Just give them a usb of the show for Christ’s sake! Sneaker net that shit. Which show btw?
I tried that once. They never watched the show and didn’t give back the USB. 🙁
USBs nowadays are a dime a dozen basically for 16GB sticks
They can literally be bought in 10 packs for less than $30.
If they don’t give one back nowadays so be it.
Back in the day it was a terrible loss though
I wonder if you applied inflation from the time that idiom was first popularized what the modern price would be.
I had to look into it because once you mentioned that I was curious.
So the saying originated sometime before 1930 when it first appeared in print and likely in the 1800s. (Source)
And when I went to an inflation calculator the earliest date I could select was January of 1913. Which I couldn’t help but share the results of.
About $3.20.
So yeah, about a dime a dozen… 111 years ago lol.
Which is interesting, because the point of the phrase is to imply something is so commonplace that it practically has no value. It’s so commonplace you can get a dozen of them for a dime!
So technically while the relative value of the dime in this phrase decreases, the relative value of the phrase itself increases as the dime’s value ever further approaches negligible, ever better emphasizing the point!
Words are fun.
I stopped bothering with sticks the moment you could get 1TB SSDs for less than 100 bucks. They are hardly larger than a stick at this point, and with USB-C 3.2 also pretty damn fast.
I did this for a coworker not too long ago.
I think it was for Firefly…
They gave the USB drive back too. Win-win
Isn’t that too risky though? That can be an evidence when argued in the court
If your coworkers are the level of douche bag that they might take you to court, then probably don’t even talk about your favorite show with them
It’s not necessarily deliberate. Your coworkers could be distributing the copy to someone else and police’s gonna find out where it comes from
I almost envy the place where this is the kind of shit police are able to worry about.
I don’t know where you’re from but in my country, police are cyber-patrolling (lol) to hunt down
illegal contents.Edit: I remember it’s a piracy community
I would think that cyber ops would be more concerned with fraud, underage sexual content, sexual predators… That kind of stuff.
Usually the MPAA sues people for distributing video content, and in many places, they’re not super aggressive about it.
If they are going after sneaker net distribution, this is the most inefficient use of resources ever! As a taxpayer I would be outraged to hear about something like this. I can’t imagine this being an issue outside of N. Korea
If someone is unaware of piracy: Tell them.
If someone is aware of piracy and doesn’t care: “I don’t really know, I just got it off of a torrent site.”
If someone is aware of piracy and cares too much for a company they don’t work for: You can ignore them.
Do you know of any easily shareable beginner’s guides?
I love turning friends onto free media, but I don’t always want to walk them through it.
Not really beginner friendly because it doesn’t teach you much but the site has a nice list of resources that goes even boyond piracy: https://fmhy.net/beginners-guide
I appreciate it!
You could share this sublemmy’s pinned post, or the megathread it links to:
fmhy.pages.dev/beginners-guide/
fmhy.net also hosts the same guides I believe
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Best of luck with your endless tech support anytime something doesn’t work.
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This right here is what keeps me from charging for Jellyfin access.
This ties into the comment I was going to make separately. For context, my dad recently passed. First father’s day without him. My mom asked to watch a movie that meant something to the both of them because they saw it together in a drive in on release and it was very memorable because the technology and techniques used were fascinating at the time. She complained that it wasn’t on Disney+ or anywhere.
You may have guessed it, but she requested Song of the South. One serious moral quandary later, I got it ready for her to watch.
Tomorrow is gonna be rough, but at least my sailing might bring some good memories for her.
Sending lots of love to you and your family.
That is a great movie. Don’t let social justice warriors tell you it’s not. Sorry to hear about your dad.
On the open meadows of the freeinternet,
where the gentle breeze touches all equally,
where the people are friends,
and the money is spent on FOSS devs & smol gaming studios.Beautiful 😍
it’s on ploob
yes that is what I was referencing
Oh… well then you spelled your made up parody word wrong :/
I did not, it was a dual-reference.
Oh, ok. Whats the other reference too?
Great, now I’ll never not notice how many brand names are baby sounds
If you can’t proudly say your pirating sure you need to find a new friend group
Well they said “co-worker”, I can understand not divulging that in a workplace.
Eh fuck it, what are they going to do, call the FBI on me? Employer certainly doesn’t care.
Highly dependent on workplace. Many with govt contracts could feel an obligation to punish this.
My employer is the government
Plot twist: dude works at Disneyflix :D
My da has a mate who’s literally a peeler and was showing him his piracy set-up. His mate was also talking about his.
I just respond with a hearty “yeeearghhhh!” and continue the conversation. The coworkers that know get it, the rest think I’m a lunatic.
I get this almost daily, my whole family and several friends know I’m good at recommending things to them so they always go to me to ask what to watch. I’ve had to start looking up and writing down where each movie and show is available “normally”. I have no issue saying I get everything via other means but whem it became a thing where people started asking “can you also look up where it’s available” just because it’s not always easy to figure that out and they knew I didn’t know and generally find it quicker than them.
Sounds like a business model to me. if i didn’t pirate everything i’d sign up anyway
I’m the opposite
Them: You should check out this show I’ve been watching, it’s great. Do you have Disn-----
Me: I can get anything online. How do you spell the name of the show? Thanks for the rec. If you need help getting anything you aren’t subscribed to let me know.
When i try to explain my jellyfin/Arr setup to coworkers that ask “what site do i use to watch shows for free” it just goes right over their head or they stop listening. Even in reductionist terms. If its more work than going to a special website, searching and hitting play, they just aren’t interested.
Jellyfin!
“Oh, I download it from well known and respected torrent sites. All the services I might use are crap.”
The Pirate Bay - free streaming service
The Pirate Bay
Its pretty outdated these days
In what way? I use it from time to time to get movies and series. Is there any downside compared to other methods?
Genuine question, I’m not too familiar with the pirate world beyond pirate bay.
It just doesn’t have that many files anymore, since not that many people use it. 1337x.to is more popular now
I just honestly answer that I don’t know.
l’pirate bay. it’s a french site for classy artsy films
