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Is Usenet an option for /Piracy?

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Usenet WAS basically the internet back in the early to mid 90s,they are also called list servers, that's basically what they are.

You post to a list by topic and it appends your post to the list. It's like reddit in that there are topics and subjects but the list just goes on forever.

Each post will have your subject line and other header info and the software will let you reply and quote and so on.

The key is that it isn't very centralized, servers will copy the lists and host their own. The cool thing was it would let you post binaries. So piracy and pr0n on the internet was here b4 websites were really a thing.

There are a lot of list servers out there but my understanding is that the good ones are a subscription now.

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Comcast complains to FCC that listing all of its monthly fees is too hard

I do IT for a local government office, and they went with comcast years ago. 3 different internets, phones, and TVs. It was mostly ok, but seemed like whenever it rained or got windy the internet would go out. Super convenient, considering they are first responders.

This office also, due to being the government and so on, has multiple comcast invoices, and after all these years doesn't know WHICH invoice correlates to WHICH service.

Of course they called, and wouldn't you know, comcast not only has no idea which invoice goes where, actually REFUSES to provide any assistance with straightening things out.

Good thing this office is getting rid of the comcast and going with a local fiber provider.

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You will be missed, RIF. o7

Rif kept working throughout a lot of the day yesterday but I finally had a minute yesterday evening, very late, and sat down and launched the app... It worked for a few moments but alas that was only the cached posts. Soon it stopped, for good.

It was very sad uninstalling rif, I can't fathom the obscene amount of hours spent using it, endlessly scrolling my carefully curated subs, be it while pooping, waiting for someone, watching something dumb, or in the middle of the night unable to sleep.

Sigh.

Hey, there's lots of nice people and good magazines and fewer bots and trolls over here, so we'll all be fine.

I'm fine.

Snif.

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I definitely think r/gaming has the biggest banger of a privated notice

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What they did to The_Donald where Spez edited comments to make the sub seem to be inciting violence, so he had an excuse to ban it, is a prime example and should be a red flag regardless of someone's politics.

The banning from several subs automatically of people who joined joke subs like "ChurchofCovid" is also a prime example.

Very hostile to differing political opinions.

I don't think it's a social media site any more, I think it's a propaganda site and a data harvesting operation.

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Reddit CEO warns employees not to wear Reddit swag in public as users revolt

Spez went into The_Donald and edited comments to make them appear to be "inciting violence" in order to have grounds to ban the subreddit.

THAT is straight up bullshit. I don't care what your politics are, THAT is bullshit. Then, take into consideration that MANY subs banned people for NO reason other than subscribing to certain subs for people who had opinions that differed from the prevailing policies regarding a certain virus.

Reddit was founded by a guy who actually believed in free speech.

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UFOs or not – something is up

The increase in UFO buzz is forced. Not organic.

No one really cares. Many people figure there is something out there and have their own opinions. This news ramp up smells fake.

If the buzz is coming from the govt or the press those entities have very low credibility.

So... Shrug.

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UFOs or not – something is up

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Yeah something is in the works. I am with you on that. In general conspiracy circles people have been waiting for "them" to play the Alien card for a while now. This may be that. For what purpose, who knows. Distraction, control, fear, or maybe it's completely real and is just time to do so.

But given the track record of the press and the gov't I would lean towards the 1st 3 possibilities.