Posts made by bi4smooth

@raphjd said in Chauvin trial judge blasts 'abhorrent' Democrat for calling for riots if no conviction:

@bi4smooth

LOL, he did no such thing, unless you are talking about the edited video your people used against him.

What-about-ery.

If you want to talk about Cruz, Durbin literally called him a liar about something recently. Despite Cruz proving he was not lying, Durbin refused to apologize.

I do love how you are anti-Republican unless they are RINO swampies, then you love them. I'm starting to wonder if you are actually Nancy Pelosi.

There you go again: if I don't support your hyperbolic over-reaction to a liberal, then I must support the liberal! If I say anything at all against a Conservative, I must be a Liberal...

Your logic is as flawed as the equation: 1 + 1 = pi

My arguments are not in favor of the dumb, loud-mouthed, short-sighted Rep Waters, they're against your assertion that they're the worst thing since the Nixon Watergate tapes!

The US Congress is made up of 535 individual cats... each with their own agenda and their own personality. They often clash, and they often make spectacles of themselves... MANY of them have learned from "Super Orange Man" that this is not a bad political strategy: stay in the headlines, stay in office! (ok, almost stay in office) - but honestly, barring COVID, was there ANY CHANCE Trump wouldn't have been re-elected? As much as I despise his methods and divisiveness, he had to have a pandemic to lose re-election, and he kept it razor-thin close! It was working!

@raphjd said in Chauvin trial judge blasts 'abhorrent' Democrat for calling for riots if no conviction:

@raphjd

Chauvin was convicted on all counts.

I guess the jury didn't want any more riots. How stupid of them, they will riot no matter what.

Quite the contrary - it seems to me that the jury believed their own eyes (it was videotaped - start-to-finish, albeit from multiple sources) and the Chief of Police of the very department that Chauvin worked for...

This was a no-brainer... The detainment of Floyd was fully lawful for the first 5 minutes... it became abuse of power over the next 2-minutes... it became criminal in the last 3 minutes (when Floyd passed).

@raphjd said in It's official - Ofc Sicknick died of natural causes related to 2 strokes:

@bi4smooth

Yet, you have no problem with the decade of rioting and looting from BLM and Antifa.

Again with the unwarranted extension of my argument: I think the Salem Witch Trials were a dark stain on the history of America... that doesn't mean I support Witchcraft!

This isn't an either/or thing... I can think that the raid on the US Capitol was an affront to our Democracy... I can think that BLM marches that turn violent are criminal and equally as bad...

And when you claim that the raid on the US Capitol was "no big deal", I can say you're full of it WITHOUT being in support of BLM violence! It's not a see-saw, they're different things - largely (though not entirely) different from each other!

@raphjd said in Breonna Taylor's mom calls BLM a fraud:

@bi4smooth

Your TDS is blatantly obvious in everything you say.

And who gives a crap what Qanon says? The only thing I know they said was pizza-gate.

The fact that you defend BLM is just more proof that you are nothing more than a RINO swampie.

You love to conflate and exaggerate, don't you...
Just because I said your claim of BLM: "Their entire agenda is based on lies." that it was "the pot calling the kettle black" doesn't mean I support them, or their agenda. It means I find your argument against them to be hyperbolic (really? EVERY part of their agenda is based on lies?), trivial, and ironic - given that you are such a staunch supporter of one of the biggest liars in US political history.

As in other threads: I can fault your logic and claims against liberals - because they're often untrue, exaggerated, twisted, or sometimes just plain QAnon-silly (like the claim that the "deep state" actually, literally eats human children!), and I can do so without believing the liberals you falsely accuse and berate are good in any way themselves.

I don't defend BLM, but I do decry making them seem or sound worse than they actually are. There are plenty of legitimate gripes against BLM (or Biden) - you don't need to make ship up against them!

Contrary to your false-God Trump's declarations, the real truth does matter

@raphjd said in Ithica NY appoints cop killer to "police reform board":

@bi4smooth

I didn't say anything about him being a liberal or conservative.

