I like to think I’m charm but deep down I know I’m strange. I do feel down from time to time, too
I like science, politics and music.
I like to think I’m charm but deep down I know I’m strange. I do feel down from time to time, too
Damn, I hope you got a good payout. The logo is for a taiwanese foundry called Silicon Integrated Systems; they used to make very cheap chipsets and stuff like that.
My first “multimedia” computer back in '99 had an integrated SiS VGA card, with an amazing 8MB video RAM.
Before that, my computer was a keyboard-only monochrome 386 with windows 3.1
Yes, my back is killing me but my knees are surprisingly ok.
Profoundly internalized hierarchy all over this thread.
My opinion is that what matters is how much money each part of the network receives.
For example, instances tend to be transparent about their funding. And we can see that some of them are just months away of being out of cash. Meanwhile, we see people subscribing(!) to a very expensive app that charges $20 to remove ads (and tracking and data collecting) otherwise.
I think is okay to keep people aware of these things. Getting defensive about it is just a waste of energy. For both sides.
My experience is that just seeding what you like indefinitely is not useful. You have to be proactive and find popular torrents to seed and accrue any meaningful upload amount.
The tracker I use has a bonus point system to encourage all seeders even of unpopular releases but it’s slow.
I found that the perfect solution for my use case (music) ended up being Soulseek. I don’t have much money for seedboxes or buying extra storage so I feel like I’m priced out of private trackers.