• epub is the best ebook format. Use Calibre to convert to it from e.g. azw3 (Amazon)
• m4b > mp3. The former is better suited for audio books.
• archive.org for archiving websites

Upsi stimmt, 1860 hatte ich gar nicht auf dem Schirm ;-)

Ich denke es gibt viele Fans, die beim lokalen Verein sind, weil er eben lokal ist. Welchen Verein sollen die Münchner den sonst unterstützen, ohne umzuziehen?

Letztendlich ist Fußball insgesamt extrem kommerziell, d.h. mMn. aber nicht, dass man deshalb Fußball nicht toll finden kann. Kritik von innen kann mehr Einfluss haben, als von außen.

BitTorrent v2 allows for per file hashing, which makes it easier to merge swarms. This could be used to keep individual episodes alive without splitting seeders between season pack and individual episodes.

But given how many tracker staff want to continue doing what they’ve always done, I don’t think it’s big enough of an advantage for them to allow v2.

Just wanted to point out that downloading is no longer a grey area since an EU ruling a couple of years ago. Streaming as well as downloading from unauthorized sources is plainly illegal - you’re right about it being very unlikely to be prosecuted for it.

The one and only a absolutely necessary precaution is preventing your torrent client from accessing the internet when the VPN is not running.
This must be done by binding your torrent client to your VPN network interface. [1]
A “VPN Kill Switch” or similar is not enough to prevent your IP from leaking to law firms.

It’s also a good idea to use a reputable VPN company like AirVPN, ProtonVPN or Njalla VPN.

I’m also german and I’ve been using torrents for years, so this definitely works well for me. A friend of mine’s brother received an “Abmahnung” from a law firm, as well as a more distant person ended up paying around 1000€. I feel like almost any german somehow heard of people getting letters.

[1] https://protonvpn.com/support/bittorrent-vpn/

Ayaneo and GPD are too expensive for to be compared to consoles imo. They’ve been above a grand and in general similarly priced as a laptop with the same internal hardware. Edit: The Steam Deck basically halved the price for an powerful x86 handheld, and made it comparable to a Switch. This is imo the only reason it sells so well.

• ActualBudget for finances.
• Radicale for calendar/contacts.
• Immich for photos/videos.
• Redlib as a frontend for Reddit (LibRedirect ftw).
• TheLounge as an IRC client.
• Bitwarden/Vaultwarden as a password manager.
• paperless-ngx for documents

Ich finde es gut, dass sich die DB auf ihr Kerngeschäft konzentrieren will. Aber ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass es sich lohnt, einen derart lukrativen Geschäftstweig zu verkaufen.

Edit: Die 14 Milliarden sind sicherlich gut für die Notwendigen Investitionen in die Infrastruktur, aber eine Milliarde pro Jahr vorraussichtlich dauerhaft ist auch nicht wenig.

Edit: I didn’t research this so it’s likely misleading or even wrong.

Yeah, I think that is true for much of Europe. Hemp got replaced by cotton for its cheaper production and superior feel. And at some point cannabis got banned internationally and hemp production was gone for decades.

I’ve been lucky and have had only a few issues and none with the small amount of games I’ve launched over the last year or so.

There’s an issue where people report issues with games, although I don’t know how up-to-date it is.

https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/issues/311

Die Überschrift bringt es auf den Punkt. Ich finde es verständlich, dass Medikamente/Gifte nicht als Waffe/Gegenstand gelten, aber dann müssen auch Gesetze auch entsprechend angepasst werden.

K.O. Tropfen sind gefährlich und können bei falscher Dosis/Wechselwirkungen mit anderen Stoffen auch schnell tödlich enden. Dementsprechend sollten die Strafen ähnlich wie bei Benutzung von Waffen sein.

Ich glaube bei größeren Geschäften wird sich Bar vs Visa nicht viel nehmen. Bei einem Supermarkt mit 10.000€ Tagesumsatz und 2 Arbeitsstunden Geld zählen (Kasse, Tresor), wären das vlt 90€ (15€ Stundenlohn * 3, wegen Sozialabgaben, Steuern, etc.). Wenn Visa 1% nimmt, sind das 100€. Die paar €cent, die pro Transaktion anfallen, lasse ich mal weg.

Gleichzeitig kommt bei sehr kleinen Geschäften die Miete des Zahlungsterminals dazu, die entsprechend bei geringem Umsatz Kartenzahlung unattraktiv macht.

wine-ge is patched wine which includes many patches proton has that make games work (well).

Also, the developer of wine-ge no longer has their focus on it, because UMU [1] makes it possible to use proton(-ge) directly. UMU is already included in Lutris, Bottles & Co., or you can use it standalone [1].

[1] https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher

There’s two reasons why r/linux is popular on Reddit:

1. Reddit is popular
2. r/linux is popular

First of all thank you for hosting this instance.

PS: Irrelevant rambling without a point below.

I don’t know how French/EU equivalents to DMCA take down requests work and how trigger-happy OVH is. Given services like real-debrid still operate, it won’t be as bad. From what I’ve heard Hetzner is quite strict when it comes to complaints, so I assume OVH is better.

It’s good that you don’t allow direct linking to pirate content. It seems to me that on most platforms communities are closed prematurely to avoid further annoyances/complaints, even if they follow the law (like here).

I do wonder how Lemmy would be impacted by an influx of DMCA complaints. Instances would have to delete the content but I don’t think they have the manpower to do so.

Instances like dbzer0 could also get taken down by complaining to the VPS provider if the instance operators wouldn’t comply.

The group tiers you’re talking about exist and are called trash guides. If you’re only on public trackers the groups might not be as prevalent, but e.g. TorrentLeech is more likely to have them.

The letterboxing with ultra wide monitors might be possible to solve locally with your video player. For MPV there’s the dynamic-crop.lua script, which is not perfect but works quite well.

I’m using mpv with Jellyfin on my PC through jellyfin-mpv-shim.

Edit: For Windows you might want to check out MPC-BE. I’ve found some mentions of “View -> Video Frame -> Touch Window From Outside” but I never tried it.

[1] is a great usenet guide. For automation look at TRaSH guides (Sonarr/Radarr/Prowlarr) and their german section.

If you have questions the discord server in the linked [1] guide is quite helpful. They created the german trash guide.

[1] https://github.com/PCJones/usenet-guide

Alle regelmäßigen Konsumenten die ich kenne, bauen entweder selbst an oder holen es über Apotheken.
Die, die selten Konsumieren, müssen aktuell noch auf den Schwarzmarkt (außer sie haben Kontakt zu regelmäßigen Konsumenten).
Deshalb sind offizielle Shops, die geringe Mengen verkaufen, sehr wichtig.

Vor kurzem habe ich mit jmd. gesprochen, der “THC-Vapes” von jmd. legal bekommen hat. Die Person war überrascht, als ich erklärte, dass das garantiert illegal war. Es war wohl ein Produkt von irgendeinem Rapper und scheint wohl HHC zu enthalten.