kostel_thecreed @ kostel_thecreed @lemmy.ca

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Duckduckgo has started this too. Very annoying.

Edit: just realised this post was from 3 years ago... I don't know why this popped up lol.

Don't know how feasible this is to cook, but jerky will last more than 4 days. One of my favorite snacks, but it is very expensive.

It's safe, just that your seeding capabilities will be ass, aswell as the download speed on small torrents (<20 seeders). It's also needed for private trackers. Imo you should be fine if you don't seed much or aren't in a private tracker.

totally forgot that they shutdown. thanks man, really sad indeed.

By quickly looking at the specs it should work, assuming you will be using Linux. Performance should be fine since Pi-Hole isn't intensive at all, and barely uses the network.

and two is Kodi what I should be using for pirating hard to access content?

It really depends on what you want. If you will be using a debrid service and streaming through that, then I would say yes, provided the debrid service has the 'harder' content cached. If they don't, then you will have to switch to torrenting, and then playing the media from within Kodi, assuming you can find the correct torrents. A VPN would be required if there are laws forbidding the distribution of copyrighted material.

Check the megathread man!! Has all the info you need. But here's a quick summary

There's generally 2 routes of pirating video games (on windows), and those are either Torrenting or Direct Downloading

1. Torrenting

• Torrenting uses the bittorrent protocol to share files p2p, meaning it is direct IP connections. Torrenting a copyrighted file (such as a movie, cracked game, etc) can be illegal depending on your country. Usually, in first-world countries it is illegal, while in 3rd world/developing countries they could care less. This all depends on your country, research it first. To avoid any legal issues (in countries where this applies) people use VPNs (virtual private networks) to mask their IP from people who want to report you to your ISP.
• The torrent indexer I recommend for games would be 1337x.to since they are heavily moderated and have a low chance of having malware inside the file.
• A torrent client I recommend : qBittorrent
• VPNs are to be taken with a grain of salt. Many VPNs pay for reviews and have horrible software and/or privacy policies. I would recommend you stay clear of any popular VPN which is recommended on youtube videos, podcasts or billboards; they have the scummiest advertising methods, lack essential features and sometimes are owned by ex-adware companies (such as NordVPN, Surfshark VPN, ExpressVPN, Atlas VPN, Private Internet Access, Cyberghost, etc).

2. Direct Downloading (Commonly referred to as DDL for short, which I will be using.)

• DDL consists of downloading files from file hosting websites, such as mega, zippyshare, google drive, 1fichier, etc. You will want to use this method if you either cannot torrent in your country (meaning it's illegal) and do not want to invest into a VPN to hide your torrenting business.
• The easiest way to download games through DDL would be with fitgirl (fitgirl-repacks.site). Simply download the files through the DDL mirrors, extract together, run setup, wait, and there you go. Takes a long time to install with a bad CPU, but it is very easy.
• If you cannot find the game you're looking for on fitgirl's website, the next best option for DDL would have to be https://cs.rin.ru. It has a learning curve if you have no experience with cracking/pirating, but easily learnable.

A suggestion of mine would be to learn docker-compose. It's basically the docker command line in a file which is easily modifiable, can deploy extremely easy, etc.

If it's designed for maximum grind I'm not too sure I'll like it. My tolerance towards grinding isn't the best.

Of course! This type of info would have greatly helped me out when I started, and saved me money and time.

Yeah power consumption is a big worry I have, specially with the cost of electricity rising. I still have 2 main servers (1 as a router and 1 as a NAS) and I've been working on a new build for my nas which focuses on power-efficiency, something which continues to fascinate me. Currently I am down to 38 watts idle for the new machine (compared to 120+ on my NAS rack) and I'm still trying to find ways to optimize it; hardest part is finding a good balance between power consumption and stability, fuck me it's hard to do it properly.

I would recommend making your own NAS instead of buying a Synology or something similar. Check out !selfhosted@lemmy.world. Hardware will cost a bit, but it's far more worth it.

An extremely good resource to begin learning the server environment would be https://esc.sh/projects/devops-from-scratch/. He has youtube videos that are really well done, I would strongly encourage you to watch atleast the first few videos as they cover topics that you will need to learn, such as : networking, explaining how linux works, etc.

After watching a couple of his guides and learning from them, I would recommend starting a basic server using an old computer or the likes that hosts a couple of apps you will be using. Nothing important like a password manager, file storage, etc, just yet; simply the basics so you get a better understanding of using linux as a server. My recommendations of stuff to try out:

• Installing PiHole using docker / docker-compose
• Installing Wordpress using docker / docker-compose
• Setting up a Wireguard server (there are also docker images, such as wg-easy) so you can connect to your home network from wherever, and use whatever services you are hosting (important if you wish to use your future NAS while not at home)
• Installing Nginx Proxy Manager and learning how to reverse proxy your services to a hostname

After that I would recommend you transition to Proxmox as your OS, learn from there, and then start hosting file managers/file storage (Network Attached Storage part), zoneminder/frigate for the camera system, etc. Patience is key with this type of learning.

For the hardware part it's all up to you: amt. of storage, amt. of ram, how big the chasis will be, power-efficiency, motherboard with features you want (ex. more pcie for 2.5gbps network card), cpu depending on how much processing power you need, ... You will need to do your research on this, but I recommend getting a NAS after you understand how docker and the works function, and to tailor to your needs.

If you have any questions let me know, hopefully you can understand what I was trying to say, not the best at conveying this type of information lol.

How's diablo 4 for a (I'm guessing) casual player? Was looking to pick it up but haven't heard that much positive about it.

Good news, there are agencies which looks for these vulnerabilities and report the issues to manufacturers! But, usually the person who makes the botnet patches the vuln. after they infect the device so no one else can take control of it. So, unless the owner of the device apart of the botnet updates software after a fix is implemented and factory resets, nothing can be done to 'remove' the device from the botnet.

I used to be the same, but when I started working out (going 5-6 times a week depending on stuff) I could be knocked the fuck out for 10-11 hours. Whenever I wake up from my long sleeps, I feel amazing, so much so I feel I have the energy to do whatever - something which I needed use willpower to push through whenever I slept 6-7 hours.

Garmin is mainly based on quality, with the benefit of privacy. I know many family friends who hike, run, bike, etc and use garmin because it is reliable.

Hope this privacy stuff becomes more common, kind of hate having to modify software or installing custom OSs for my day-to-day stuff.

Not many people care about privacy anymore. I mention it to my family, friends, etc and how they should do certain things online to stay more 'private' (not anonymous) and they laugh it off saying they have nothing to hide / don't care about their stuff being online... Sucks.

I would recommend proton, airvpn or cryptostorm if you need port-forwarding. PureVPN has a history of logging, which is a big no-no for your privacy.

I would recommend hosting a wireguard server yourself instead of using tailscale or zerotier (both go through their own servers with your data, instead of your data remaining within your reach). Wireguard is really easy to deploy using docker using the wg-easy image.

I used to use it, good service, no complaints apart from their 99% downtime on their SOCKS5 proxies, but I left because I do not like the admins. They act like children, even in support tickets.

just an fyi, not shitting on their products (apart from socks5)

For revanced you can download the recommended version of youtube off apkmirror, and microg can be installed without issue.