I know Usenet was used to transfer text messages and stuff in the early days but not so much nowadays. Also, I know this topic is more nuanced than this, but I just wanted to make some humour out of it, that’s all.
There were at least 10 working seconds between when bittorrent was created and it first being used in piracy. 10!
Completely unrelated but still fun fact!
Did you know that Atlas didn’t actually hold up the earth like in a lot of retellings but actually he held up the heavens? :D
Yes, and the heavens surround the earth. Most depictions, including OP’s image, show the sky in some form. Some omit the sky and only show the earth.
I mean, that’s fair. I wasn’t trying to be an ass or anything, just sharing a fun fact.
Although, tbf, even in a celestial sphere model, holding up the heavens does not imply holding up the earth. In this case, Atlas would be on the earth, holding up the heavens.
No, he’s outside the environment, you see. Don’t ask what he’s standing on.
Edit: I’ve been misled by these depictions. He does stand on the earth, but he holds up the sky not as a sphere but at the edge as if it was a dome. I guess that doesn’t make as good a statue.
I unironically use torrents as a way to distribute server world downloads for the mc server I run. They are .zip files from 20-60gb in size and it is pretty much the best unlimited download option that doesn’t cost a monthly fee to host. Especially when 40-50 players all want their own archive.
This is actually genius, thank you for giving me an entire new use case for torrents
You can officially and legally download the ARPG Path of Exile via torrent: Poe website
Same for Kiwix libraries
It’s nice having a completely offline Wikipedia archive in an easy to use format.
My GF thinks it’s weird that I keep an offline Wikipedia.
It is, but it’s a GOOD kind of weird! Like the Coen brothers, Mitch Hedberg, or Willem DaFoe’s confusing genitalia!
I think it’s just a sensible thing to do with the state of the Internet, where everything is ephemeral and at the whims of authoritarian assholes.
Exactly my thoughts. Why I also keep another 15ish TB of media and other data I think should be preserved
i dont get it
All the other torrents are pirated stuff, so Linux ISOs is the only thing making torrents legitimate (and thus not like banned or outlawed). That’s the joke anyway!
also big buck bunny
