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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Peertube does indeed have that functionality

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Then use alternative youtube clients, like piped or freetube.

Or even better: spend money (if you can afford it) to host a peertube instance that automatically rips the videos off of youtube.

That's an even stronger message that you'd rather spend money than use their crappy free services.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Let's remember, fellas, that big tech is not a disease that needs to be eradicated. Let us not forget that Google is a legitimate corporation, not merely a group of professional stalkers. And let's be clear: obviously you are the crazy ones for worrying about this, naturally...

Pardon my jest; I was merely echoing the absurdities often heard.

Maybe just maybe it's time we stop with this garbage and actually stop using their services. Nothing will change if we keep using their services.

The most direct and effective strategy to inspire reform in their practices is to stop using of their platforms. Each time we use a service from Google or any similar big tech entity, we inadvertently endorse their methods.

YOU hold the power to change them by using FOSS alternatives instead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know why anyone would write their IPs in octal, but fair point

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Definitely, tho if you store it as a u32 that is fixed magically. Because 1.2.3.4 and 1.02.003.04 both map to the same number.

What I mean by storing it as a u32 is to convert it to a number, similar to how the IP gets sent over the wire, so for v4:

octet[3] | octet[2] << 8 | octet[1] << 16 | octet[0] << 24

or in more human terms:

(fourth octet) + (third octet * 256) + (second octet * 256^2) + (first octet * 256^3)
[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Please don't. Use regex to find something that looks like an IP then build a real parser. This is madness, its's extremely hard to read and a mistake is almost impossible to spot. Not to mention that it's slow.

Just parse [0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3} using regex (for v4) and then have some code check that all the octets are valid (and store the IP as a u32).

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

If somebody actually did that it would be grounds for removing their privileges to merge into master. THIS, THIS is why the JavaScript ecosystem has gotten so bad, people with mentalities similar to his.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

the results for me are hilarious, who knew people in my general area downloaded so much porn... and... weird porn at that

it's literally only porn, who the heck torrents porn?

some of the most hilariously sounding things on that list:

very nsfw

  • FATAL ECSTASY.rar
  • I was looking for work as a voice actor but I was made to do a motion capture sex.rar
  • Picking up girl on the way home from a live show and having sex!.rar
  • Divine Fuck VR ~Sex Worship~
  • Sailor Girl Stuck In A Wall.rar
  • ReEro - Ejaculating in Another World ver.2.0 [EnglishMTL].rar
  • Intercourse Study Week.rar
[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I get movies and TV shows from the digital high seas because it’s easier, and I openly admit this with my real name on my Lemmy profile.

Currently, I'm subscribed to four streaming platforms: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and Disney+. Despite this, I resort to pirating every piece of content I watch.

The simplicity of searching a title on Radarr or Sonarr and clicking 'add' vastly outshines the cumbersome process on legal platforms.

These sites are all flawed, tend to harbor more spyware than Windows and present a usability nightmare compared to the streamlined interface of Jellyfin.

In terms of ethics, my conscience is clear. If a movie or TV show isn't available on the platforms I subscribe to, it's a clear sign they aren't interested in my money.

I see absolutely no problem with paying for what I watch; financial constraints aren't the issue. The crux of the matter lies in the user experience, which is undeniably superior and hassle-free on the open waves of the digital ocean.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t think you understand. This is windows games running on Linux through proton. If the games were built and optimized for Linux they’d perform even better

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

DNS tracking can be mitigated with Oblivious DoH, DNSCrypt or even a VPN.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

that's wrong. the device exposed the real mac address on port 5353 (udp) which is apple's "bonjour" service, which acts as a service discovery/zeroconf network tool.

that means that other devices in the same network can know your real mac address, this makes it very easy for say ISPs to track you across networks if you use friends networks, open wifi networks in coffee shops etc.

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