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This is my first time watching any Star Wars content. From what I understand and remember I should be watching it in chronological order and I should only watch I-VI since from what I heard that those are the only ones that are actually worth a watch.

Main question

For the original trilogy I've decided to watch the 4K77, 4k80, and 4k83 v1.0 no DNR but I want to know what is the the definitive way to watch the prequels so I wanted to ask which Blu-ray release or fan edit or any release should I look for?

Sorry if I'm asking the wrong community, but I saw a post before in a Star Wars community and it doesn't look like there was much discussion on it.

I’m searching this (and going mad) because I’ve followed most of the link in the megathread and I can’t found it. If someone have an idea let me know

Broflix don’t seems to have it BTDigg come up with nothing

This is an article on sci-hub, but I'd be happy to put it somewhere else more fediverse-ish if you all have any ideas where to do that.

Kopimism is a modern parody-religion Piracy Movement that treats information as sacred and believes copying and sharing it is a duty.

It began in Sweden and blends digital rights activism with a unique moral system built around creativity, collaboration, and freedom.

Kopimists don’t worship a "god" but follow principles like respecting privacy and remixing knowledge to improve the world.

Sharing information on social media is common for many people nowadays, but it's not always without consequence. In some cases, simple 'likes' can be used as evidence in court, as a Florida man recently discovered. His Star Wars and Minion 'likes' were presented as evidence to support allegations he may be a prolific BitTorrent pirate.

You should assume that dbzer0 will eventually get a legal request to turn over records.

Hi everyone ! Since Arcadia's announcement, things evolved !

Here is a condensed list of the progress:

• Arcadia now integrates a tracker (its own, not an existing one, still WIP though)
• Docker support for the frontend, backend/tracker and database
• Uploading, downloading and seeding a torrent are now working !
• Visual layout configuration to make the UI information-dense to your liking
• New pages: torrent search and user profile
• Sort torrents within a title group, master group support, better display of torrents' features
• Staff moderation features (WIP)
• Forums (WIP)
• Refactor of a big part of the codebase with good practices (mostly thanks to bees and diceypotato) (better typescript support, statically checked sql requests, and more!)
• Fully typed API swagger
• Github CI to test multiple aspects of the codebase
• Detailed contribution guides

Note: Arcadia is not ready for production yet

We also welcomed diceypotato as a new member of the Github organization !

Want to know more ? Chat with the devs and community ? Contribute ? Head over to the discord server !

Yes more devs are still welcome and wanted, the more we are, the funnier it is :) So come and let's build this great platform together !

If you like this project, leave a star on the repo !

• Github repository
• New screenshots

I got a flyer in the snail mail the other day that said "surf fiber internet will soon be available to you". My Mom has fiber internet in another state, and I know it's fast for her (albeit she has verizon fios). I live in the USA Midwest Chicago area- and I have had comcast xfinity for 20+ years here. They are a ripoff. I am charged 88.95 a month USD. I have no TV or any other services other than basic internet (I think it's the second lowest speed- they may call it "performance internet")

What I did notice (and this may be a coincidence) was that they must be doing some construction on my street because they made survey marks on my property and painted where the gas line and water lines are. Could this be because they are putting in the fiber cables?

Thinking of switching but want to get opinions of others. Besides cost reasons, comcast can suck off because they are basically part of other hollywood support corporations that are part of ACE. (this is the other reason I want to do it)

The initial Locksmith advertisement that started the trouble. Published in MICRO: The 6502 Journal, January 1981, 80.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64036567

List of affected manga from Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mangadex/comments/1kmzg9q/list_of_manga_affected_by_the_dmca_takedown_to/

Mangadex will release an official list soon (?).

Just wanted to know what you guys consider to be better when torrenting. Is it I2P network or a VPN like Mullvad, Proton or IVPN?

Wanna play Soulframe, don't wanna pay for Windows to play a game I got legally.

I posted an updated guide on r/Adobe Zii a bit ago. It got taken down last week and I re-posted it here: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/43935446 Super grateful that this community exists. I posted to r/Adobe Zii that my guide was taken down and warning that it looks like reddit is cracking down on piracy (I am guessing an Adobe spokesperson is abusing reddit's copyright reporting system). Now today reddit emails me saying that I received another copyright warning for posting that my other post was removed: https://www.reddit.com/r/AdobeZii/comments/1kioy3i/reddit_took_down_my_adobe_zii_guide/

I decide hey lets try and appeal as there was not any copyrighted material in my post about my guide being removed. Turns out they want my full name, address, and other identifying info to send to the copyright complainant. Not doing that.

Just disappointed as I've actively used reddit for years and love all the communities on this place. Seems like its slowly going down hill. Guess I should have seen that coming with the whole API shenanigans last year.

TL;DR reddit sucks and it does not appear any way to appeal without giving Adobe my info

Here's my problem: I wrote a satirical political novel (myself, not with AI) and then I generated an audiobook using AI, read by a famous (infamous?) politician, because it cheekily works well.

I would love to distribute/sell this audiobook, but I can't: Many platforms (like Spotify) won't allow AI-generated voices without an LPF file created by ElevenLabs or Google Play Books. And there's no way for me to legitimately get that LPF file, because ElevenLabs & GPB have their own restrictions. They won't let me generate my audiobook in the voice of this politician, even if it's explicitly satirical.

So... I'm looking for a way to fake an LPF file that can fool Spotify. Does this exist? Anyone know how?

Thank you Lemmy!

So me and my brother have been torrenting some games and such and we have not gotten a letter yet. So any precautions to use

Matrix? IRC? Discord?

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On southparkuncensored.com I provided the banned/censored South Park episodes, previously using MEGA before they were removed due to Paramount copyright takedown requests.

