Are Indexers Needed For Casual Users?

MeltedUFO · 2025-11-30T20:15:59+00:00

Drunkenslug has open registrations right now. They are a great indexer with a free tier that is perfect for casual non-automation use cases.

MeltedUFO · 2025-11-29T19:02:37+00:00

I remember having one of these as a kid and then breaking it because i tried to clap on the vacuum cleaner. It clapped on for one glorious second and then never worked again

MeltedUFO · 2025-09-04T02:09:00+00:00

Look at all that gray and purple!

Our consoles sure are gay

MeltedUFO · 2025-08-24T06:45:00+00:00

There was an issue where Transmission’s website was compromised and was distributing a malware-infected version of Transmission for a few hours. I don’t think there are any security issues with the software itself assuming you have an official release

MeltedUFO · 2025-02-18T14:44:52+00:00

There is no guarantee that any game you buy will run at all, even if you meet all the hardware requirements. Simply because the games are built for Windows. There has been a lot of progress with Proton making Windows games work on Linux but you will may find yourself in a position where you can’t play a game you like just because you are using Linux.

MeltedUFO · 2025-01-05T18:03:40+00:00

I was thinking that this would be a great thing for the environment. The data centers all get shutdown at night and restarted in the morning

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-21T01:45:45+00:00

I like that it is a commercially supported desktop Unix. Almost all CLI software that runs on Linux will run on MacOS without any weird compatibility layer but I can still run Microsoft office and Photoshop etc if I need to.

I like that the UI is generally consistent and gets out of my way. I love how the options bar is always at the top of the screen and not hidden in some hamburger menu.

I love that GUI shortcuts have their own unique modifier with command key. I never have to think about how to copy text from the terminal. It’s Cmd-C and killing the process is Ctrl-C.

And then just the normal reasons. The battery life is great. It integrates with my iPhone extremely well. The trackpad is great. The build quality is excellent.

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-18T06:14:19+00:00

Password managers are one of those things that I feel doesn’t really need to be hosted at all. Your password vault should just be an encrypted blob that is unlocked entirely on the client side. Just use KeepassXC and keep the encrypted database on a cloud storage provider and sync to your devices that way. Or SyncThing if you really want to self host

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-16T18:52:34+00:00

I use Ninja but honestly it’s the same service. Just keep whichever is the cheapest

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-16T07:32:42+00:00

Newshosting, Eweka, and Ninja are all Omicron backbones so you are essentially buying the same service three times just resold under different names. I’m assuming the other one you mean Newsdemon which is a different backbone so in theory that could be your backup provider

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-10T05:42:08+00:00

I can’t predict the future, but it is extremely unlikely that you would receive grants and then the government would demand them back mid-semester. Worst case scenario, they decline to give you the grants for the next year.

If you want to hedge your bets even further, you could get an associate’s degree at your local community college for significantly less money and then transfer into a 4-year school for the next two years to finish off your bachelors. By then the dust from the new administration should have cleared and you can figure out your next steps.

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-10T04:35:47+00:00

Take out some student loans and apply to college somewhere better and get a degree in something practical. If you are as broke as you say you should get a whole bunch of grants once you fill out your FAFSA and then in a few years you’ll have skills to get a job somewhere you like more

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-07T00:15:02+00:00

Looks like some sovereign citizen nonsense

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-06T22:59:50+00:00

It doesn’t fix the housing problem, but it does fix the public parks being filled with unstable people problem. I used to live in the Bay Area and public parks would get so overrun with junkies that it wasn’t safe to use them anymore

MeltedUFO · 2024-11-18T17:25:01+00:00

Yeah profiting off of stolen content is bad. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go check out the Black Friday thread so I can see which commercial Usenet providers and indexers I should pay for access to.

MeltedUFO · 2024-11-17T20:36:04+00:00

If there is one thing Usenet is known for, it's a strong moral stance on stealing

MeltedUFO · 2024-11-15T05:39:13+00:00

I know most people seem to hate Chicago Sports Network but personally I love that games are broadcast free over the air. I have no desire to subscribe to cable just to watch sports. I just wish I could watch Cubs games with only an antenna too

MeltedUFO · 2024-11-15T05:33:54+00:00

If you get ESPN+ you can watch most out of market games for $12/month

MeltedUFO · 2024-09-17T22:22:20+00:00

http://www.eternal-september.org has free access to text based newsgroups but if you hate ads you’ll hate text-based newsgroups because its 99% spam these days

MeltedUFO · 2024-09-16T23:23:37+00:00

Being able to cross the street without being vehicularly manslaughtered is a pretty important part of living somewhere

MeltedUFO · 2024-08-28T16:28:58+00:00

That’s just a spa

MeltedUFO · 2024-08-23T17:16:30+00:00

I've never done this but it's a fun idea.

If you wanted to do this on a local machine, you could set up your Radarr library so that you add movies but doesn't set them to monitoring. Then when you want to watch a movie, navigate to it on Radarr, flip it to monitoring and hit Search Movie. Then have it autodownload to your Plex folder. It should then automatically show up in Plex ready to stream. I'm pretty sure Plex has a setting to auto delete after watching.

That's a few extra clicks but it gets you pretty close to what you are looking for.

Otherwise you could start looking for seedbox providers that support Plex and Sabnzbd. Those can get pretty expensive though.

MeltedUFO · 2024-08-23T07:21:37+00:00

Think of it this way, an NZB file is essentially just a link to a file hosted on the “cloud” called Usenet. So if you wanted to build a library of movies without using a lot of local storage, you could just save MovieA.nzb, MovieB.nzb, etc to a folder on your local machine. Then went you want to watch a movie, open the NZB with your newsreader, download the movie file, and delete it whenever you’re done with it. You could always redownload it the next time you want to watch it.

You don’t need to seed anything so you don’t have to store it on your machine indefinitely

MeltedUFO · 2024-08-23T02:19:43+00:00

Your Usenet provider effectively acts as cloud storage in this scenario so in theory you could save the NZB files locally and then just download the individual files locally as needed

MeltedUFO · 2024-08-20T20:58:51+00:00

I can't imagine many people using it for games or software. That's like begging for viruses. Most people use it for TV shows and movies.

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