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I feel like lately I’ve been doing more piracy than actually using the content I’ve been pirating. Curating a library has been so enjoyable lately, I’m not the only one right?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think subconsciously we are all prepping for the end of the world as we know it lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do always think about a scenario where the internet goes down for one reason or another. I've got houuuuuurs of content to keep me busy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can only think of one scenario where the internet would be shut down and that would be during a blackout sadly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bet it happens for political reasons. First rule of suppressing revolutions is to cut communications.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ham radio enthusiasts will start feeling very pleased with themselves then. Until jammers are brought in anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's when we hit em with the mesh networks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's going to be difficult to jam outside of the cities. I imagine people are going to set up private wired networks in their neighborhoods, or use Wi-Fi mesh. The good news is that at that point, laws against piracy will be totally moot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

lol, have you got all your batteries and inverters setup lol. In all seriousness, I used to hoard, but it's too much hassle, I've got too big a backlog of stuff to organise, and yeah I'll just redownload stuff I know is popular enough to remain available. I do like watching my ratios though, making sure I'm doing my bit to keep the water flowing. Data in transit as storage. Treating torrents as a form of ephemeral storage, where it can come back to me if I wish for it again. Perhaps I'm describing something more like IPFS though.