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Too punk to rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, it's from Sweden so the delivery costs won't kill me, thanks

Too punk to rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 10 points 2 days ago (4 children)

What's a tucking clip? I can't find anything about it

Narrowing it down, should I live in the Netherlands, Portugal, or Spain? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 days ago

To me, Dutch has been the easiest language to learn so far. Pretty simple grammar, similar vocabulary to English. Word order is the hardest part for me (I'm still making mistakes), the second hardest thing is the pronunciation. Pronouncing 'g' without hurting your throat can be quite tricky.

It's easier to rhyme in Mandarin than in English in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dutch has a very rigid word order and when I do exercises on Duolingo I often create rhymes by accident.

My favorite Dutch rhyme is Nieuwe wegdek, langere remweg. It's very popular too, there are many signs with it. It means New road surface, longer breaking distance.

All the "useless" things we learn in school are there to teach us to learn. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There are many alternative teaching methods that are usually not used in public schools e.g. democratic schools. I don't know how it is in the US, but in Poland there was not a single lesson about how to tell truth from the lies. We were always told to blindly accept that what teacher said and what was in the book. The teachers had, more often than not, problems in their life and instead of talking them through on a psychotherapy, they were acting like fucking dictators, pushing theirs own traumas onto the kids.

Schools are so that parents can leave the kids somewhere when they go to work and to accept authority without question. No wonder far-right is so strong now

Oh fuck off Meta in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 61 points 1 week ago (15 children)

1969-04-20

Steam winter sale is live. What patient games are you picking up? in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 20 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I have a lot of games I haven't played yet in my library, so I will patiently wait for another sale

Linux is awesome at home, but aren't y'all forced to use Windows at work? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

At least in my country, something like 1/3 job offers require working on .Net on Windows

What is the worst thing to have only available via subscription? And what isn't yet, but would be? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 28 points 3 weeks ago

planned obsolescence ≠ subscription

Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is cool! However, this comparison is unfair, as Getty-Dubay is the only one not using a variable thickness

4.3 Million Browsers Infected: Inside ShadyPanda's 7-Year Malware Campaign | Koi Blog in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't see anything special on this screenshot. Most of the websites display this, at least when you have an European IP. This pop up is only exceptional in that it doesn't lag on my phone, displays correctly and has a "Reject all" button

An argument for using plastic straws: in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 15 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Why, actually?

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Should I get seedbox, VPS or something else entirely? (thebrainbin.org)

submitted 2 months ago by HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I would like to get into torrenting including private trackers, seeding back and all that stuff, while also remaining fairly safe from gov as much as it's possible.

I have multiple reasons not to torrent at home: the internet at home is really bad and I need to do something about it, but even then, I don't want to keep my computer running 24/7, especially that I don't have a very power efficient setup. And I want to seed as much as possible, because I often download obscure files and not many people are seeding… so I want to give back to the community ;).

Another reason is that I don't have that much storage now and it would be beneficial to rent a seedbox with plenty of storage space. Buying several HDDs would still be cheaper in the long run, but I don't have anywhere to put them. I don't have a NAS yet and money to buy one.

I'm afraid that torrenting on a VPS would quickly result in a termination of a deal. And it would be pretty easy to pinpoint who is torrenting. Does anyone have a bad experience with torrenting on a VPS?

Maybe it is possible to connect a VPN to a VPS to add an extra layer of anonymity (privacy?), but that would be an extra cost… so maybe it would be better to live with the risk for a while and save for a NAS and connect a VPN to that?

Hearing about seedboxes I was pretty sure at first that it was all about many people seeding from the same IP, so there is a plausible deniability. But it seems that they are just VPSes with more storage at the expense of performance and with preinstalled software for torrenting. So now I'm even more confused. I also want to host some not piracy-related services in the future, like Grocy and Matrix. Maybe I would just rent another server for these if that was necessary.

I have been pondering about that for a while now and can't decide. What should I do?

Update: I subscribed to ultra.cc and I like it so far. I will try to solve problems with my internet in the meantime (not only torrenting doesn't works, but video calls are unusable too because of stuttering) and then try to move to the local computer. I forgot that I have an old notebook laying around. Having it connected 24/7 will kill the battery of course, but the notebook is worthless and unreliable for daily use anyway.