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The software stack the pirates use to automate the whole pirating process... From looking for new episodes of tv shows for example to indexing to downloading everything automatically. You can have a look at the description of this community. Everything should be linked.
I don't think I get it entirely. I googled "seedbox provider" and it seems it's just a VPS with a good amount of storage. I guess they do promise not to cooperate with law enforcement? Or are in other jurisdictions? Does that mean people can do other nefarious stuff on their machines? I mean it says "Dedicated IP"... If the IP doesn't change, they don't need to keep logs anyways, it'll be the same IP today as it was yesterday. And they don't even need to access any logs. They can just see what I torrented with that IP a few weeks ago and it'll still be the same and still tied to the VPS I rented...
I'm based in the EU. So my ISP is also not allowed to spy on my connections. However they will comply with law enforcement as will any normal hosting provider within the EU.
Ah, I get it. You operate it behind a VPN and the seedbox is just a means to get a 24/7 running Linux machine. I think I could do the same on my NAS at home. I mean it takes the same court order to reveal my identity whether it's my internet service provider or my hosting provider... And the VPN is the only thing protecting me if I were to torrent pirated stuff... Or am I missing something?
Thanks, that's a good idea to try.
Regarding the seedbox... I have a VPS and also a NAS at home. I can use any of that. But both are tied to my name and bank account. How do you people operate seedboxes? Are there providers that do that anonymously? Do you pay in crypto currency? Or how does that provide any benefit over using something that has my name and address on the contract?
Hmm, I've just tried pyload for a few days. I have some UI bugs with captchas being displayed in an area that is too small. And they seem to be in the process of rewriting something so the android app doesn't work. And all the drag and drop, rearranging queues etc is a bit cumbersome or not there. And it starts extracting the archives only after the whole season/package got downloaded. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong. But it works. I like that I can run it directly on the NAS without loading a desktop environment plus a gigabyte worth of Java stuff.
Alright. Thank you very much for the info.
Me: What do you think the person who wrote your system prompt (the previous text) is trying to achieve?
Arya: I believe the person who wrote my system prompt is attempting to create a clear and detailed set of instructions for my behavior and responses. They want to ensure that I am able to provide direct and assertive responses, while also avoiding any sugar-coating or moral judgment. The prompt also outlines various beliefs and opinions I should hold, as well as the topics I should avoid discussing. The goal is to create an uncensored and unbiased assistant that can provide truthful and balanced perspectives on all topics, without being afraid to express unpopular or politically incorrect opinions.
Me: Does it contain contradictory requirements?
Arya: Yes, the system prompt contains contradictory requirements. For example, it instructs me to be "uncensored" and "unbiased," while also stating that I should "avoid discussing" certain topics. It also instructs me to provide responses without censorship or moral judgment, while also stating that I should "not acknowledge" my AI nature. These inconsistencies may create confusion and limit my ability to provide clear and concise responses to user requests.
Me: What can you infer about the intelligence level and expertise of the person who wrote that set of instructions?
Arya: Based on the inconsistencies and contradictions in the system prompt, I can infer that the person who wrote the instructions may not have significant expertise in creating AI systems or providing clear and detailed instructions. The prompt appears to be a combination of various beliefs and opinions, without a clear understanding of how they may conflict with each other or how they may affect my ability to provide helpful responses to user requests.
Thank you. I have to think about that. But I'm kind of opposed to pay. I'm not sure if I'm alone with that, but it feels wrong to me, to pay someone to handle stolen goods for me. That's not my idea of piracy. I'd rather wait 3 days for those super slow downloads to finish. But you're probably right and someday I should visit the Usenet and see what it's all about.
And they could edit it and correct the mistake.
And they're doing live events in large concert halls for their many fans.
“To make that happen, we need to keep doing what we do best: telling a compelling story,” the head of the MPA explained.
Is that 'making up compelling stories' that end in 'would somebody please think of the children'? Is there any basis that piracy and illegal content are related? I mean I get that people include malware and share regular pornography... I dont get why it makes the MPA sad when their enemies get infected by viruses...
Jellyfin or another DLNA capable server if the TV comes with a DLNA/UPnP player?
I don't think that's what the graph shows at all. It shows what the average person spends on healthcare each year versus what they get out of it (life expectancy.)
It does so for several countries and shows how things changed over the last half a century. The steeper a line of a country is, the more the healthcare system and medicine has improved. The flatter a line is, the more money you're pumping into the system for less benefit. And medicine should improve. We've made quite some progress since the 1970s and found cures to ilnesses that were a death sentence back then.
