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They also have all the data in a set of torrent files.

I’ve actually been working on an AA client + Readarr (yes yes I know the main project is dead, I meant for generally book-related Arr stack projects) provider.

The idea is pretty straightforward:

• the client connects to the current AA instance and grabs the torrents
• each torrent is added to a built-in client, with all files set to “don’t download” (so at the moment it does nothing beyond peer discovery)
• each torrent is now versioned and provides a metadata batch of all files and paths included
• metadata is matched to paths during lookup
• provider interface allows upstream software (e.g. Readarr, Chaptarr, etc.) to search for a specific release with some extra parameters (language, format, date added, etc.), uses AA approach of hash to path matching
• path is matched to torrent, within that torrent, that path is set to be downloaded
• upon download the file path is softlinked to destination provided for download
• upstream picks up new file and parses it (then it gets passed to CWA, AudioBookShelf, Kavita or whatever other frontend you use)
• the client also automatically selects 500MB worth of files with low availability. This 500MB is separate from what the user has actually downloaded, and is used to contribute back to the P2P net

Actually, next January.

Those guns STILL REQUIRE KEY COMPONENTS THAT CANT BE 3D PRINTED. Just how many times and how many ways do I have to explain this until it gets through?

You can 3D print a shadow gun, sure, even on a $100 cheapo FDM printer. Thing is, it won’t fucking work because there’s neither barrel nor firing pin. Two of the, oh, most crucial elements to make a gun into an actual gun. Up until you add these two bits, that gun will do more damage if you chuck it at your target than if you fired it.

TECHNICALLY, you could get away with a firing pin setup made from some wiring and an actual nail, but it would be highly unreliable - misfire, not fire at all, and so on. And even if it did fire, without a barrel, you’d have a 30-40% chance of not hitting your target… at which point you’re more likely to kill your target by aiming some higher power pyrotechnics at them. Which are easier and cheaper to acquire.

My point is that a 3D printer isn’t necessary for making a gun, and that you can’t even make the parts that make something into a gun, using a (regular, commercial FDM) 3D printer.

it’s like trying to regulate printers because you can “3D print a car”, when in reality you can 3D print a few accessories and components but the entire engine has to be manufactured differently…

They are.

A barebones manual lathe is still grades cheaper, this provide a lower level of entry. Spend $200 and in no time you can be doing 20-30 barrels a day.

But please tell me how a 3D printer, which is at most useful for the casing (which you could hand craft from wood with a knife…).

A lathe takes no instructions and is potentially the most useful tool of all listed for the purposes of making a gun.

Not a major problem AND going after 3D printing doesn’t actually solve the problem - the core components that make a gun a gun, such as the barrel, firing pin, etc., still need to be manufactured in the “traditional” way (unless you’re trying to make a single use, one shot gun, but even that has better alternatives than 3D printing).

As it’s been pointed out above, the pieces of equipment - lathes, mills, CNC machines - required to make the aforementioned parts require no licencing, no safety mechanisms to prevent gun part manufacturing.

Yeah, I quite “love” this BS.

On one hand, these tech megacorps are pushing for privacy violating measures to “protect the children”

On the other hand they’re literally profiting off child abuse and refuse to stop it. See e.g. Roblox refusing to deal with paedos because they were the highest paying customers…

Understandable. I for one dislike owning games I won’t play, so GamePass was a good way to dip my toes, discover games, trial them for days/weeks at my own leisure, and move on.

mind you a the time the ANNUAL price was an AAA title’s price, not 3 months.

The Chinese companies aren’t even copying by doing the same stuff - they’re copying models by using the American ones with very directed prompts to essentially distill, say, Fable 5, with just a few hundred thousand prompts, into a smaller, faster model.

It’s akin to running a bakery, having a super well selling product, and the competition rolling in and buying up 70-80% of your daily volume just to reverse the recipe, then they’ll be selling an “improved” version at 10-20% the cost within a few weeks.

I actually liked the Game Pass approach initially.

You could pick between PC, Xbox or both.

You had the option for a cheap sub, or a slightly more expensive one, with appropriate feature parity.

The included games - especially the early access for many of them - were a solid mix of AAA titles and indie games that deserved the recognition.

And the funny thing is, Microsoft could’ve reached the target subscriber numbers if they didn’t pricejack tbe service while fucking over the customers AND the plans. I understand the need of capitalising a subscriber base, but doing a “from tomorrow, this shit will cost 3x as much” bullcrap move ain’t it.

What a load of bollocks.

Nobody owes you anything, especially if it’s a free service. And A/B testing is pretty much the only way to get reliable results on how a feature may shape user experience.

Or would you rather companies just delivered features without any care how it affects users?

I mean yeah, to some extent you’re right.

But it is also due to telemetrics being helpful in diagnosing issues before users even report them, measuring their business effects, or even doing A/B tests to see how a new feature may affect the user experience.

Problem is that companies realised this info can also be used for other purposes - such as, datamining the users - to create another lucrative revenue source…

Linux does come preinstalled on a number of laptops if you buy them in Europe.

Problem is that the Linux variants used are usually incredibly out of date, with no straightforward way to upgrade, abysmal desktop experience and so on.

There’s also simply too much choice when it comes to Linux for the average people. Your Average Joe wants to sit in front of a computer, turn it on, and have a usable desktop, readily available office and basic utility apps, and easy installation of software.

They don’t want to learn the difference between KDE, Gnome, Cinnamon, X11 and Wayland, open or closed sourced drivers, licences, and so on. To most people, a computer is a tool that should be as complicated to use as a screwdriver - you can swap different heads (software for different purposes), but it works the same, no matter how you sit in front of if.

Historically, there’s been a singular distro offering anything even close to this requirement, Ubuntu, and even that has gone to shit.

Hopefully, with gaming being a major pull force, this can change and we will see more generic use distros pop up like Bazzite and SteamOS, but at the moment, there’s simply no alternative to Windows or macOS that can proper take them over.

Not if it’s a self hosted project for your personal use.