Currently_on_Nitrous

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[–] Currently_on_Nitrous@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah IIRC it was essentially a way for the early government to cheap out on arming an entire army. They allowed private stockpiles of guns so that a few rich dudes could arm their neighbors if need be.

[–] Currently_on_Nitrous@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Vincent Fusca, a big Qanon celebrity, was standing just behind Trump during the shooting. If you watch the video he's just to the left of the "You're Fired!" sign and doesn't react at all to the shots. A lot of Q people think he's actually JFK Jr in disguise.

Yeah it was pretty fucked up, what.cd had some some of the strictest content rules of any tracker. Just to get on you had to do an interview with an admin with questions ranging from "what kind of music do you listen to?" to "What is your primary mode of transportation?" I think it only had ~300,000 users, you had to maintain a ratio so that every member contributed to the site. Some big artists like Trent Reznor were members and would actually put their own albums up because they knew what users were super vocal about spreading stuff that they like.

[–] Currently_on_Nitrous@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Idk if the Americans could force the French government to cooperate and get them to seize the servers

What.cd was a music/book/software torrent site that rose from the ashes of oink's pink place. The french government indeed seized the the servers at the request of the American Government.

A few years back i got pissed off about how many subscription streaming services were popping up so I went fully back to torrenting. I forgot my Mom was using some of my streaming logins and felt bad that I cut her off unexpectedly. I'm on the other side of the country from her and she's not so good with technology so I couldn't just send her files. I ended up just building a Plex server and mailed her a Roku with it all set up out of the box. Its worked great and I can share anything with my friends and family without them having to actually download anything.

Over the pandemic I bought a VR headset, which honestly sucks for nearly everything. There's a "movie theater" app though that allows you to stream your desktop to a room of 12 people. My friends and I were watching movies "together" while we were all locked down. Its the only way I've ever enjoyed a 3d film because the effect is perfect from any viewing angle.

[–] Currently_on_Nitrous@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I sent this to my libertarian-turned-lib friend and he immediately said, "Oh he must have been Ukranian Resistance after the war." But they said he fought in WWII. "Oh well it was late in the war and he didn't get convicted of any war crimes." Libs refuse to believe that any Ukrainian can do wrong throughout history now. Canada is apologizing profusely today because they "didn't know the guy was a Nazi."