Midnight Pub

Finally Settled In

~tskaalgard

Some of you are already aware of this (especially those who participate in the Matrix room) but I moved to a new house toward the end of June. I'm *just now* starting to feel completely settled in to the new place.

Of course, last night, I tested positive for COVID again, so that kind of marrs the whole thing, but I'll get over it, lol.

I can't go to work this week so I'm planning on catching up on some games and TV/anime. I just updated ani-cli and I'm not afraid to use it, lol.

Oh, I've also updated my Gemini capsule, for anyone who's interested. I *now* have a *now* page, which I'm assured is all the rage in Geminispace currently.


tetris

Beautiful, I had never heard of ani-cli

Is it like popcorn time (torrent-based, seeds as it downloads)? If so, I might need to run it through a VPN.

Also congrats on the new digs. Me and my SO finally found a dream apartment after 9 months of constant searching. Our date nights were basically apartment viewings. It's a bit more expensive than we wanted, but we're just happy the search is over

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tskaalgard

I don't think it torrents. I'm pretty sure it does a scan of various "free anime" sites and rips the video an streams it to you through mpv. Then again, I'm the type who always uses a VPN at all times, so maybe it's better safe then sorry.

Congratulations on the dream apartment!

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tetris

Thanks! And yep, I should probably start doing that too, VPN always on.

Also, another a great way to find other free media online without torrenting:

  • SunXDCC.com, search for whatever
  • Note: the Server, Channel, Botname, Pack number
  • (e.g. irc.abjects.net, #BEAST-XDCC, beasty-boi, #37)
  • On an Android: Download "Revolution IRC" from F-droid or Aurora or wherever
  • Connect to the server, join the channel, and message the bot: e.g "/msg beasty-boi xdcc get 37”
  • Watch the magic unfold

Revolution is a fantastic piece of irc software, and you can alias a lot of what was done above (e.g. autojoin a specific channel when you connect to a specific server)

Also, because the transfer uses a nonstandard port, I've found that the transfers are NOT filtered or rate-limited on public WiFi networks. Hell I've achieved speeds of 50Mb on the train.

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tskaalgard

I actually used to download a lot of anime through an IRC channel! Then it got shut down, lol.

Which channel should I join, btw? Your post just says "the channel."

Thanks for the recommendations!

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tetris

oh so when you download a pack, it should tell you which bot has the pack, and which channel the bot is on, as well as which server the channel is on

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