BolexForSoup

joined 1 year ago
[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 8 points 5 months ago

The beauty of working in video production is I always have a tool I can run stuff through for very legal and very cool capture purposes.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Recording home videos for personal use within your immediate family was protected. Screening for people beyond that was not. Mr. Rogers famously gave us what little protection we had and insured that we could even have home VHS recorders. Testified before a congressional committee that was on the verge of banning it, changed one critical mind and that stopped it.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago

I’m willing to bet $100 this ain’t happening.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I didn’t realize there was a problem. So did all the streaming services fuck up the colors or something?

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If you use a reputable VPN like Proton or Mullvad to torrent the occasional movie/show and don’t torrent without it it’s incredibly unlikely you’ll get caught. Beyond that it’s completely about what you’re doing online and VPN’s are not magic bullets for all things. But for torrenting, it’s good enough 99.99999% of the time.

If you’re constantly torrenting hundreds of things a month, especially new releases, yeah you should do more. But that’s not some dude grabbing a 60 year old movie one time. For your example a VPN will get the job done and their ISP will be none the wiser.

If someone bases their entire piracy knowledge on my one liner that’s on them and I’d be shocked to see that on this instance. I’m all for making sure we acknowledge all experience levels but you’re taking that a little too far here. I made a condom joke dude.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My dude you are over interpreting this. It was just a fun little joke. I have a lot more than a VPN guarding my system.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

A condom also doesn’t solve all your problems but it’s a good foundation lol

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

“I’m going to offload my need to be technically literate in order to pirate to my local library and let them deal with the problem because I’m an entitled asshole who shits where I eat and doesn’t realize I’ll get in trouble anyway.”

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago (6 children)

VPN’s are the rubbers of the internet

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 0 points 6 months ago

Yes actually. It’s what you should have done in the first place.

 

Looking to dip my toes into Linux for the first time. I have a 2016 Intel MacBook Pro with pretty solid specs collecting dust right now that I think I’m going to use. Research so far has indicated to me that the two best options for me are likely Mint or Elementary OS. Does anyone have any insight? Also open to other OS’s. I would consider myself decently tech savvy but I am not a programmer or anything. Comfortable dipping into the terminal when the need arises and all that.

@linux #linux

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