I said; what liberal crap won't YOU defend.

I'm sure you'd be happy having a pedo on a child protection board.

... and I'm sure you'd like to see a 12 y/o convicted of shoplifting have their hands cut-off as permanent punishment...

@kekkaishi said in Pozzing and Stealthing:

Recently I've come across the terms "Pozzing" and "Stealthing" which basically is intentionally infecting a bottom with HIV/ADIS.
Is this more of a buzz word?
It makes me wonder if most bareback porn is considered pozzing or the actors perform tests prior to fucking bareback? (depends on the studio of course)

have you ever been knowingly pozzed or unknowingly stealth-pozzed?
what are your thoughts on the matter?

These terms (as well as the term "bug-chaser") were far more common pre-PrEP. Porn studios today strongly encourage their actors to use (be on) PrEP - not just for their own protection, but also to alleviate "tension" on the set. Mind you, they still test - but when everyone in the scene is on PrEP (which implies being HIV-, and being regularly tested for HIV so that you can remain on PrEP), there is far less "trust" needed...

@lololulu19 said in It's official - Ofc Sicknick died of natural causes related to 2 strokes:

So.. one officer died of natural causes... and 4 of the protestors died because of the treatment BY the officers.. and 2 more officers later committed suicide, probably because they killed the 4 protestors! Hardly an "insurrection"

Are you freaking serious? I guess that, since we won the war after all, the German's and Japanese in the 1940s weren't "that much" of a threat after all?

We all WATCHED that shit happen - on LIVE TV! You can't un-see it!

If you stop for a minute and imagine that the crowd that stormed and invaded the Capitol had been BLACK - how high would the body-count have been?

@raphjd said in Chauvin trial judge blasts 'abhorrent' Democrat for calling for riots if no conviction:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9488919/Derek-Chauvin-trial-judge-blasts-abhorrent-Rep-Maxine-Waters.html

I know our resident RINO defended her previously when I pointed out her comments when she told crowds to gather around and get in the faces of the Trump White House, while blaming Trump for 6 Jan.

Here's what the judge in the Chauvin case said about Mad Maxine's recent comments;

'Maxine Waters may have handed defense grounds for appeal and the turning over of this trial':

Trump was impeached for far, far less.

Um, no Trump was impeached for far MORE! The folks he "incited to riot" actually DID - right then and there! They marched right across town and invaded the Congress, with the STATED GOAL of killing political leaders!

Mind you, Maxine Waters should be impeached for HER comments too! That was just dumb, and totally uncalled-for. The assumption is (was) that the cop will be found not-guilty.

In a recent Congressional hearing, despite House rules on decorum, Mad Maxine told Rep Jim Jordan to "shut your mouth" and the Chair refused to do anything about the rule violation. If this was reversed, RINOs, liberals and swampies would have lost their minds.

Oh please! Have you ever watched Ted Cruz in-committee? There is a 245-year history of legislators calling each other names, shouting each other down, and so forth. You do realize that original purpose of the "Sergeant at Arms" of the house was to remove (confiscate) weapons (of all manner) from the legislators as they entered the meeting room and to return them upon their departure? Swords, knives, guns - you had to check them with the Sergeant at Arms when you entered...

Americans are incredibly gullible... almost to the point of being stupid.

Does it seem like the Government is just printing more money? Really?

It should!

Because that's exactly what's happening! We're not "selling treasury bonds" to pay for COVID... we're just "printing money!!!" -- and we (Americans) can actually do this (and get away with it) because we're the "default" currency for the rest of the world (technically: the "reserve" currency).

The "concept" of US Government debt comes from a time when our currency and "money supply" were tied to "the Gold Standard" (and GOLD was the world's "Reserve Currency")... today, this ain't that! Back then, the world's economies were a "zero sum game" - for me to make more money, someone had to lose money - because there was a finite amount of gold to go around. There is no reason for that anymore - we can ALL get $1400 in cash, and ALL "win" -- without there being ANY losers, because we (technically, the US Treasury) can LITERALLY just print more money!

