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It's Godwin's law (of Nazi analogies): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

mpv is awesome. Shout-out, in no particular order, to: - Seeds of Might/JySzE's base `mpv.conf`[1] - uosc, a feature-rich but still minimalist UI[2] - thumbfast, a fast thumbnailer…

if you check sites that track HN's rankings, it was ranked #1 for a while, then it suddenly dropped to #27 and continued declining https://hnrankings.info/40481808/

> People can use those open source tools on the free level that doesn't require the higher level of use. Fair enough. > You're mad they're trying to make money. I'm not mad they're…

Remember that not all 3rd party clients are/were developed for-profit, there are plenty which are open-source, have no monetization or ads, and are gonna be hit by this change too.…

> Actually, these users are generally deadbeat users. They're good at providing upload and buffering accounts but that is it. They don't make your community any better, they're spr…

IPT is a fine tracker but because of their scummy behaviour [1] you are very unlikely to climb the tracker ladder from there. You can try following that_guy_iain's advice under for…

It's not really a problem because they don't want people joining the tracker in general. It's about accountability, exclusivity and the quality of the user base. Invites being for …

It's all by design, invite selling/trading is a big problem in the tracker world and tracker staff often force people to use their home IP to register for this reason. By having yo…

Buying an invite for TL is not a smart idea, they have regular open signups. You put all your accounts at risk for little gain.

The common advice is to start out on RED (Redacted) by doing the interview, and climbing the pyramid from there. Use official recruitement to join other trackers, and with some pat…

Really a shame, especially for torrent users. The other good alternatives are double the monthly price at 10$/month in the case of IVPN (if you want port forwarding that is) and Pr…

Aren't both mailbox.org and tutanota based in Germany? So... they both can be legally back-doored? No?

I apologize, I tried to answer a broader question and somehow kinda missed the main point. If you host your own Mastadon server, you can federate with everyone. Other servers will …

Imagine allowing everyone to register an account on your email server. Now you have people maybe sending stuff to other email addresses on other email servers that's maybe 'problem…

Of course Kickstarter as a company can do nearly whatever it wants and ban certain types of crowfunding campaigns, it's just sad to see this happening left and right in many fields…

Look at lastpass' wikipedia page, they have been collecting a security incident after another since 2015.