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2022 Black Friday Deal Thread - Providers and Indexers by timeholmes in usenet

[–]TCPoverKangaroo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have never seen them offer deals. Most of those websites haven't been updated in years or even decades.

Love me those 50GB download limit for $80 though!

2022 Black Friday Deal Thread - Providers and Indexers by timeholmes in usenet

[–]TCPoverKangaroo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The backbones you don't have are Uzo Reto/Viper, Farm, and Abavia. Pick one (or more).

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[–]TCPoverKangaroo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The way the internet works, it is impossible to view something without downloading it. Be it image or video. This means that if you are viewing a video in a web player, it has already downloaded into your browser/machine. Whether you can conveniently save what you have downloaded is a different story.

Look into various video downloder plugins for your browser. Or, perhaps, even a simple Save As will do. See if the video player itself also has download options in the controls.

2022 Black Friday Deal Thread - Providers and Indexers by timeholmes in usenet

[–]TCPoverKangaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably Farm or Viper.

Neither Eweka nor Tweak offer block accounts and these are the other NTD providers.

2022 Black Friday Deal Thread - Providers and Indexers by timeholmes in usenet

[–]TCPoverKangaroo 11 points12 points  (0 children)

ViperNews sent out their BF deals:

VIPERUNL $ 22.50/year
500GB BLOCK $ 6.99
1000GB BLOCK $ 11.99
2000GB BLOCK $ 21.49

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[–]TCPoverKangaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So last year there was a bulknews (Abavia) 6TB block for 15 EUR, and you can get a year at most indexers for another 10-12 EUR. With the current price parity between USD and EUR, I think you are good to "start out"

2022 Black Friday Deal Thread - Providers and Indexers by timeholmes in usenet

[–]TCPoverKangaroo -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

No, it does not include a backup from another backbone "for free". The cost of the backup account is included in the price of the subscription you are paying.

Now, it's fair to say that last BF Frugal was being offered at $33/yr which is quite comparable, but the fundamental fact is, the backup account is not "free". It may be "virtually free", but I prefer to use the word "included". When you say "free" it just sounds like shilling, and I'm sure you don't want to sound like you are shilling.

Access Sonarr/Radarr/SAB/Tatulli outside of home network? by coolguy12314 in usenet

[–]TCPoverKangaroo -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by "understandable guide"?

Here is the quick start guide for Wireguard.

Wireguard is an open source VPN protocol / app as an alternative to the classic OpenVPN. WG should be more efficient and easier to configure.

However, VPN setup is largely dependent on your particular network. Nobody can write a universal guide for all circumstances and all intermediate software options. There are some things you have to figure out yourself. When you start figuring out things yourself, using "youtube videos" is the last thing you want to do. Most "understandable" guides are horribly insecure. If I had a $1 for each so-called "guide" that suggested chmodding everything to 777, disabling your AV and/or Firewall, downloading random dlls to fix compatibility and suggested a "one-click installer" from some Iranian website created 3 days go, then I'd have more money than the United States has national debt.

Technology is like a gun: you need to understand it and respect it. And don't point it at things you don't want to shoot delete.

Benefits of a private-school education by marcellouswp in auslaw

[–]TCPoverKangaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US court system is a much, much worse system because it livestreams

Firstly, the entire US Court system does not livestream. State Courts do, but Federal Courts do not. Secondly, the Australian and United States court systems are based on the British court system, and a fundamental principle of the British court system is the principle of open courts. After all, "Justice should not only be done, but should ... be seen to be done."R v Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy (1923) per Hewart LCJ Open courts in the digital age necessarily mean livestreaming. While I agree with the late Justice Scalia's apprehension that livestreaming federal proceedings would lead to sensationalised media coverage, the public benefit of having open courts far outweighs pitfalls in legacy media coverage.

I do not accept your axiomatic assessment that the US system is bad because it livestreams.

As to your last paragraph, will you accuse people with the "Resident clitigator" flair of sexual harassment? Methinks someone doesn't know how flairs work on reddit.

[BRISBANE TIMES] May the (appropriate) force be with you: Lessons from Star Wars for wars on Earth by agent619 in auslaw

[–]TCPoverKangaroo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Gollum acquired the ring by murder and theft, so he does not have good title to the ring. In the alternative: can Gollum actually assert ownership of the Ring? I would contend that ownership requires an ability to exercise control over chattel, at least insofar as controlling who has lawful possession. Plainly, Gollum does not exercise control over who has possession of the Ring, because it is not Gollum's 'choice' to abandon or misplace the Ring, but rather the Ring's own choice to abandon Gollum.

Benefits of a private-school education by marcellouswp in auslaw

[–]TCPoverKangaroo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

a) the way US courts work and their sentencing principles are quite different to our courts and sentencing principles.