One of the first times we "dipped into" the idea of just pumping cash into the economy (with no real "debt" as a result) was the economic crisis that Obama inherited... only thing was, they were dumb enough to think that the "right way" to inject all that cash into the economy was to "give" it to the banks! After all, if you give THEM the money, they'll LEND IT!!! Right? That's what banks do? Lend money? (Edit: I should give credit where it is due: It was George W Bush's administration that thought up of the idea of "quantitative easing" and resolving the banking crisis with a cash injection - Obama inherited the solution! He just had to execute it, and he did that poorly... to be kind to him!)

Nope... and that's why the "economic recovery" under Obama was so unbearably slow... Banks propped up their balance sheets with that cash... bought back stock with that cash... paid HUGE bonuses to their executives with that cash... and loaned VERY LITTLE of that cash!

Trump and the Republicans were far smarter when it became clear that COVID was was CRUSHING our economy in 2020... f**k the banks, give the cash DIRECTLY to the American People! They'll do what the banks didn't: they'll SPEND IT!

Prudent people would pay off their debts (credit cards, back rent)... that's what the "professionals" (the banks) did last time.... but that's not American! No, we BOUGHT SHIT! And it WORKED!

The problem with that formula, though, is that when you put soo much (too much) cash into the economy, there is inflation... keep it up and you can ALSO get yourself back to the 1970's nightmare: stagflation (inflation with a stagnant economy!)

Long story short - we're not borrowing the $2T for COVID relief (or, the $3T for infrastructure, if that passes)... we're just "injecting it" into the economy... in layman's terms: we're just printing money!

@raphjd said in Ithica NY appoints cop killer to "police reform board":

@bi4smooth

What liberal crap won't you defend?

How the hell would I know whether he's a liberal or conservative... the fact is, I'm a Christian, and I believe in redemption... not easy-peasy "I said I was sorry" forgiveness, you DO have to pay the piper! But redemption IS (and should be) possible!

If the assault on the cop was 5-years ago (vs FORTY), I would likely be far less keen on believing he was a suitable candidate.

Mind you - I have no idea whether this guy is worthy of the appointment or not - what I'm speaking to is solely the fact that his 40-year-old crime should not, in and of itself, preclude him from serving...

Maybe there are other reasons he's unfit... I don't know...

@lololulu19 said in Invalid Characters imported from GTRUORG:

@flozen I very rarely do. It seems to be something new. I generally filter out weird characters. I noticed so many files with weird characters lately that I even complained to the uploader.

Two times when I tried uploading files with weird characters in the past week, I had a nightmare trying to find the problem QTM was having with them. I found the problem finally, after jackny told me what the cause of the problem was.

Afraid I don't use QTM - I'm old-school in a fashion - plus I usually seed from Linux systems

My knowledge of the different type-sets (character sets) comes professionally, not from torrenting... Linux vs. Windows vs. MacOS vs Mainframe...

@raphjd said in Breonna Taylor's mom calls BLM a fraud:

@bi4smooth

The bible is fake, so your point is moot on that.

BLM isn't about societal changes, they are about rioting, looting, and profiteering. Their entire agenda is based on lies.

Right - and QAnon and Trump-the-dump are known for their ability to tell-the-truth.... (John Lovett inpression on:) Yeah! That's the ticket!

People in glass houses...

@lololulu19 said in Invalid Characters imported from GTRUORG:

I've had a couple of nasty encounters with INVALID CHARACTERS in files grabbed from GTRUORG which corrupt QTM torrents.
I suggest removing all : and " but in this case, the problem was characters that LOOKED like a - but were not. See the two PINK bits.. which resemble a _ but are not
In the list.txt file I created.. they look like this..
HelixStudios - Beach Bums 8 - Wingman - Dawson Grant and Austin Lovett - 720p.mp4
HelixStudios - Beach Bums 6 - Drawing Him In - Travis Stevens & Chase Williams - 720p.mp4.mp4

Someone on that other site SEEMS to have intentionally used invalid characters to mimic valid ones.

