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How you understand torrent? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 67 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Technically, a torrent is downloaded in blocks, so it's more like

coffee creamers box

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is a multi-file zip

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Possibly even a multi-part rar

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

Obligatory c/FuckNestle

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

With 20 people handing you a milk packet every second

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

But delivered from multiple people.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The cheese doesn't make sense. You can't turn it back into milk.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If you can milk an almond, surely you can milk a cheese

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I’ve got nuts turbowafflz, can you milk me?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Mmm, cheddar milk.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

milk.sha256

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I like milk as an analogy to torrenting, as a healthy torrent has the users uploading too...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Well, how do you think the milk gets in there?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Non pasteurized and potentially dangerous. Yeah that’s a good anology.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Source code: GTTATACATATTACCCATTATACCCCCAT...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

npm

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

What about seeding?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

megapack ✅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Crack:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?