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neeeeDanke ,

Teach us then 😭

CodingCarpenter ,

Ha I was actually just thinking that we need to teach them as I was reading this. We had to go through a shit ton of trial and error. God forbid if he started with something like LimeWire. Viruses… Viruses everywhere

Gamerman153 ,

Don’t forget the bear…

locuester ,

Bearshare!!!

MystikIncarnate ,

You kids. Got off my lawn. Leave me in peace with my scour.net.

locuester ,

Oh I was good using x-modem on wwiv bbs’s at 1200bps too

ElderWendigo ,

Teach us then 😭

I think this hits on another big generational difference. Those who grew up in the early days of personal computing and the Internet didn’t have teachers or a hallucinating language model to spoon feed them instant answers. They had to actually RTFM thoroughly before they could even think of asking in some arcane BBS, forum, or IRC for help from elders that had absolutely zero tolerance for incompetence or ignorance. MAN pages and help files came bundled, but the Internet (if you had it) was metered and inconvenient on a scale more like going to the library than ordering a pizza. They had to figure out how to ask the right questions. They had to figure out how to find their own answers. The Internet was so slow that all the really interesting bits were often just text. So much indexed and categorized one might need to learn a little more just to find the right details in that sea of text. There was a lot less instant gratification and no one expected to be able to solve their problems just by asking for help.

I’ve seen way too many kids give up at the first pebble in their path because they are so accustomed to the instant gratification that has pervaded our culture since the dawn of smart phones.

FeelThePower ,
@FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I only learned to torrent because my dad used to when I was a kid. But these days I use XDCC instead because it’s just so much more convenient. Though to be fair most of my friends who are also GenZ probably don’t know how to do that either.

areyouevenreal ,

I struggled majorly with XDCC weirdly enough.

abbadon420 ,

This might be true, but it’s rapidly changing due to a collaborative effort from big gaming companies, streaming services and hollywood. People are relearning the art of torrenting.

Aggravationstation ,

Torrenting is getting worse and worse these days, I’m learning the ancient art of Usenet.

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works avatar

Usenet is getting worse and worse these days, I’m learning the ancient art of Sneakernet.

FractalsInfinite ,

Sneakernet is getting worse and worse these days, I’m learning the ancient art of astroprojecting into random people’s rooms to consume media.

silasmariner ,

Astroprojection is a dying art and I applaud your service

FuCensorship ,
@FuCensorship@lemmy.today avatar

Unless this is a joke that went right trough my head, what part of torrenting is getting worse?

bionicjoey ,

Nothing. It’s fine. I can’t fathom why people are out here paying for their piracy. Seems like it defeats the purpose. I still find everything I ever want on the same sites I’ve always gone to.

gamermanh ,
@gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I’ve got a server I’m mass downloading anything I or my wife can think of and quite a few obscure movies and shows aren’t on the major sites in any form that has enough seeders to actually finish

So, Usenet it is, at least until I’m mostly done.

If I was huntig for it all by hand I’d probably not bother but I’m using the Arr stack for automation so

Shyfer ,

Is torrent galaxy still down? That was my go to and sounds like I have to find another. I am a little worried if they keep bringing down the big ones like that, that we’ll be left with less choices and it’ll be more difficult.

bionicjoey ,

The nice thing about torrents is how lightweight they are. If one thing goes down, ten mirrors of that thing can pop up to take its place.

Scrollone ,

TorrentGalaxy is up, but if you can’t open it maybe your country has DNS censorship.

Just change your DNS servers to something like 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 (Cloudflare DNS and Google DNS respectively).

You can change your DNS from either your computer settings or your router (the latter is recommended because it applies to all connected devices).

Shyfer ,

Oh Yay! Admittedly, I didn’t try it recently but I remember seeing an article that was down. If it’s back up, I’m glad to hear it.

Baku ,

It always makes me chuckle a bit how internet censorship (at least in western countries and on a personal level (school and work networks excluded)) is almost always just done through DNS. I mean I’m sure not going to be the one to tell them how laughably ineffective that is, but it’s just funny.

areyouevenreal ,

Most ISPs I have seen these days actually block stuff properly. DNS hacks are no longer sufficient. Luckily VPNs are cheap these days.

kala_telo ,
@kala_telo@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

For me it’s usually easier to “watch free online” rather than searching and downloading torrent, like, I have client installed just in case, but I barely use it. Last time I used it actually was official 9front iso, not pirating.

pearsaltchocolatebar ,

Look into the servarr suite. I just add what I want and it finds and downloads it for me.

Cethin ,

QBitTorrent has a search built in. You have to add scripts for each torrent host, but once you add a bunch it makes it very easy to just search through that and find what you want. Finding a free stream you have to go through a bunch of shady sites trying to find one that works and is half decent quality.

solsangraal ,

+1 for qbittorrent. i’m very arrr unsavvy but been using qbit for years and almost always find what i want using its built-in search

areyouevenreal ,

Weirdly enough I have never used that feature. Only found out about it after I started using Usenet and the *arr stack. Now if I want to search for something manually I use Prowlarr that allows me to search both Usenet and Bittorrent at the same time.

The rest of the time Radarr or Sonarr finds it for me.

interdimensionalmeme ,

What’s the 411 on steamunlocked ? Just malware ? Can we just get the cracks like in the old days ?

sag ,

I do torrent but only legal stuff: Like every Linux Distro ISO or Some other legal document and stuff. If I have to torrent some ~mhm content I use remote torrenting using Telegram.

sirico ,
@sirico@feddit.uk avatar

bodies_hit_the_floor_teenage_wasteland.mp3 is my favourite song

far_university1990 ,

linking_park_numb.mp3.exe

MystikIncarnate ,

I prefer linkin_park_numb.mp3.com

It just hit different

Neps ,
@Neps@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I was born after 2000 I have to teach my parent how to torrent its not a generational thing lol

Hello_Kitty_enjoyer ,

There’s just much less curiosity and “awareness of what you’re not aware of” these days

It’s not just a computer problem at all it’s everything

pirofti ,

OpenBSD predicted this in 2009: www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#46 :)

Darohan ,

Damn dude, they got it to a T. This whole page is a discovery for me, gonna have to go through and listen to all of this.

KillingTimeItself ,

people do this stuff?

Guess we need to pick up the pace then.

umbrella ,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

we gotta step our game the fuck up then.

krimsonbun ,
@krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

i do both

stinerman ,
@stinerman@midwest.social avatar

Ahh the halcyon days of downloading one song from a private FTP server with upload ratios, found by Lycos FTP search. Over a modem, natch, so it took about 50 minutes…and that’s when your mom didn’t kick you off the internet so she could make a call.

themurphy ,

“be bisexual” ???

arf ,

When you’re a pirate, you can’t be picky on which booty to plunder

lemmy_nightmare ,
@lemmy_nightmare@sh.itjust.works avatar

😂

Fisch ,
@Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

You know what they say, something is better than nothing

loweffortname ,
@loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I think they’re using this style: knowyourmeme.com/…/what-does-eat-hot-chip-and-lie…

funkless_eck ,

I mean it’s true here.

astreus ,

How true is this or are we doing the same thing “generation killed industry/way of doing things” that the boomer media is so fond of?

HumanPerson ,

Not very true. Plenty of gen z still torrent. This seems more like a shitpost.

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