hesh

The brain gets used to repeated stimuli and stops producing the same rewards. That’s why addicts keep upping their doses.

Glad to see the old ways still persist

I have an Ecobee also and have blocked its access to everything except the ntp time server using pihole

Unfortunately any unencrypted file sharing, or really any unencrypted internet usage at all, carries some risk of ISPs or governments snooping on what you are doing. BitTorrent is just particularly notable because of its history and that by the nature of the protocol, you are uploading (seeding) in addition to downloading.

A good VPN is a few bucks a month and provides a lot of other benefits. It’s worth considering.

I know, it’s picky lol. I’m still considering it as the replacement for my discord groups (also checking out Element/Matrix). The average users aren’t going to be up for swapping around a lot of platforms, so I am hoping to make one big push on the platform of choice. “Revolt” would have gotten less “wtf is that, how do you even spell it?” than “Stoat”

Unironically yes

Honestly the name choice adds difficulty in getting friends to take it seriously. Why did they pick “stoat”

If you find an effective way to import the Spotify lists please share!

Not sure how to automate the partial album part. You might have an easier time just letting lidarr snatch the full albums and then culling tracks afterwards. You can connect slskd directly in lidarr with a plugin if that helps.

Spotify list import is broken right now, so you have to wait until they get around to fixing it. It’s a big hurdle for migrating to lidarr. You can import lists from some other places like listenbrainz and last.fm, so you might be able to accomplish something through those.

Yeah, much of “hacking” is lamer than the movies show.

We all think about it. Some just think about thinking about it more

I wouldn’t say im stick of it, but it can be a lot of work. It can be frustrating at times, but also rewarding. Sometimes I have to stop working on it for a while when I get stuck.

In any case, I like it a lot better than being Google’s bitch.

If it helps, when I open this tab in their app I can print it, despite not being able to do it in my browser. Not that it’s an ideal choice.

Hopefully not just getting them ready to be federally commandeered

That’s what enthusiasts might mean by “smart home” But businesses are thinking more like “put a wiretap in your living room that we can play ads through”