There is nothing nefarious here - there are 3 kinds of "dash" character in the full, extended ASCII English character set: a "full dash" and "M-dash" and an "N-dash" - and they are each of varying lengths.

In windows, the only real "dash" (on the keyboard) is actually an "N-Dash" (the shortest of the 3) ... other OS's (like MacOS, Linux, and others) aren't so choosy and allow any of them - but, in spite of looking quite similar, they are separate and distinct characters.

The fix is quite easy: right click on the files your client couldn't create and rename the files. To make sure there are no special characters, type in the full name right off of your keyboard.

Good Luck!

@raphjd said in Argentinian pro-abortion leader dies during abortion procedure:

https://rmx.news/article/article/argentinian-pro-abortion-leader-dies-during-abortion-procedure?fbclid=IwAR2catbaq4c3GHqRvMmBnkMGVBbZ80xKK2UHBB5K5WbHIziNlF5tk05C73A

The irony.

Not even close to the irony of the anti-gay congressional crusader being caught with a gay-male prostitute, or the Right-to-Lifer who dies during an abortion procedure... and I didn't even have to leave the SE US to get those examples! LOL

@raphjd said in Ithica NY appoints cop killer to "police reform board":

https://nypost.com/2021/03/29/nyc-cop-killer-now-helping-to-reform-the-police/

On 12 Jan 1981, Richard Rivera killed an off-duty cop, Robert Walsh, execution-style in NYC.

Yup - bastard should NEVER be allowed to lead any kind of productive life!

FUCK whatever he's done in the past 40 years (I don't have any idea!) That one thing he did 40 years ago should define everything else for the rest of his life!

sigh... sadness....

@raphjd

Hmmm... let's see... how often are the families of "martyrs" consulted?

The Gospels are FULL of Mary's input on the formation of the Christian church after the crucifixion of her son (you remember him, no? Jesus?)... yeah, right .. no!

The Southern Baptist Church REGULARLY sought out the guidance of the widow of MLK, Jr after his assassination!.... ummm no!

The country turned immediately to Jackie Kennedy for moral guidance after the death of her husband (President Kennedy), and she was.... um, no she was all-but-forgotten...

Oh, and the media TODAY are constantly interviewing the family of George Floyd for guidance on how to cover his death... why, I just saw them on.... um, no... never, not once!

So, yeah, sure! This is a rare event... NOT!

The movements that want to make societal changes "on the backs" of a martyr don't EVER look to the families directly. The treatment Coretta Scott King got from the Southern Baptists is - by far - the best you can expect. She never had a true leadership role, nor any real voice, but she was often paraded in front of crowds as MLK's widow to great effect!

@zeuri92 said in Is anyone on PrEP? Any side effects?:

@monty how was your gastric effect? I changed my prep brand and I have Diarrhea for 3 weeks now.

I've been on the original Truvada PrEP since 2015... no side effects, ever.
I've been offered some of the newer ones - I've asked my Dr.: Are the newer ones better? (no), safer? (unknown), cheaper? (not for me - my insurance pays 100% of it either way). So, if there's no REAL benefit, why would I risk changing?

That's my experience - with my Dr. Your mileage may vary.

@poernerlook

So, one of the problems with forwarding ports through your router, and seeding "fro home" is that your ISP will sometimes realize you're torrenting on a particular port, and block it. The thing is, often they'll block it ONLY for specific IPs (the trackers).

Now, for "public" torrents, this isn't a problem - people from other trackers will find you! But on PRIVATE torrents, this is a fatal block.

The fix (you say you're using qBittorrent) is to change your port (Options -> Connection -> Listening Port -> click Random to change it!)