Now I'm looking for non DMCA compliant alternative hosting platforms that support streaming/embedding and don't use ads. I'm willing to pay.

I try to get some promotion from student. But couldn't find a way to get student email. Anyone know how?

I am the author of An Updated Guide for Adobe Zii in 2024. Earlier this morning I received a copyright warning from Reddit and my guide was taken down. Seeing as this is the new home for piracy discussions I thought I'd post it here and update it based on user feedback.

Copy of original post: https://web.archive.org/web/20240803045318/https://www.reddit.com/r/AdobeZii/comments/1c1zpxq/an_updated_guide_for_adobe_zii_in_2024/

Goals

I have parsed through r/Adobe Zii for a bit and this is how I installed the adobe 2021 version of the creative cloud on my pc. A couple requirements for my method were:

1. I needed to be able to install without root privileges or be in an isolated environment when root is required. I think its fair to say that the TNT group is a reputable source, but its always better to be safe. I have used their software before and never had issues. The risk comes from the distributor as most of these hacks are posted on private forums.

2. The actual software needs to come from adobe. This eliminates the risk of malware being injected by a third party.

3. I'd like to run the latest version of Adobe CC in case I get access to a legitimate copy of a program.

FAQ

Why not just download the latest versions (2024) of adobe on cmacked or torrentmac?

A couple things, firstly, they are from a new developer (Monster Group) without an established reputation. They could be perfectly safe, but I just didn't want to risk it. Secondly, I'd rather get an actual download from adobe and modify that. This is similar to the method of GenP on windows. In fact there you can run sandboxie and see exactly what files are changed.

Why not use anti CC for the 2022 version of adobe?

I may be wrong, but it seems anti CC needs root permissions to run. Further, I would rather just use the actual creative cloud application. I used to pay for CC but as a broke student, I just cannot afford it when all I use is after effects. It's so dumb how they make it so expensive to sub to just a single app.

Do I need to use a VM to install Adobe Zii?

No you do not. The main benefit is getting a playground to test versions in and also avoid running cracks on your main system.

I am getting a JSON error?

This means your version of Adobe CC updated in the background. In order for this to work you must use 5.7.0 (or 5.9.0) version of Adobe CC. It does this fairly fast before you can disable autoupdates sometimes. It can be helpful to turn of wifi temporily so you can disable the autoupdates. See https://github.com/Drovosek01/adobe-packager/issues/56#issuecomment-1546789725 for more information.

Will this work on Apple silicon?

It should in theory. I have received feedback of people getting it to work. I developed this guide using an intel based macbook pro. Make sure in step 2 you download the version of Adobe CC for intel or arm based on your system.

Method

After a bunch of research, this is my method.

1. Install macOS in a VM. I'd recommend using the free trial of Parallels. Once installed select install macOS from recovery partition. Select free trial and proceed with macOS installation. This will take a while. (I recommend a VM because you will need to install an old version of adobe CC during the install to get this to work)

2. The next step is to install CC on the vm. Download version 5.7.0 linked below and immediately turn off keep Adobe CC up to date. If you fail to prevent it from updating, you will get a JSON error later (see here for more info). Install the newest version of Adobe CC on your host and sign in using the same account. Do not enable adobe genuine verification thing. It will see you're pirating the apps and block you.

INTEL: https://ccmdl.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/KCCC/CCD/5_7_0/osx10/ACCCx5_7_0_1307.dmg
ARM: https://ccmdl.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/KCCC/CCD/5_7_0/macarm64/ACCCx5_7_0_1307.dmg

3. Then download whatever version of the apps you need with https://github.com/Drovosek01/adobe-packager. There are instructions in the repo on how to do this. (Note: at the step where you say which XML version you want, enter V4).

4. Download Adobe Zii v6.1.7 from appnee dot com.

5. At this point, because we're in a VM, root permissions isn't really a concern so you can just run the patch. But, if you'd rather not, here's how you can do it: https://www.reddit.com/r/AdobeZii/comments/g3uj17/zii_is_asking_for_root_permission/foj8zy5/

6. Copy each adobe application from your virtual machine to your host Application folder.

7. Create a firewall rule to block all traffic to and from the application. I used little snitch but you can also use lulu.

8. Enjoy your 100% free version of adobe. Happy sailing!

Tips

It can take a while to find which version of Adobe Zii will actually work with which version of the adobe product you're interested in. This is the beauty of a VM is you can muck around with minimal consequence. It also means you can keep the VM around to test new versions, if it works, then copy over to host. I've heard of others installing macos on a separate drive and then booting that instead for higher performance.

A word of warning. Only install Adobe Zii from a reputable source. I did some digging and for some of the other downloads, the file is no longer signed meaning it has been potentially modified.

Note: I have successfully tested this on Lightroom classic 10.3. For After Effects, I found that Adobe Zii 5.3.2 worked with After Effects 17.5. I suspect this is not an issue with Adobe Zii, but rather in my initial tests I messed up some file permissions.

I want to credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AdobeZii/comments/xf5q8b/new_to_zii_and_looking_for_a_tutorial_or/iokuo3w/

So Amazon finally closed up the kindle 4 pc loophole (bah) and that means I need to learn how to find ebooks for the authors who insist on releasing exclusively on kindle.

Looks like ebook-hunter and the like are the way to go for that (and I set up a reminder to try to get an invite to myanonamouse and we'll see how that goes). But... that site uses tiny-files which is straight up cancer. Not the end of the world to click the same link and close the same blocked pop ups five times in a row for a one off but... yeah.

Back in the day we used apps like jdownloader to make this less painful but from checking out the flatpak... that might be actively malware at this point AND it wants me to install definitely malware browser plugins and the like.

So is there a better alternative? Preferably something I can run in a container on a random server.

Thanks.