curbstickle

joined 3 months ago

By that point there were other options that were more popular, yeah. Xdcc as a script for ircii came out around 1995ish, maybe a bit earlier. Early 2000s would be around when mirc scripts had xdcc bots built in, so well after they first became common.

At that point you also had Napster, kazaa, limewire, even the first bittorrent client (BitTorrent).

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Oh definitely, but wow did it suck when they went offline.... You just keep those parts around unless you can find another bot to start and complete a whole other download of different sized split rars...

Every time someone mentions MA its been a positive comment (that ive seen at least).

I should find my way into there, I do a lot more audio books these days

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Grab list, found what you wanted... As 49 separate downloads, on one busy bot.

While on dialup.

Oh yeah it doesnt start and stop at education for sure. Housing security, food security, the list goes on.

And, IMO, well worth it for so many reasons.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

when investing in education isn't evenly distributed.

Can't have a meritocracy without equity in opportunity. Anyone who claims they support a meritocracy but not social programs to make it possible is full of shit.

Keepass2android.

Thats what I use, have used for years, zero issues. Also on a Samsung (for now, android is going away as soon as feasible).

All Treo for me, the sidekick was tempting but I was on VZW at the time

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
  • I'd call the ACA a huge improvement. Still sucks, but far and above better than what was there before.
  • Repealed dont ask, dont tell.
  • Public endorsement of same sex marriage that had a clear impact on federal policies.
  • The creation of the CFPB.
  • Reopening embassies with Cuba and working to restore relations with Cuba.
  • Numerous clean energy initiatives.
  • DACA.

Now in my opinion none of these go far enough, but I'd be lying to not call them a positive step.

Do you want me to also list what I hate about the Obama admin? May as well. I'll skip my criticisms of the above since ive already kind of noted that. As well as the drone strikes, which ive already commented on.

  • Ending the ban on oil/gas drilling
  • The priority enforcement program being launched and the expansion of state surveillance.
  • renewal of the patriot act (and expansion of state surveillance)
  • The handling of Iraq.
  • Authorization of CIA/Pentagon programs to intervene in other countries.
  • Abstention from UN resolutions on Israeli "settlers" (ugh). Technically his admin, but let's be candid, thats a directive from above
  • Arms deals with Saudi Arabia (later pulled, but I have a problem with the attempt)

Thats off the top. Out of curiosity, do you think I have an overall positive or negative view of his presidency?

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 1 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

You would think such horrible acts of inhumanity would earn him a reputation as a murderer among the general public

If the media portrayed things accurately, I would say many more would consider him a murderer (as they should).

But pretending people didn't react negatively is the same sort of lie as the media portrayals of the strikes at the time. I'm not going to agree with mid/disinformation of any form.

yet he’s hailed as being β€œone of the good ones”

I think the bigger part of that is if you compare him to the past 45 years of presidents, what do you have?

  • Reagan
  • Bush
  • Clinton
  • Bush Jr
  • Trump
  • Biden

Calling him one of the better presidents of nearly a half of a century is not a stretch. Its just a painfully low bar.

never amounted into any meaningful criticism or consequences for Obama.

Refer back to the previous list. None of them had any meaningful consequences for the horrors they are responsible for.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus -1 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It's just so... Unhelpful.

This is my biggest complaint about posts like these. Not only wrong, but completely unhelpful.

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