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A former particle physicist interested in empowering individuals to regain their agency.

The random order adds to the speed, if you take that away, the file download will be slower, or at least will need more seeders. Why would you use torrent in that case anyway, a simple mirroring system would be enough. Mirrorlists allow for updating the list of "currently online hosts", linux package repos use this setup, and it's very reliable.

As for random seek (what you describe at the end), you need an index. AFAIK, an index can't really work without the complete file.

Technology enables a lot of things, but it's not magic, can't really make things happen that are physically impossible.

The torrent protocol downloads chunks in random order. You can't play until a file is complete since there are chunks missing.

If it's a multifile torrent, then it's possible to, say, prioritise certain files over others, and when these files are complete, you may play them.

Download rates are not great unless there's a seedbox among your uploading peers.

Typically seed/leech ratios aren't great either, particularly for older stuff.

Given the state of the world, economic turmoil, social unrest, wars, it's understandable people vote for change.

But what you said about Dems being left of most Americans is ridiculous. If you look at voter turnout compared to 2020 or Obama's years, you can see that rather than a shift, former Dem voters just didn't showup. I think it's because Dems are barely distinguishable from the Republicans (Dems == GOP + identity politics), so no actual change.

Is there any tell it's a scam? This looks immaculate!

I guess you know it's fake because you never bought a license.

Yes, I have heard of them! Maybe I should give them a try as well :⁠-⁠)

Replying to Avatar fiatjaf

https://dearrow.ajay.app/ is a very good thing that exists.

It not only makes browsing YouTube much better and saner, it also makes it very clear right to your face how retarded things can become when everybody is desperately trying to cater to some platform algorithm.

After using for a mere hour, I was so happy with the results I paid for it.

There are no products in the market with DDR6 RAM, and AMD hasn't announced anything about when AM6 will be released. So I'm really not sure what you are talking about.

What do you mean? None of those are anywhere in the immediate future.

This is typical shitcoiner behaviour, scaremonger "#btc is out of reach", propose "my shitcoin alternative". You are starting with a lie that the orange coin is out of reach. 1 USD ≈ 1600 sats, so it's most definitely not.

There are some rough edges when it comes to holding small balances, I'll grant you that. The solution to that isn't a shitcoin, but to get involved and try your ideas and *build* a solution.

If on the off chance you are actually sincere, I invite you to study more how Bitcoin works, particularly minining, the security it provides, and the various downstream consequences of mining incentives. Here's a resource for your reading: https://learnmeabitcoin.com/

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nostr:npub1gfdrrw9629qxwvwaa3vwnvzhtaqu2c5m9wf6vcwjnmdnhs7hl4jsux7gg6 Well it starts with having to select and install an app. For me that alone is already a major deal breaker…

I prefer things to just work. Not to have to think about privacy, ads, updates, compatibility, etc. But do tell, which app? 🤣

JuiceSSH is pretty good

So far I'm the only torch bearer, if I can't pass it on, I think I'll make arrangements to donate, maybe split between social welfare and a dev fund like opensats