nefarioushoneybee

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Support Outside of Streaming (lemmy.zip)
 

Not sure if this the right place to ask but since I love sailing the high seas, maybe you guys would know. A preface before the question: I am of the mindset that others' reasons to pirate are their own and any discourse on supporting creators is not productive and financial support should be left to the individual's own devices and morals. It's not for me to judge, blah blah blah.

Anyway, I was thinking about South Park and am wondering how their shift to Paramount+ has been. I wonder if they're making any good profit since not a lot of people have subcriptions and especially so after the whole Colbert thing.

It's been suggested here and there on this sub that a good way to financially support creators, if a pirate wants to do so, is donating directly do them. Does anybody know of a way to do this with bigger creators? If South Park was in any danger of being cancelled due to funding, I was considering this option since I'll never give my money to a streaming service again. Any ideas?

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[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I will look into that thank you!

I think I looked at Bazzite and I can't remember fully why, but I am pretty sure there were some things about it that I wasnt a fan of. But I can definitely give it a revisit.

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[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I do have Kubuntu fully installed on an old laptop, its a gem! I am a huge Linux fan, so I am pretty bummed my PC graphics card isnt playing nice

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[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you for all of the information and resources! I'll take some time to check everything out and add them to my growing arsenal

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[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have heard of this happening, it will probably be something that I'll have to keep in mind actively while I use Windows for now. But yes, the ultimate goal is to make the huge switch to Linux when I can get my hands on a better graphics card. Linux hated my Nvidia :(

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[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you! I am definitely planning to look into that, I appreciate the recommendation!

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[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you I'll look into that!

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[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I realize I am quite ignorant when it comes to firewalls. Anything you recommend I look into specifically?

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[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Yea unfortunately, a lot of what I do both job and hobby-wise has me leashed to the internet. But I do appreciate the idea of going offline whenever I can

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[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you so much for such a detailed response and providing resources! I appreciate your effort and help!

Before I do anything more I'm going to read over yours (and a few other comments) a few more times and do some research. But this gives me awesome guidance, thank you. Hopefully I can take control of whatever privacy I am able to with Microsoft while I still use it. I am hoping though to someday make a full switch to Linux with no issue.

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[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Assuming I had the money for it, which graphics card would you recommend? Edit: This is a very viable option that I am willing to try

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Advice For The Unfortunate Windows User? (lemmy.zip)
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Long story short here: I tried making Linux my main OS on my PC. I had it dual booted with Win 11 on a separate SSD. Win 11 was going to be solely for work purposes since it was crucial.

However I noticed that I had begun to migrate slowly back to Win 11 because I'm a gamer and Linux just doesn't get along with my graphics card, so games are almost impossible to play well.

I've succumbed to the idea that my PC will just solely run on Win 11. (I do use Linux on a laptop tho). So I got some debloat tools to shut off most of Microsoft's annoying spy shit and manually uninstalled the rest like Cortana. I also have pihole running on my raspi5 so my PC is connected to that, plus I use ProtonVPN. I use Firefox with plugins like ublock, privacy badger, etc.

I want to try to make Windows as private and away from Microsoft's prying eyes as much as possible. Got any other recommendations?

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Torrent vs DDL (lemmy.zip)
 

What makes y'all torrent instead of DDL? I read in the megathread that DDL is less likely to get you caught, but a lot of people on here seem to really enjoy torrenting and I must be completely clueless as to why. I'd like to have your insights

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Is Pirating Battlepass Type Stuff Doable? (lemmy.zip)
 

I'm so tired of battlepasses but some games have such cool skins that I do not want to pay for. Is there a way to pirate stuff like that?