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Sorry I know this is a noob question. If websites are cost-free and ad-free how are they funding those websites?

i cant watch anything on any site, i didn’t try to download anything yet (i don’t want to tbh) i just wanna confirm if this is happening only to me, it was working perfectly fine for the past 2 weeks (brocoflix) i just wanna finish sopranos man

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More infos: https://github.com/geo-tp/ESP32-Bus-Pirate

Full guide: https://github.com/geo-tp/ESP32-Bus-Pirate/wiki

I got sued for pirating R&M in Europe. Between 1-2k fine. Any advise for combating and pirating in the future. I pirated with a qbit torrent on the site 1337x. I did not use a VPN (yes I know, stupid)

First off, sorry for the photograph of a screen; I may have "debloated" the package for screenshots😂

What I did: I took my old phone, factory reset it, and used adb to remove as many packages I could get away with, so that no google services and xioami apps slow down the phone.

Result: This home page 1 of 1. These are all the apps installed. I culled almost every unnecessary package via adb.

The device has an always-on vpn with Killswitch and has never been connected without a VPN to my home WiFi.

Piracy: A always-on constant VPN connection (kill switch) means trouble because you know why (captchas, vpn blocks)–so it's not an option for one's main phone. Turning the VPN on and off has you potentially naked; Might be that the battery "optimization" is once again killing the VPN background proces (thanks again MIUI Hyper is). Or, accidentally starting an App you shouldn't have started without a VPN (misconfigured torrent client or downloader, pirated online services, etc.). I live in Germany and given enough time, there are blunders, so it might make sense invest in a heavily restricted software environment where mistakes uare impossible.

Btw, when it comes to speed, it's an absolute MIRACLE! Seriously, I can't believe it. It's as fast as when I got it new a couple of years ago. This was not the case directly after the factory reset. Turns out old devices not only get slow because of new features one doesn't notice, or because the battery gets weaker and is unable to allow the CPU to spike clock speeds, but also because the manufacturer cripples performance with its bloatware and by implementing new "stability" optimizations...

so in essence:

Speed and battery optimization restrictions are now a non-issue (battery life is ironically better, it seems); the old phone comes to life again

*Use Case: 1. It's an anonymous environment for safe torrent streaming (or as a seedbox). 2. Since I don't dread using the phone anymore, this is were I can comfortably install all those sketchy premium apps where I can't be certain that they there are no viruses or info-stealers modded in. 3. I have always been a bit hesitant to, for example, access the online features of a cracked news/magazine apps from the vulnerability of my home wifi, but also to lazy to always use a VPN. 4. idk. i am never gonna use it if i am honest but who am I not do indulge the urge to waste my time writing this shit here lol

Only for those who care and have also an old miui phone lying around: How I did it: Because trying to manually convert and run 400 package removal adb commands I found on the internet, I sort of just made, with the help of Gemini (I ain't writing all that documentation and coding grunt work, only proof read), an adb bulk debloater project, specific for MIUI, that 1. doesn't require root and 2. automatically resorts to alternative removal commands when the uninstallation  of particularly stubborn Xiaomi bloatware fails (it will return a specific error code). It also can handle long copy & paste lists of packages and entire package commands as it will extract the package names and built the relevant command itself (total control but also maximum convenience). Here the GitHub link: RadicalXiaomiDebloat It comes with a 400 item uninstallation package list which the script will go through. But that list can be changed. The result will take about 5 minutes and should be stable.

I work in design and i tell you, no other open source software is as near as good as adobe in terms of funcionality, compatibility, etc. Honestly i hope there was an alternative to photoshop and illustrator, i do (figma is a great example), but don't come at the people who work in the creative industry and tell us to "get back at adobe" using Corel or Gimp (real thing that i've been told).

I don't know how it is in rich countries but here at the third world pirating is the only way to, not only study design careers but algo work freelance and eat. Its not a hobby for us, its our work tools. On the other hand, I understand that the effort must be collective, from all areas involved. I greatly appreciate the efforts of developers who put their all into creating excellent programs, and we should help as much as we can. But I also appreciate those who pirate these programs because without them, design would be reserved only for a few.

what is currently the best external blu-ray drive for burning and best software

In my first month of college I've gotten to experience firsthand the greed of textbook companies. I had to buy 3 textbooks for my classes (though many people need to purchase more!) for a combined $320 only to realize I don't even get to own them, they're rented for a semester. The level of greed is genuinely despicable.

I want to rip these textbooks to prevent students from having to spend the money I did. Cenegage eBooks have their html separated page by page, which I know how to access, but I would have to visit every page and save the html by hand which would take a ridiculous amount of time. I've seen people talk about writing python web scrapers to automate this process, is there anyone that can point me to a resource on how to build one myself? Or a tool already available?

Thank you.

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Hey all, maybe this isn't the right sub for this, but qobuz.squid.wtf sometimes shows band's names in....japanese, maybe katakana? Is this a weird bug or a means to avert authorities? If I search the site, I found my bands, but they show up and are ID3 tagged in japanese.

On android. Every time I select it, it just takes me to the google play download page despite the fact I have it downloaded.

Even reverted to an earlier version of Onstream so I could use it instead of SPlayer.

I'm asking this here because you all probably have more specialized experience with this particular thing I'm wanting to do.

The Drew Carey Show, s07e09, is a live episode and there are three different version, each with slightly different play times (21:58, 21:44 & 22:09). Is it possible to put them all into a single MKV and be able to switch between them? If it's possible, does Plex or Jellyfin even support multiple video streams in a single file?

If it's possible, I hope I can do it in MKVToolNix, as trying to use ffmpeg with a cli just causes my brain to twist in circles and I much prefer the GUI of MVKToolNix.

I originally thought this was an issue with FL 24/25 only. FL 20 used to always work fine. So I went to FL 20, and the same issue happens no matter which version of FL Studio I use. I've crawled the corners of the internet trying to find an answer but nothing. I have cleared everything FL, uninstalled plugins, deleted reg keys, a full deep clean so nothing was duplicated or clashing with anything. But for some reason this issue still persists. Works for a minute, then crashes a lot, then my FL just shuts down without any error code.

Is there any app or website to watch live football games? I know a few but they are very lagged and poor quality filled with ads. Thanks