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- Comment on An impossible choice 5 days ago:
“What’s the sexiest sex you’ve ever sexed”
right up there with “Women of reddit: do you like [absolutely generic and traditionally handsome trait or article of clothing] on men?”
- Comment on In the age of Ancients... 2 weeks ago:
!soulslike@lemmy.zip :)
- Comment on Every YouTube video PlayStation posts has hundreds of comments about physical discs 2 weeks ago:
There’s been a trend of “full games” not being printed on disc these days when they’re printed on disc (see for example DOOM The Dark Ages or even Halo I think?). Ie. mandatory day 1 patches that are required to play the game in the first place which without an internet connection you won’t be able to access. It used to be that you’d have a full gold master on the disc and could play fully install the game offline and play it with no issues. However, that requires additional time and resources poured into it - it’s easier to release an unfinished product and add to it after release than have it fully finished in the first place.
I can’t find a pic of the label on the box that says “Internet required”, but it’s been used more often these days:
- Comment on Every YouTube video PlayStation posts has hundreds of comments about physical discs 2 weeks ago:
Comments help too since a lot of PlayStation partners have contracts for showing off their games and some didn’t even know about Sony’s plan to cut physical media, making them lose out on a lot of money if all people do is roast Sony in the comments of their trailers and such. The public image of Sony tanked a lot and their partners are feeling the consequences of it too
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 4 weeks ago:
Does Cuno have a driving license?
- Comment on Day 730 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing (2 Year Special) 5 weeks ago:
Cheers to two more years!
- Comment on Are ready for me? 5 weeks ago:
Витя the King
- Comment on Skyleeeerrr 5 weeks ago:
Why?
- Comment on End of an era? 1 month ago:
Good point. Monetary value then
- Comment on End of an era? 1 month ago:
It’s a historic moment to see an almost 6-year old console appreciate and not depreciate in value over time. Never before seen in the ~40 years of gaming. It’s insane
- Comment on Spoilers 1 month ago:
Because of its earth-shattering implications
- Comment on 📡📡📡 1 month ago:
Make it more palatable to advertisers
- Comment on A Loss To The World - Legendary Doom Wolfenstein 3D Composer Bobby Prince Has Passed Away 1 month ago:
may you rest peace o7
- Comment on Shutting down a piracy site 2 months ago:
Hey, I left a pretty detailed comment about this if you want to check it out
- Comment on Shutting down a piracy site 2 months ago:
You good buddy? Did anything about our interaction rub you the wrong way?
- Comment on Shutting down a piracy site 2 months ago:
It’s definitely hard to digest at first - I know it took me a couple of days to get things working for sure. A VPN + qbittorrent is definitely easier to set up and have a good time with.
- Comment on Shutting down a piracy site 2 months ago:
Okay, I get what you mean.
So basically Usenet in its raw form is used for distribution of information and it is/was used as a sort of forum. Think proto-reddit: bulletin boards with threads. It can be used to transmit and share data also, however, which is what we want to do here.
The boon of Usenet compared to torrents is that you have a bunch of servers hosted by providers that have all the data on their servers, so you don’t run the risk of exposing your IP or any other identifying information, in addition to your connection being encrypted by default. Additionally, you don’t download from a bunch of seeding users but from a single server, so connections are more stable and download speeds are better too.
To access Usenet, there are two main constituents you need to setup or know: a provider, ie. the host that allows you to access Usenet in the first place and that stores the data on their own servers, as well as at least one indexer, ie. a way to search and download the data. The good thing is that Usenet is decentralised, so you can use whatever provider and indexer that suits you and you will get access to Usenet. There are some differences between them based on the backbones the providers use (period of retention of data, server locations, takedown types - DMCA or NTD and how often that happens etc.), but they all work in the same basic way. I’ve personally not delved that deep into Usenet, so someone else can likely tell you better what backbones mean and why they should matter to you - they haven’t for me up until now.
Usually, Usenet is used in conjunction with so-called Arr-Stacks - a collection of individual Arr-programs that allow you to manage and download different types of media: Sonarr for shows, Radarr for movies, Lidarr for music as well as a program that manages their downloads, like NZBGet or Sabnzbd, stuff like that. These can be run on a single regular machine as is but most automate them and set them up on a server. That way, you can add a show via Sonarr, have it downloaded automatically via preset filters, and have it be available with your media playback program of your choosing - like Jellyfin or Plex - without any further input of yours.
All of this comes at a cost - unfortunately and literally - since you usually subscribe to these individual servers. However, compared to your average streaming service, it comes out to way cheaper. Most indexers have regular sales where you can snag deals like 50€/year, sometimes even cheaper. Plus, since you pay for access, you guarantee that people make sure that things work and are secure for the most part.
An example setup could look like this:
- Newsdemon as your provider
- NZBGeek, Drunkenslug or Ninja Central as your indexers (most of these have instructions or manuals on how to use Usenet too; some restrict account creation to invites only, so creating an account can be tricky sometimes. you shouldn’t run into issues creating an account with Geek, tho - if you only want to have one indexer, this is usually the one to get)
- Sabnzbd to download data
- Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr (a program that combines all your Arr programs in one and let’s you monitor them from one place) to get whatever media you’re looking for
- Jellyfin for playback of your media
This is a really basic breakdown, and I’m sure there’s a bunch missing from it, but this should give you a basic idea of what you want to do, what it is, how to set things up. Let me know if this helps and if you have any questions.
I implore you to have a look at a guide or two I mentioned before. These do a better job of explaining things.
- Comment on Shutting down a piracy site 2 months ago:
Have you had a look at the wiki? It’s quite comprehensive and should set you up nicely with everything you need to know. Other than that, do check out YouTube tutorials. For example:
youtu.be/-PQtE6Nb0Cw youtu.be/QfpZcXXGpVA youtu.be/4IGKF-K_Rgc
Feel free to DM me too if you need to know something. I’m still only starting out with Usenet myself, but I do know some stuff and know where/whom to ask.
- Comment on Shutting down a piracy site 2 months ago:
Unfortunately, or fortunately, not a whole lot of places discuss Usenet to not draw too much attention to it. I know it’s reddit, but /r/usenet is a really good resource both for providers and indexers as well as for setting things up for personal use. Some guides exist on YouTube too.
If you’re looking for media, look into what an Arr stack is and how to set that up for a media server you’re running, for example. Although not exactly necessary, that’s what many people use and set up.
- Comment on You're so loud 2 months ago:
my family 🙂
- Comment on Why is Greg, Pastor of the Promised End playing guitar??? 3 months ago:
username checks out :D
!soulslike@lemmy.zip :)
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Yup, username checks out
- Comment on What are some good, casual mobile games. 3 months ago:
Monster Train 1 has been for sure. Works pretty well and switching between the levels of the train is fine too. Some text can be a little small depending on your phone screen size
- Comment on Hi, I'm Paul! 4 months ago:
My highschool chemistry turned out to be cooking meth. You think you know a person
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
what
- Comment on Everything I post is serious. 4 months ago:
Happy pizza cutter Bloodborne sounds
- Comment on The Danish Pride Flag 4 months ago:
The German pride flag is half brown these days
- Comment on it really do be like that 4 months ago:
I’m glad :D Not sure if this is the origin of the reference, but it’s something like that:
- Comment on it really do be like that 4 months ago:
it’s that time of the year again to get railed in a sundress
- Comment on What are some good, populated multiplayer games that have a free-for-all mode? 4 months ago:
My fiancée had a lot of fun playing a couple weeks ago and the games seemed populated enough. Didn’t take her too long to find a match and the lobbies were full too. YMMV depending on the server location, though - Europe here
