. I’m going to try out anonymous mode to see if it affects speeds any, since it looks like it doesn’t impact uploads or connections any more. That’s a bonus :)

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

Showing my age here, but there’s a great Improvised Star Trek episode about this exact topic, if you like improv: Time & Punishment 🤣

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

Sonarr is definitely brilliant for this, but it’s best with a Usenet account. You can customise your preferences so it will only download x265 with 5.1 audio at a given bitrate, for example, and this can be set on a per series basis if you want. It’ll also download any new episodes that are posted automatically and move them into your media folder, depending on how you set it up. It works best for more recent shows, older series tend to be a bit spotty due to takedowns.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

Check the games megathread for a curated list of pirated game sources. If you can’t find what you are looking for after going through that list, then the game probably isn’t cracked (yet).

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

Ok, since it’s a free game, you can post the title so someone might be able to help you locate a non-steam version. But don’t get your hopes up - it may simply be unavailable.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

Let’s not jump to conclusions here. We do have a rule against requesting specific titles, but if it’s a free title anyway then I think it’s not such a big deal in this particular case.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

Oh ok. According to some random on the dev’s website forum for the game, it relies on steam networking to run properly, so you might be shit outta luck. The softonic listing just redirects to steam.

danidev.itch.io/muck-mac-and-linux/comments?after…

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

I’ve cleaned up this toxic comment thread and littleblue has got a temp community ban. I had originally left the parent comment for context, but have removed it at OPs request.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

I get your point, but to be honest, we don’t usually have so many external news stories posted on the same day - it’s usually more of a mix. If it gets excessive, I’ll take another look at it because I agree it is a bit “low effort”. I appreciate your feedback.

Also, remember that everyone’s got different preferences for content. E.g., some people really hate memes, but they often get the most upvotes, so a lot of people obviously enjoy them. Fact is, however we moderate the content, it will never suit everyone’s tastes 100%.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

“Our” firewall: fucked, if ever implemented. probably won’t ever be.

“Great Firewall of China”: massively fucked, already implemented.

Yours is a false equivalence. The only people suggesting it’s “good and just” are the MPA and other copyright trolls.

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

If you want to talk politics, you’re gonna have to accept the fact that people will have different opions. This isn’t hexbear where everyone with a different view is instabanned. I get that emotions are running high over the situation in Gaza, but try to respond in good faith instead of leaping to the most uncharitable interpretation possible.

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

We read every report, but only take mod actions where it is warranted. Reading through what @flora_explorer has posted here, I don’t see anything that would violate any instance rules. You are welcome to block them if you don’t want to engage with their arguments.

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

What does being an anarchist community mean to you? To my mind, if someone self identifies as an anarchist then they should be welcome here. If they are just here for trolling then that’s another issue, but I don’t think it applies in this case.

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

It seems to me that you are the only person badjacketing in this post. If you think it’s a good policy to ban fellow anarchists for having a nuanced view on the Gaza situation, then you might want to check out hexbear - intolerant authoritarianism is their whole vibe.

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

You’re clearly very naive and cannot see the world as more than black and white. Now the Israeli state are the bad guys and the Palestinians are the good guys. So now it is OK to boycott jews again, shout about the eradication of the Jewish state and its people (“from the river to the sea”) and talk about a one-directional genocide since “75 years and 182 days”. This is either really really stupid or blatantly antisemitic.

They said that advocating for the eradication of the Jewish state and it’s people is either stupid or antisemitic. If you aren’t advocating that (and I don’t have any particular reason to think you are) then that statement doesn’t even apply to you. It’s a straw man argument. But looking at the link you posted, there’s a “river to the sea” comment right there from someone else. So I can see where they might have gotten that impression. Seems to me we can chalk this up to a simple misunderstanding. They made bad faith assumptions about you, you made bad faith assumptions against them. Lets move on.

Refer to lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/9514481 for my response to flora.

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

The issue people are having with your comment here is that you are misrepresenting the OPs post. The only thing they are calling for here is an economic boycott of Israel to pressure the Israeli government to end their attacks on Gaza. Meanwhile you are rolling that up in strawman argument that says that’s basically the same thing as wanting the obliteration of all Israelis. Don’t be so quick to make bad faith assumptions. While left wing antisemitism is a real issue, as is antisemitism in the middle east, OP hasn’t given you any cause to make that accusation here. I’d suggest editing your post to clarify that you were (I assume?) talking more generally about the topic rather than about the OP in particular.

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

I am also sensitive to antisemitism, and share your concerns about some of the content on the posted link. But OP can’t control what other people write on that site. Just because some antisemitic people/groups also support an economic boycot of Israel, doesn’t imply that anyone who supports a boycott is antisemitic. It’s a non-violent means to put pressure on the Israeli government. It doesn’t look like they will stop the killing without additional external pressure, so if this helps to add some pressure then I can’t do anything but support the boycott.

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

That has not been my experience, but I’m glad it works for you.

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

Thank you for editing your post and taking my feedback on board.

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

I’ve got a Brother laser printer myself last year, and I like the printer, but I’ll agree their software is bit of a hot mess. I used to have an old Canon multi-function laser printer that wasn’t locked to 1st party toner, and their software was much easier to install and use. But it finally broke down after >10 years of moderate use and the new models are reportedly DRMed, so Brother was the only decent option.

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago

I think they do (or at least did) put some form of DRM on their toner cartridges, but it is fairly easy to bypass as you mentioned. There was an article about the fact they had to instruct customers how to bypass it due to COVID related chip shortages a while back. techspot.com/…/92915-canon-printer-owners-get-off…

I did like the quality and longevity of my (very) old Canon MF8350cdn from 2011 - it was a workhorse! But my new(ish) Brother MFCL2710DW has been great so far too. Only time will tell if it lasts as long as the old Canon though.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

Post the home page link you are using to access 1337x so we can confirm either way whether this is legit.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

Lol some people just can’t play nice with others. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Flatworm7591 Mod , 1 month ago

What’s the issue exactly? People pirate for different reasons. We get it, you pirate because you feel like it. You do you. Some people pirate because they can’t afford it, or something isn’t legally available in their area, or as a protest about greedflation, etc. The high seas welcome all sailors, whatever their motivations, so long as they don’t harass their fellow pirates.

By the way, these comments are fucking hilarious guys.

Flatworm7591 Mod , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Just a quick update, lemmy.world has posted an update that explains their decision here: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/16795373

TLDR is that the person who removed the community is fairly new to the mod team and didn’t realize there was a bit of a history to this situation. Also, looks like they are sticking with the decision this time around though.

Please don’t harass the lemmy.world admins/mods though - if you don’t like the situation you are free to register here or on another instance. And if you aren’t a lemmy.world user, then this doesn’t affect you at all.

I’m proud of our community here, and it’s their loss, not ours! pirate captain giving the thumbs up

• updated the link