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An old Sonoran adobe house in Barrio Libre, Tucson, Arizona.

we gotta get back to torrent distribution, i just watched someone eat eight grand in bandwidth charges because they ran a direct-download piracy site with local file hosting through cloudflare. torrents were invented literally for this exact reason

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torrents work like this

i have a file or folder on my pc that i want to share with other people. let's call it gayshit.mp3

unfortunately gayshit.mp3 is 750mb and im not paying for discord nitro so i need another way to send it

i put it into qbittorrent and it makes a torrent file. this is essentially a very small file that points to gayshit.mp3 so other computers can find it. kinda like a treasure map

i send this tiny file to my friend, who loads it into qbittorrent. their computer takes a moment to find mine over the vast expanse of cyberspace and then (as long as my pc is running and the file is still where it should be), it gets copied from my hard drive to theirs

this is the cool part: if somebody else loads that tiny file, they can download it from both of us. if i'm offline but my friend is on, the third person can still get it. this also means that if two people have separate halves of the file, they can download the other half from each other. as long as some combination of people have the pieces between them, they can all have the whole thing.

crucially this does not require a server!!! you can just upload the file to a few people and as long as they keep it, it's still accessible. as long as somebody, somewhere is still connected, it's available forever. the only way it goes away is if everybody disconnects from it.

please learn to torrent

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An expert guide to get started using torrentsTorrents are one of the most popular forms of file sharing on the internet, accounting for over

always use qbittorrent, do not use bitorrent or utorrent.

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Some extra tips:

When using qbittorrent, you do not even necessarily HAVE to use other sites to find the torrents you are looking for. qBit has something built in called Jackett! When you hit the "search" function next to "Torrents" you will pull up a screen with a search bar and options for what category you'd like to search.

My personal recommendation is to hit the "search plugins..." button at the bottom right of this screen, RIGHT CLICK on the option for piratebay and UNINSTALL it. Piratebay has a history of being breached by feds and other malicious actors and has been known to occasionally install trackers, malware, and adware when you torrent from them.

When you use this search function, be specific about what you want but not too exact. For example, let's say I want to find a specific movie. I would want to type in that movie title AND the year it came out into the bar, and I would want to find the torrent that has that year in it, is in the quality I want (1080p), and has the highest number of SEEDERS where the LEECHERS do not exceed the number of seeders. For example: I would want the torrent that has 250 Seeders and 100 Leechers. I would not want the torrent that has 50 Seeders and 150 Leechers. The download will stall (stop) or will be very slow to install.

Internet service providers are not your friend! Please use a reputable VPN, there are many with free trials or are generally not very expensive, some are free. I am not as informed on this as I have been paying for ExpressVPN for years and have not gotten a warning from my ISP a single time. If you torrent without a VPN, you run the risk of receiving a Cease and Desist from your ISP where they will threaten to void your contract and cease providing internet services to you. This sucks, it has happened to a lot of people though so don't worry too much about it. Just use a good VPN and you will be ok!

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Unlearn limits with this uplifting watercolor-style bird design featuring the quote “Unlearn limits.” A perfect motivational piece for dreamers, growth-minded thinkers, and anyone who loves positivity, freedom, and inspirational wall art. Great for gifts and everyday wear for those who choose confidence, courage, and self-growth.

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I met a nice robin at the Morton Arboretum.

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I know I already made a post to this effect but it's so baffling to me when someone defends the fact that headphone jacks are slowly but surely getting phased out by smartphone manufacturers with some variations of "wireless headphones are more convenient anyway" bc like. If we're talking about convenience what I like about wired headphones is that they conveniently have a single plug that makes the same damn pair of headphones universally compatible with every single audio-output-capable device I own, from my phone and my computer to my fucking gameboy and my casette player, it doesn't get any more convenient than that.