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it’s less than $3 on GOG at the moment.

And it is easily available through other means.

I still fire up HOMM3 + HD + HOTA every now and then.

can we find a way to spoof this so that they think legit physical disk usage is going up?

I’d be throwing in some of the individually wrapped single twix you get in some mixed packs… just to throw them off and add some statistical interest.

They don’t need to listen to you to know exactly what you are thinking.

The average tech user likely has no idea how accurate these profiles can be without active listening.

China putting china on top of the charts is expected, but it’s per capita production that makes more sense for direct comparison of countries.

In that case… Australia is the leader by a strong margin…

If you want it Per Capita, try this one with data from 2023.

Pretty different story naturally.

(edited link to include the same countries as the op post)

Their consciousness is arguable to begin with

Same issue hit me, some government and banking services wouldn’t accept my .info and .services domains, so I have a backup .com for those.

Wish I didn’t need it though, its 2025.

I use Ad-Guard instead of Pihole because the pi-hole software used to be missing some of the DNS features I wanted at the time, and I just stuck with it ever since. I have the main DNS server running on my Unraid Box, and a backup that runs on my HomeAssistant Pi4B.

there are just as many audiobook releases done as individual chapter files as there are in chaptered m4b files. any good audiobook player should handle either just fine.

I get most of my audiobooks from soulseek at the moment, but there are a few things that are pulled from Usenet and ABB

I’ve been using it for years, it works with chaptered m4b files perfectly, but also plays separate chapter files in just about any format you throw at it seamlessly.

I run N+ in a container, gets the job done perfectly well.

95% of my media comes via Usenet for I don’t bother with a VPN there, but my torrent client and *arrs are behind a VPN.

I automated this with FileFlows.

New media automatically has Audio tracks sorted with the best track (English, most channels, highest bitrate) set to index0 and set as default and a basic stereo AAC track added for compatibility if there isn’t already one in the file. superfluous tracks are removed. Subtitles are also cleared out if there are extras too.

I also have Fileflows handle a light compression pass on files that are more than 6 months old for archival, in certain video libraries where I don’t need perfect copies stored.

Most of the files you get from private and public trackers will be same ones you can get via Usenet so it’s pretty much the same everywhere, filtering your *Arrs to prioritise certain release groups helps when you know specific shows or genres are better supplied by a certain group.

you can pirate on a kindle it’s just more annoying to do

Kobo is the go-to for bang for buck readers that don’t care where your files are from and have good format support. got my dad a libra 2 and it’s great, especially with the physical page turn buttons. the default reader opens most files just fine, but you can also put KoReader on them for more functionality without too much hassle.

Personally I use an older Boox Note 3 which is easier since it runs android, but is massive overkill to be used as just a reader, i use it as my main tablet and a notepad/sketchpad.

I have .solutions and .info domain emails that still gets denied by some services, especially anything government or public utility, pain in the arse.

You’d think that at least .info would be pretty well accepted by now.

didn’t take me long to go from 2tb being a lot to 100tb being not enough.