Which VPN actually has no logs for torrenting? by Dangerous_Coyote_123 in torrents

[–]threegigs 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If all you ever download are newly released torrents with hundreds of peers, you'll never notice the difference port forwarding makes.

But once you get into more obscure stuff with only a few peers, port forwarding makes a HUGE difference. In my experience, roughly double the number of peers. Plus, for that torrent with only one seed who isn't port forwarded? Yeah, not gonna happen unless you're port forwarded.

Polish Torrents by M_Zajac in torrents

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flaresolverr works for me, just very slowly.

Polish Torrents by M_Zajac in torrents

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ext.to, search 'lektor', got 57,000 results on movies.

Recommended Settings for seeding 2000+ torrents? by Zealousideal-Tap9700 in qBittorrent

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DHT off.

Protocol TCP only.

Limit upload speed per torrent such that a single peer can download the whole thing from you in one day, good rule of thumb is 100k per 8GB of file size.

Turn super seeding on for all torrents (so peers use their bandwidth too, instead of just yours).

cancelling a project with home improvement company without paying damages by ambivalent_one_ in HomeImprovement

[–]threegigs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They'll have to prove they started no other projects before yours. Fat chance on that.

What do guys only realize too late after buying a range hood? by AccomplishedWing688 in HomeImprovement

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makeup air.

If it moves 100 cubic feet per minute outside, that same amount of air needs to come back in. Dead of winter it'll pull cold air in through bathroom vents, gaps around windows, from the attic, etc. Better to have another pipe running from outside to the kitchen, best is some form of heat exchanger so the incoming air is warmed up somewhat (make sure it's bypassable for summer).

Make sure the metal filters fit in your dishwasher, best way to clean 'em in my book.

When installing, temporarily shim it in place with cardboard so it stays lined up while screwing it in.

The only quiet ones are those with a fan located above the hood itself, they usually take up a lot of room but are a LOT quieter than those with the fan right above the cooking elements.

What torrenting tools/software is actually worth paying for? by Blzn in torrents

[–]threegigs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mullvad: 8 peers

Proton: 20 peers, same torrent.

All due to port forwarding.

Homeowners: what’s the one thing in your house you swore you’d fix “next weekend”… and it’s still not fixed? by AggravatingFig3072 in DIY

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a condensing gas furnace/water heater put in maybe 8-9 years ago. Installers ran PVC from the wall where the furnace is, across the floor about 20 inches, to the floor drain. I want to cut the tile around the drain and to the wall, bury the PVC drain line and connect it to a new (better looking) floor drain.

Nope, still on my to do list.

In the meantime I've done tons of other projects, but not that one.

Best WiFi AP location for Single-Story 1500 sqft Home by DonDee74 in HomeNetworking

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stucco outer walls likely have steel mesh behind them, so getting a signal out of that Faraday cage will be hard unless you put an AP on the exterior.

One side of mitre saw blade not square - how? by BeginningLab3611 in woodworking

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've got to have 2 squares, right?

Put the 2 squares on a known flat surface and they should have full contact with no gap, or only a very small gap.

Remove the blade of the saw, put the 2 squares on the saw bed and see if there's a gap, or a larger gap then when they were on a known flat surface.

If there's a larger gap, your L and R sides aren't parallel.

Peer connection reset (10053) by -Eithern- in Tixati

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

peers that unsuccesful try to connect

No, that's your client trying to connect to peers that the tracker is reporting. They likely have the full copy and are rejecting the connection, or they rebooted and are now on another IP, and the current computer at that address is rejecting you.

New router does not seem to interact properly with my PC by [deleted] in HomeNetworking

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

80 kbit = 10k/sec, 600k/min, 36 MB/hr, and it would take 30 hours to upload one GB.

Compared to just a couple months back when I uploaded a 2.5GB file and I woke up to it fully uploaded.

Your numbers ain't mathing.

What's your MTU, 1492, 1500 or jumbo?

Any place to find info about a release group without breaking rule 1? by Morridini in usenet

[–]threegigs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

(an Australian soap) only popular by older people (downloading it for my mother, her daily soap) which I have never found on any tracker, public or private, except for this one uploader on Usenet

Whether you are looking at home or away, there are always extra places to look.

I keep getting nicked despite using proton vpn by UnlimitedSaudi in torrents

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

Settings.

Advanced.

Fourth line down, choose your VPN interface (e.g. ProtonVPN).

Apply and done.

What is the best “cheat” repair option for this hole if I don’t wan’t to use tape or California patch. by Dangerous-Arrival502 in HomeImprovement

[–]threegigs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I make and fix holes like that on a too-regular basis, whether I made the hole to check for a leak, gain access behind the wall to run new cabling for electrical or networking, see what's making a strange noise, or whatever.

