WanderingVentra

Been out of the piracy scene for a bit, maybe about 6 months to a year, as I basically have been good with the streaming services I already sign up for. But this past week I've rebuilt my setup (my mini server died), and tested it by trying to torrent something yesterday just to make sure I still can, and I noticed Torrent Galaxy was down. Then I saw some articles that it's been down a lot lately. Does anyone know what's going on? Or was it fine and it was just something on my side, like a DNS issue?

I hope it's fine because that was the best public tracker I knew. For example, the show I was looking for to test my setup with couldn't be found on 1337x (TPB ended up coming through but I don't trust that site as much as I used to). Are they really cracking down on public tracker indexes right now? Have any good alternatives popped up yet? Is there anything we as a community can do to get around or resist these efforts?

I'm not even a diehard pirate, I like the efficiency and user friendliness of paid services or products, I just like it to be an option when I want to punish companies for customer unfriendliness (ex: I stopped paying for Netflix when they prevented sharing outside of household), and without public trackers the hobby feels too niche and exclusive.

I'm pretty new to Python because I haven't used it much for many projects over the years, but i decided to use it to make a web app recently with flask to practice. It calls a simple python program that does some file conversion. There's no database.

I'm hosting it on Python Anywhere for free right now. It's for an old TTRPG, so useful for a niche community, but probably not big enough to be worth hosting fees. Just in case, I'd also like to be able to keep an installer on my github or a Dropbox. The hope is others can still grab it, spread it, and install it long after I've lost interest or gotten hit by a bus.

From my googling, I see 3 main options:

• Path 1: Keep the basic structure of a web app and use one of the frameworks that let me run it in a computer's browser offline.
  • The options here seem to be Flaskwebgui, Electron, or NW.js.
  • This seems the simplest and most straightforward way.
  • Web GUI is ubiquitous nowadays.
  • Part of me also doesn't like that everything has become a web app. I don't even know why. Maybe I don't like the idea of Google controlling everything.
• Path 2: Keep the basic backend logic but rewrite the web GUI with a desktop GUI, making it more of a true native desktop app.
  • The options here seem to involve using pyinstaller and then some python GUI library/framework like Tkinter, PyQt, PySide, or Dearpygui.
  • I feel this will be slightly more work but it's a super simple UI so remaking it isn't a huge deal.
  • My instincts tell me the end result might be faster, since it won't have to deal with a browser middleman or web routes and such. But, I might be wrong, it might just be my old-ass not used to everything being an electron app nowadays.
  • Might also be more self-contained from carrying it's own libraries and not relying on browser compatibility? Idk.
  • Probably more OS dependent, though. Not sure how easy it is to make it work with PC, Mac, and Linux users.
• Path 3: There seems to be some way to combine flask and pyinstaller so sounds like a combination of the two is an option, too. Haven't looked into this too much though since most of my search results talked about the above two paths.

So which way is best? And which framework/library/tool in that path?

So far, public trackers have been working fine for me, but think I've finally run into some niche shows that have been hard to find or only been able to find individual episodes instead of a single collected season torrent. (Nothing too special, just some baking shows.)

I'm wondering if it's finally time to look into private trackers or Usenet.

If you use them, what did it take for you to finally look into these more time or effort intensive piracy options?

A movie you wanted to see that was too old to be seeded on public trackers? TV shows too old or niche? A game, an obscure music artist? Something else? Was it just curiosity? Or something you did immediately upon getting into piracy? I'm just curious myself lol.

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/48643729

Has anyone seen any particularly good deals for NAS's, storage or memory, mini computers, things like that, for this Black Friday / Cyber Monday season?

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/48643729

Has anyone seen any particularly good deals for NAS's, storage or memory, mini computers, things like that, for this Black Friday / Cyber Monday season?

Has anyone seen any particularly good deals for NAS's, storage or memory, mini computers, things like that, for this Black Friday / Cyber Monday season?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22316541

Summary

California lawmakers are introducing new bills to strengthen abortion access in response to potential nationwide restrictions under Donald Trump’s presidency.

The proposals include expanding emergency abortion care, increasing access to birth control for Medi-Cal recipients, and improving licensing for alternative birthing centers.

With abortion rights enshrined in California’s constitution since 2022, the state aims to remain a sanctuary for reproductive care.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/45060454

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/44904749

I heard about this in the UK elections recently, and someone recommended it to me recently for the US elections, because I said I empathize with the people who are voting against Kamala because of the genocide, despite being a Kamala supporter myself (you've probably seen me around arguing as such lol).

Basically, it's a system where people in safe states, like me, agree to trade votes with someone in a swing state. So the safe state person would vote with the heart of the person in the swing state, so they can kind of vote their heart and mind at the same time.

Is this a thing we could set up? Would it be legal to make a community for that, or would it rub against laws about affecting votes or something? There was even a whole site for the UK, but not sure if it would work in the US.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/44056723

I need some new shoes for every day work and walking. I basically only have one pair of casual shoes, one pair of running and gym shoes, and one pair of dress shoes right now, and the first one is falling apart.

I spend most of the day in slacks and collared shirts sitting at a computer, but my work site also involves multiple buildings about 10-15 minutes walk from each other, so that surprisingly the walking and standing can add up throughout the day. Plus, like I said, only got one pair of shoes right now, so I literally wear them all the time for almost everything.

So it would be nice if I could just wear them in normal life, too, so they look good hanging out with friends, going to an amusement park, or going on a stroll. Or maybe I just need to get another pair of shoes, so I can have some that are comfortable and some that look good when I go out to a nice bar or whatever lol.

What do you guys suggest? What shoes do you guys wear for the office or normal every day use? Just white sneakers or something else? What brands or styles?

EDIT: Loving all the recommendations so far! Keep 'em coming!