Now a couple of things here:

1. Congrats if you know how to forward the ports manually in your router, but you may not NEED to... newer routers will respond to UPnP/NAT-PMP requests... and if you turn that on in your qBittorrent client, your router may "update" automatically! (If it does, then go back and ALSO change the "Use different port on each startup" setting... turning it ON!
2. If this setting does NOT work for you, you should upgrade your router! LOL (No, actually, you can just login to your router and change your port forward there!)
3. You ALSO need to "fix" your Windows firewall. If you just "trusted" the qBittorrent program in the firewall, this is done automatically! If not, you may need to open those new ports to get things to work again.

More importantly, this can also be alleviated by using a "smart" VPN. (no, those are not free - but they do prevent your ISP from spying on you, as well as making your torrenting more stable -- assuming you pick the right one!)

@vmalar said in Free fall:

I really liked this movie. I think the winds are changing but it paints a real scenario. Really well done!

I haven't seem this particular film yet, but in fact many people who suppress their homosexual feelings until they just can't any longer find themselves in crisis.

• Friends feel betrayed
• Family feels blindsided & betrayed
• Former lovers feel "vindicated" and cheated-on

And, sadly, the Gay Community usually offers little support, other than to say "Be out! Be Proud!" - but really, how can they be proud about having lied - to themselves, much less anyone else - for so long.

IMHO, no amount of societal reform will erase the shame and guilt that these people face and feel when they realize how they've been "programmed" by society in ways that run counter to their natural ways.

Long story short: things are FAR EASIER today for young people, emerging from puberty, and aware that they are gay (or even trans!). But they aren't THAT MUCH easier for the 40 y/o father (or mother) of 4 who finally realizes that his (or her) entire adult life has been an emotional and sexual lie!

@jeffl said in Qbittorrent is now better than Utorrent:

@bi4smooth Thanks for taking the time to make a response, unfortunately the "Set Location" in qBitorrent is not what relocate in uTorrent is. uT allows relocating and renaming the individual files, within a torrent, not moving the whole torrent.

To use Relocate in uT, one right-clicks on the individual files (you can do one file, or multiple), choose Relocate, and then you can move it to any drive, and rename it to whatever you want. After that's done, the local uT database maintains the new location of the file(s) as a layer of abstraction, and the torrent remains unchanged. So I can move and rename a file within a torrent to my own preferences, instead of the original torrent creator's, and still continue seeding. Which is why I still have torrents seeding that are 10+ years old, and when you've made extensive use of the feature, you kinda get stuck because unravelling it all would take hundreds of hours.

If you're interested in more details, the abovementioned GitHub issue explains it detail, as well as the various workarounds, and explains why the issue is still open after eight years. To the best of my knowledge, no other client at present has this capability.

So, to be clear:

• In qBitTorrent you can rename the torrent as its listed in your client program without affecting the underlying files... (right click the torrent in the client, choose rename)... check
• In qBitTorrent, you can also rename the folders and files in a torrent (as well as relocating it)... (select the torrent, view the content tab, right click what you want to rename, and it'll re-name it on your HD, as well as in your client)... check
• In qBitTorrent, you cannot move the files in a torrent all over your hard drive, renaming each one and placing it in any folder you desire.

To be honest, in part 3 above, you're asking for the amount of metadata to be stored about each client to be increased by an order of magnitude...

I think you summed that up, albeit as an aside, in your response above:

• "the local uT database maintains the new location of the file(s) as a layer of abstraction"

There is no such database in qBitTorrent. The only "listing" in the client is the list of torrents, and the "pointer" to where it is on the filesystem. (Remember, when you rename a folder or file in qBitTorrent - you also modify the name on the storage location [filesystem]... and, quite honestly, that's the way I would want it).

But, to be honest, as a software developer myself: I don't think you'll see that (implementing a database to track each element of each torrent) in any other client... and if you want that much "power and control" over each element in each torrent, then quite honestly, you should PAY for the full uTorrent client IMHO!

Let's not forget we're asking for, and getting, FREE software!