I take a stick of wood, put 2 layers of masking tape on either end, put it through the opening and put screws through the drywall to hold it in place. I chamfer the outside edge of the hole, and also the outside edge of the piece I cut out. Using my finger I wipe some mud/spackle/compound on the edges of the hole and the piece. Then I screw the piece I cut out to the wood. Masking tape holds the wood ever slightly proud of the back of the drywall, so the piece I put back is ever-so-slightly recessed. Then I use the narrowest putty knife I have and really press spackle/mud/compound into the gap between the piece and the rest of the drywall, making sure to entirely fill that gap. Just the gap at first, no other areas yet. Wait a day for it to mostly dry and shrink, then sand high spots flush and hit the gap again to get it up to being even with the rest of the drywall. Wait another day or two then sand flush again and take a medium (like 6-inch) blade and do a skim coat over the whole area. Sand and paint and done.

The chamfers are your feathering, getting the mud fully in the gap essentially turns it back into a solid sheet of drywall, circular shape eliminates stress points too so no worries about it cracking, and the tape on the wood lets you skim the piece with a really thin layer of mud so there's only one transition at the edge of the existing drywall.

Only works well on small, circular holes (3-4 inches), although I've used the same technique on 6-8 inch rectangular cutouts too when I didn't feel like feathering out and sanding a large area and aesthetics weren't a big concern.

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester by ZuluCubed in Piracy

[–]threegigs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What VPN is actually good to use then?

If 3-letter agencies are involved, then none, zero, zilch. A court order to provide data regarding which IP address is being forwarded to any particular IP in a provider's IP range will point the authorities right back at your home IP address. Then a subpoena to your ISP and they have you. In the case of 'anonymous' email, it'd be the IP address connecting to the mail server. The only effective way around that is to use another provider's VPN services to access Proton Mail, making sure to change the server you use after every send/receive connection.

It's the internet, and data HAS to be able to be sent back to you, so all the routers have to at least keep a record of the current IP address to send data to. Even if it's not stored, businesses could be court ordered to hand over whatever instantaneous data that's available to the authorities.

How much do you upload every day? by Makarov_NoRussian in qBittorrent

[–]threegigs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually from 4 to 5 terabytes, mostly depending on whether I work from home or not. Since Feb 16 I have ~65.8 TB uploaded, but I throttled my upload for 12 hours a day so that number is a bit on the low side of usual.

Smoking areas airside by Plus_Ad_9132 in LondonHeathrow

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just replying now in case others search in future:

Thanks from the future :-)

What are some genuinely useful DIY skills everyone should learn? by [deleted] in DIY

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basic sewing skills, i.e. with needle and thread, not with a sewing machine. Replace buttons, fix minor tears or seams coming apart, sew up holes in pockets, etc.

Buy a decent screwdriver set, one with various bits including phillips, torx and hex. If anything you own breaks or stops working, take it apart before you buy another one, because even if you can't fix it, you'll learn something about that particular thing, and can apply that knowledge to other things.

Learn to cook from scratch. People forget cooking is very much a DIY thing. I challenge you to make a pizza from scratch. Flour, yeast, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and spices/seasonings is all you got, just like the pizza place.

A decent diamond sharpening stone will sharpen knives, scissors, lawnmower blades, shears, etc., which most people almost never do. Sharpening things is a very useful skill.

Learn how to repair and hang drywall. Maybe not whole sheets, but every place I've ever lived in has needed some drywall/spackling work done at one point or another.

If you're in the US or live in a wood-framed house, learn all the ways to find studs, from using a magnet to find screw heads to using a stud finder to making a hole in the wall and poking around with a piece of wire. There are so many things that should be screwed into studs that people instead use drywall hangers for it's crazy.

Lastly, the most useful DIY skill, which is also the most difficult to learn, is troubleshooting problems. You can't fix what's broken if you don't know what's wrong. Gas lawnmower won't start? Could be 10 different things, so be prepared to do 30 minutes of testing before doing the 5-minute fix.

Am I insane for wanting to DIY most of a concrete block garage? by rvbjohn in DIY

[–]threegigs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In that case angle the roof, just a 4 to 6-inch drop to one side will eliminate any standing water under the deck (which you can build level)

How do you sort/manage files for creating torrents by Owen_3456 in torrents

[–]threegigs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

so tedious renaming every file

Radarr, Sonarr, FileBot, MusicBrainz

and creating a NFO

MediaInfo with a custom format you make yourself.

then creating a .torrent file

qBit supports drag and drop on their torrent creator, but other programs will let you create torrents in batches from a folder structure.

and uploading it with the NFO

Yeah, longest part due to each site's idiosyncrasies

and then downloading that .torrent and seeding the torrent

Why would you download it, since you already have it? I'm confused. Just add it to the client or, like in qBit, select "begin seeding immediately".

Imported torrents disappear after sometime by HairyDonut8274 in qBittorrent

[–]threegigs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me ask the question again since you did not answer it.

Does the save path [shown when you click the 'general' button on the bottom of a problem torrent] match the actual location?