[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Good question... Maybe, though I don't know much about old music or movies.

[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Maybe? But I can't imagine that would be particularly healthy for the site for legal reasons. I'm thinking maybe trying to do a biweekly to monthly feed of recently dumped ROMs and related media would be nice? Though admittedly I'm not sure how well I'd be able to keep up with doing that.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

I was made a moderator of !retropirates@lemmy.dbzer0.com a while back, but now I'm not sure what to do with it. Direct links to newly dumped titles would be a violation of rule 3 (only reason I left the Grimace's Birthday post up is because the game was free in the first place so who cares). !roms@lemmy.dbzer0.com exists, and it itself is already niche but more popular than !retropirates@lemmy.dbzer0.com...

I'm not sure what to do with it that couldn't already be done in !piracy or !roms@lemmy.dbzer0.com... Do y'all think there's a good place for it on here? What would be a good way to differentiate it from !roms@lemmy.dbzer0.com and !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com?

[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Tribler is not Tor, and I know Tor doesn't work. That's why I asked if there's anything like Tor rather than just doing the stupid thing of using Tor immediately. I'll look into I2P.

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I am not in a place where I can afford a VPN (do not start suggesting cheap VPNs to me istg), and in addition, you have to place a lot of trust in the VPN. Tribler seems promising, except... For the giant disclaimer that's been on the site for years. That worries me. I am quite worried about getting scary letters from my ISP or something when torrenting.

Do not put yourself in danger. Our anonymity is not yet mature.

Tribler does not protect you against spooks and government agencies. We are a torrent client and aim to protect you against lawyer-based attacks and censorship. With help from many volunteers we are continuously evolving and improving.

Edit: Seems like there are a lot of issues below the surface as well... https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/19118584/10120234

And Lokinet, I2P, and GNUnet have their own massive problems... https://comment.ctrl.blog/discussion/tribler-onion-routed-bittorrent

ngl, kinda depressing that it's like this...

Edit 2: I misread the article a bit, it's not quite as dire as I thought it was initially, but the warning and the fact that only the core file-transferring features are anonymized at all... Is a bit disconcerting.

[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 year ago

Oh god, of course they are. Haven't checked on Microsoft News in a while, but the last time I did, they were promoting tons upon tons of transphobic propaganda.

[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's true. sigh It's just rather frustrating that it only takes a few to ruin things for so many...

[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

My problem with Soulseek is that it only really has music. That's it. I'm more interested in stuff for retro game systems. Not just the stuff that's listed in No-Intro or some GoodSet, you can find those anywhere. I'm trying to find a site that has stuff that isn't just the same sets you see everywhere. But I can't find one.

[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Why don't the majority talk over the dickwads if they outnumber them? Why does it only take a few to mess everything up?

[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

For me I'm just trying to find information on how to safely download games and figure out what is and isn't a virus and how to avoid getting hit with scary letters from my ISP. I know for the latter I can use Mullvad or something, but I don't know what kind of antivirus to use. Apparently a lot of them see a crack and go off about that rather than checking further to see if it's actually malicious. This mainly applies to newer games that run with exe files or other executables.

I've also been trying to find good sites that have games for retro systems like the NES, Genesis, and DS (yes, I'm counting the DS as retro for the purpose of this post) that aren't just easy to find in any No-Intro, Redump, or MAME database. You can find No-Intro stuff pretty much anywhere, at least for most of the sets. Same with Redump to a lesser extent. MAME/MESS is a bit harder, but not impossible. But trying to find anything that isn't in those is incredibly difficult. FC Gallery is alright for NES/Famicom stuff, though other than that, I've got nothing.

[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

So how do you tell if a keygen is a virus or if it's just being detected as a keygen?

[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

I used Soulseek for a while, though I eventually stopped because there wasn't anything interesting there for me. Just music. Music is cool, but I'm mainly looking for ROMs, and not just the stuff anyone can find in any No-Intro set within five seconds of googling.

[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

What are new people who actually aren't cops supposed to do?

[-] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Damn, nice. You have backups of this in case it gets taken down, right? I'd back it up myself, but storage space is a premium for me. Part of why I mainly deal in ROMs for older systems. That and aftermarket games for older systems are not well-preserved, especially older physical aftermarket releases.

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