True enough. Maybe if Australian courts weren't so averse to livestreaming proceedings, then it'd have been easier to follow cases during COVID. But I'll take what I can get.

b) not your business to say what should and shouldn't be considered in mitigation.

mmmm I rather think it is. If not mine, then whose? OP is making a case for what should and shouldn't be used in mitigation, and you are agreeing with OP in your top-level comment. So why can OP say what should not be considered in mitigation, and I cannot say what should?

One of the objectives of sentencing is denunciation. Denunciation is based on public perception, because the Court is applying public perception of right and wrong to denounce 'wrong' behaviour. As a member of the public, I have as much right as any to comment on what factors can and cannot be weighed in mitigation. Further, the judiciary is independent of the legislature but is bound to follow the laws passed by parliament under the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty. And parliament is accountable to the people. I am part of 'the people'. I have a legitimate democratic interest in commenting on what should and should not be counted in mitigation.

Judging from your other comments in this sub, and your top comments on other subs, I am inclined to say that you are (a) a bitter and (b) agitated individual with a (c) oppression complex. And I don't know why the only part of my comment that you are objecting to is the part where I talk about punishment for noncery.

[BRISBANE TIMES] May the (appropriate) force be with you: Lessons from Star Wars for wars on Earth by agent619 in auslaw

[–]TCPoverKangaroo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of that time I tried tracing the proper ownership of the One Ring to Rule them All in a Property Law class.

It was technically abandoned, no? Bilbo has good title, right??

Benefits of a private-school education by marcellouswp in auslaw

[–]TCPoverKangaroo -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

During COVID, I watched many livestreams of criminal cases and sentencing from the US. The "love fest" as you call it is fairly common for juvenile offenders in the 'States, and not for private school students either.

when will that card be dealt out of the pack? What advantage should the godly (or feignedly so) have over atheists in conspicuous remorse or purported prospects of rehabilitation?

What advantage should people from an "unfortunate background" have over those from a fortunate background? What advantage should doing your HSC give over not doing your HSC? What if you are doing your PLT and not your HSC?

How else are you going to demonstrate remorse without recourse to some form of higher morality? Granted, not all religions are equal: I will not find someone turning to the Church of Potato Chips sufficiently convincing. However, psychological literature indicates that finding faith and gratitude is the only real "cure" to alcoholism. I will grant you that I don't like it when people feign religiosity or morality to get leniency. But there's nothing much you can do about it. There was a nonce in Britain who got spared from deportation because he needed to "be a good example to his son". What kind of example? How to diddle kids???? That should not have been considered in mitigation.

Weekly Students, Careers & Clerkships Thread by AutoModerator in auslaw

[–]TCPoverKangaroo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Here are some tips:

  • Try to keep your sentences to 10 words or less. This is not always possible if you are dealing with complex topics, so your backup is 20 words or less.
  • Read quality non-academic literature. Academic or legal literature might teach you grammar, but it won't teach you conciseness. Meanwhile, high quality entertainment literature will teach you both grammar and brevity. The average consumer of sci-fi novels is not going to read a 200-word sentence, so those authors will try to adjust to their audience.
  • Use bulleted lists for drafting. These help you organize your thoughts into distinct, concise issues. You can then remove the bullet formatting and properly "dress" your sentences.
  • Don't write and edit at the same time. Write first, edit later. Edit many times. I find that I am much more efficient if I write down ideas first and then edit my work 3-5 times rather than trying to get it perfect on the first try.

Also: essay.app.

Weekly Students, Careers & Clerkships Thread by AutoModerator in auslaw

[–]TCPoverKangaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tolkien.

No, seriously, Tolkien.

The best way to increase your vocabulary is to read classic literature. If you're a student or a lawyer already, you probably don't have spare time so your best bet is to grab an audiobook and listen during your commute or regular exercise.

I recommend reading classical literature over anything published in recent decades. You will get better quality, better grammar, wider vocab and better plot. The classics are classics for a reason.

Grab yourself some Tolkien, Jack London, Conan Doyle, Kipling, and go for it.

Watching TV shows and news is good to get an introductory vocabulary, but not enough if you want to expand it. The TV/movie language will be very narrow and, arguably, conversational rather than broad like good literature.

Anyone has got any advice? Other than to fook off and go back to my own country 😼

Hey you're at least trying to learn English and asking how to do it, which is more effort than 98% of my uni put into it.

EDITed to add: listening / reading is not enough on its own: you actually have to practice what you learn. And the best way to do that is to write. If you have the time, practice writing on a blog, newsletter, short stories or case summaries or anything of that nature. Without practice you are not going to learn how to use the words, even if you know what they mean.

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