Thanks for the suggestion. This looks like a very powerful tool. Curious to see how well it works.
Thanks for the suggestion. This looks like a very powerful tool. Curious to see how well it works.
For movies/TV shows, try rutracker.org. The interface is in russian, but the torrents almost always include english audio tracks for US/UK movies. Movies from other countries typically do include the original audio track and english subs.
They have a tone of older torrents, with some relatively rare content. There are some strange nuances such as SD rips are often posted with Xvid encoding (even new ones) and HD releases have a rule where they need to include all known russian Dubs/MVO/DVO/AVO audio tracks, so a large part of the file is audio.
But the good thing is that, even low health torrents often eventually have a seed appear. They have a massive networks of seeds/peers that are actually “federated” with lots of other trackers).
For relatively high seed/peer content you can also basically stream the release via “Download in sequential order” and “Download first and last piece first”. I regularly essentially stream movies via this method.
They are decent for music too. Video games will likely be challenging if you don’t speak russian and many releases actually don’t include the original language.
It’s an interesting dynamic where the ransomware groups have to be reliable and professional for their business model to work.
Their subscription service costs $24 a month? This is madness.
I am guessing this because the processing is done in the cloud? But then why the $700 price for the “AI Pin” device; what exactly does it do justify a $700 cost if processing is done in the cloud?
Google had a privacy chief?
What exactly was he doing? Jacking off Pichai?
I wouldn’t go as far as making a big deal out of it, but it is funny.
Not happening at least for another 2 years.
With smartphones being “good enough” (even in the mid-range), they really need AI-focused marketing to try and push upgrades. Same with PCs and laptops.
Android OS updates have been somewhat lackluster since Android 8/9. The OS and smartphones in general are increasingly becoming mature products with little true differentiation.
They will try to leverage “AI” to accelerate upgrade cycles, but we’ll see how that goes.
I think US consumers will manage. As non-American I find it strange that so few Americans seem to recognize that trade isn’t going to magically make the world a peaceful united place.
I did have occasional issues with using a VPN and it was clear services were somewhat suspicious about me (very aggressive use of CAPTCHAs, additional login validation etc.).
That being said, outside of netflix (circumventing region-lock), I never had any issues with outright loosing access to tech oligopoly services.
Maybe, maybe not.
Google does have PR considerations to manage.
Not saying they are better, but it is one constraint on their behaviour that doesn’t apply to system1/privacy one.
The fact that they are not very open about the acquisition of Startpage also doesn’t inspire confidence.
Is it really that bad? I let my NordVPN subscription lapse as I didn’t need it due to personal matters, I’ve heard a lot of good things about Mullvad and was considering them as my VPN provider.
It’s the Pravda of the VC-centric tech scene and has been for a very very long time.
A very interesting description. I only occasionally read HN via links from other sources, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a lot of truth to your characterization.
Hmm, I’ve only seen it on desktop, guess the mobile view is messed up. :(
Yeah, the employees definitely don’t give a shit about ethical AI or any of those PR talking points. They only care about their vested shares.
Thanks for the list!
One point I will add is that Startpage is actually owned by an American spamming company:
https://restoreprivacy.com/startpage-system1-privacy-one-group/
I used to use them a lot before the system1/Privacy One acquisition, but then decided to switch back to google (never liked DDG’s results, but might have to try them again).
Not just backing crypto, but actually taking part in crypto pump and dumps (they deny this, but that doesn’t mean anything).
I agree with your general idea, but a16z is almost as well known as “Andreessen Horowitz”, it’s by this point their brand name.
Read this via another source.
This is how you know Google (and other gigantic companies) are little more than criminals. Not every criminal is a street gang member.
I haven’t used Soulseek in 2 decades. IMO, this sort of behaviour is not legit.