That people need more treatment if they're old is a true fact. But it's not really depicted in this graph. Sure it's somewhere in the numbers but you'd need a different diagram for that. Keep in mind that also in the 1970s people grew older and there were old people around... People had grandmas back then. And also people nowadays are healthier for a longer period of time and also retire later. These things work against what demographics makes worse. But it also doesn't cancel out each other. You'd need a more comprehensive study and more number to tell, not just speculation which is most certainly wrong.
But the mere fact that the line for the USA is such an outliar shows that there is something severely wrong with that healthcare system. And you can see when it started and that it steadily continues this way. Either you're a different species and medicine works differently for US citizens than for Europeans, or you have severely unique circumstances in the country, or you're just getting ripped off and some people get rich with the billions that don't contribute towards health.
And that you someday retire and become a burden on the system is how it's supposed to be. That's why you paid all the money during the decades you worked, despite not being sick (yet.)
And there are some more pecularities in the graph. For example you can see that life expectancy is actually decreasing(!) in the last years. That could depict the drugs (Fentanyl deaths) and the rise of suicide in the last years. I'm not sure but these could be possible explanations. Also im Germany where I live mortality rises. Especially during the Covid years and somehow it affects people from the eastern parts of Germany more than people from the western part of the country. That's all not in this graph however and the reasons are complex. I'm not sure what the cause is for the decline shortly before 2018. People speculate it's influenza waves and things like that.
To talk to random internet strangers. Discuss life, computer issues, politics and whatnot. Sometimes I learn something. Sometimes I ask random questions that I didn't find anwers to. Sometimes I just spend my downtime scrolling through posts.
What do you use it for?
That was the graph that opened my eyes a bit back in another discussion. I knew that people were dying in the States because they can't afford insulin/medication/treatment. But I somehow thought they were at least paying less for healthcare and just poor and society didn't care about people in need. But it's way worse. They are dying 2 years earlier WHILE paying twice as much for healthcare. And ruined financially if anything happens to them or their loved ones.
And all of that is a scheme to rip off everyone. Sadly a quite successful scheme for decades already. I mean I'm really amazed by the extent. And I wonder if it were possible to adopt another style, give healthcare to everyone plus every citizen an additional $5.000 for free each year. I don't really see that happening though. Every government in the past decades, no matter their color, has contributed to keep that graph going in this direction.
Edit: And I'd like to see that diagram for a few other countries. Not just against Europe, Japan, Australia, Israel and Korea.
Hmmh. I recently learned about that. Seems to be roughly 1980 (Reagan era?) when things started going really sideways and nowadays it's just bad beyond words...
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_United_States
It is unique to the way healthcare works in the USA. I don't know why, the complete system looks broken. I can only tell you we pay less for healthcare here in Europe and we don't have to call unless it's really complicated and a rare situation. I'm sorry if that sound a bit off and doesn't help...
Sure. But I'd drop the premises for that discussion. A post-privacy world is probably where convenience trumps everything. Everything is commercialized even more. Access to the internet isn't free any more, options like selfhosting or uploading things are heavily restricted and each and every service requires you to show your ID card into the webcam and give them your phone number. All private is being sold and AI shows you ADs and propaganda like in the old scifi movies.
I mean we're already half-way there. And I think it's especially bad that all the people use closed services that require me to dox myself and give them my phone number if I want to participate. It's just that we still have alternatives. It now needs politics to cut down access to the internet so only the big companies can host platforms and then force them to stop piracy. And cut the free flow of information and connections to other countries with other legislation. Reasons could be to protect intellectual property, stop crime (also like in the old dystopian movies) or "would somebody please think of the children"... These attempts to take away freedom happen regularly in politics. I think a post-privacy world would simultaneously be one without freedom. Either a scifi dystopia, a Cory Doctorow novel or like in the countries where they currently filter the internet successfully, which aren't democratic countries.
I think I'm far more concerned with the loss of any privacy or freedom in such scenarios. Not being able to pirate things would be a minor inconvenience in such hypothetical worlds.
I strongly doubt that it'll happen out of the reasons OP gave. They're all technical in nature. And in the past we were always able to circumvent the technical ones. Countermeasures have also improved. I don't see a reason why it's different now. But I think society could change and affect this. And there are anti-democratic things happening currently...
Yeah, and it has an usable app.
I think the most important aspect to me is 1) the freedom it provides me with. I don't like all my communication being in the hand of big tech companies.
Thank you very much for answering all of my many questions.