In Argentina, they’re called the Semalvinas

I didn’t get hit by the paywall when I read it. Just tried to get a paywall-free link thru the Wayback Machine, and even that DID get hit by the paywall :(

https://web.archive.org/web/20260705150548/https://www.theverge.com/tech/959848/bittorrent-story-25-years-piracy

YW 😃

In Troy, the political standoff remains unresolved. After the city council voted to block funding for the cameras, Mantello declared a state of emergency to renew the contract

The blatant lies to try to get around any restraint on their power

Where’s “here”?

RIP

TIL Anthony & Murray Head (Jesus Christ Superstar, One Night in Bangkok) were brothers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Head

PS Tony also great as recurring character Herc in the comedy Cabin Pressure with Benedict Cumberbatch & Roger Allam

Wait, if you want those things, then who did I just send my biometrics to?

I tried looking at your meme but:

Age-restricted. Please log in to prove you are over 18 years old.

Force of habit!

Jefferson Davis won.

“This is what communism looks like in the 21st century,” wrote Tarczyński

Calling anything you don’t like “communism” is what selfish shittiness has looked like for a century.

Rule 35: If it exists, there’s a distro for it. 😄

I’m considering Butterbian
https://www.butterbian.org/

IIRC Spiral Linux also has BTRFS pre-configured, but for Snapper?
https://spirallinux.github.io/

Software piracy

Never really used Tor, my main experience was with ZeroNet. One reason I went with ZeroNet over I2P was that ZeroNet didn’t interefere with the rest of my traffic & still let me use the regular internet whenever I wanted to.

If I understand I2P outproxies correctly, I guess that means I2P still monopolizes your connection and outproxies are a workaround for that, right? An I2P intermediary that passes on normal traffic between you & the rest of the internet?

https://mk16.de/assets/docs/outproxies_in_i2p-english.pdf

The last time I experimented with I2P (7 years ago?), you couldn’t use the clear web at the same time as I2P. Is that still the case?

Don’t forget Big Buck Bunny!

Another 90s reference: the IAC board of directors includes one Chelsea Clinton.

Which meant people had to actively find & pay for a Usenet provider. Which they didn’t do when there were so many additional venues to discuss things online for free.

I believe the smoking gun were emails showing that Grooveshark management told employees to upload music, fatally undermining the “safe harbour” defence of “we shouldn’t be held responsible for the actions of users if they upload copyrighted material”.