Here's what I do to maintain my healthy ratio (currently at 5.070):

• Make sure you have at least 1 torrent seeding 24/7 even if it's not uploading anything, because you gain 0.5 seed bonus points for every hour the system registers you as a seeder. It's not much, but it slowly builds up over time.
• Keep a healthy stack of seed bonus points on the side so you can use them to buy upload GB's if your ratio ever drops too low.
• Ideally you want more to have more torrents seeding all the time. How many depends on your available disk space, upload bandwidth etc. I would target 20-100 for most users.
• Prefer seeding larger torrents if you have the disk space for it, so your torrent client doesn't get bogged down with seeding hundreds of small ones. A single downloader for a 300GB torrent requires the equivalent of 600 downloaders for 500MB torrents. They may be fewer and further between but they more than make up for it in sheer bandwidth.
  On the other hand, smaller torrents tend to get higher ratios (since they get downloaded more often), so they can be preferable if you are trying to get the most upload bandwidth out of limited diskspace (or limited download capacity).
• Search for freeleech torrents periodically (every day if you can). Sort them by freeleech start time. Your prime targets are the ones with the most recent freeleech start time, as those will not have a lot of seeders yet and most of the interested downloaders have yet to come across them.
• After a suitable torrent has finished downloading, leave it seeding for a few weeks/months. Evaluate your seeding torrents every few weeks/months. Look at their ratios and total upload bandwidth relative to the time they were added to your torrent client. Keep the good ones, remove the bad ones to avoid bogging down your torrent client.
• Do not change which torrents you are seeding often. Stick with the ones that worked even if they haven't seen any traffic recently. Most torrents automatically settle down to a small number of seeders over time. You want to pick your horses and stick with them (rather than constantly dropping them and finding new ones) for two reasons:
  1: It benefits you to become one of those few consistent seeders for a given torrent, even if it's not very active anymore. Other seeders will jump ship over time, so when a downloader does come by you will be able to provide a significant amount of the bandwidth (rather than just 1-2% on a more active torrent).
  2: It benefits the ecosystem and avoids torrents dying, which benefits us all. We can't all seed 10k+ torrents. Each of us is technically forced to pick a handful to seed, so switching around all the time just causes interference with other seeders.
• In a crunch, you can always recommence seeding on a torrent you've already deleted from your client (so long as you still have the files intact). You can redownload the .torrent file if necessary, then pause it immediately, move your existing files into place, and choose "recheck files" in your torrent client to get it back up to 100% right away and go back to seeding.

I hope that helps.

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@jaroonn I wish I could say the same about your contribution to it. Unfortunately slinging an insult by implying that only people who live in trailer parks hold these views is neither inspiring nor discourse.

If your point is that you are more intelligent, civilized or sophisticated than us this seems like a strange way to demonstrate it.

@lololulu19 If you mean that accepting yourself as you are is essential to be at peace with yourself, I'm inclined to agree. I don't see how any good can come from rejecting the reality of your own physical being.

I wasn't able to identify him or the source, but...

Longer video of him jerking off

Video of him getting fucked

A small photoset (probably promo material)

That last one was posted in 2012 so that gives you some idea of when this production was made.

Enjoy!

Ironically that's almost right. It should be: "the climate change measures I promote with my virtue signaling are having a disproportionate impact on black communities". Since they're making everyone poorer and thus the poorest communities suffer the most...

And just to reiterate, because I can't stress this enough: ratio doesn't matter, bandwidth is what matters (raw GB's).

A 1GB torrent with a ratio of 50.0 means you've gained 49GB.
A 300GB torrent with a ratio of 3.0 means you've gained 600GB.

Sometimes size does matter, because that's what determines how much you can download. The same is true for global ratio. For example my ratio may be 5.070 but that's with 28.63 TB up / 5.65 TB down, which means I can download 30.15 TB before reaching my minimum ratio. This means I'm much better off than someone with an identical 5.070 ratio but with 253.5 GB up / 50 GB down, who can only download ~257.9 GB before reaching their minimum ratio.

I scrape quite a few X accounts. Here's a list of posts I have on record from accounts that contain the word "dig": If anyone else is looking for content from suspended / deleted X accounts feel free to reach out, maybe I have something.

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dignitygay      | 23
GonediGuys      | 10
DiggNDeeep      |  8
Digg_boyy       |  8
oralprodigy410  |  7
digitt6         |  7
vicdigp         |  5
DanteDiggz      |  4
yuhdig33        |  4
felixinthedigis |  3
johndig333      |  3
MaxProdigal     |  3
digbickstephen  |  2
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noiadoemendigo  |  2
Digoloqpienso9  |  2
BanDiglett      |  2
Digital_Digii   |  1
inndigold80     |  1
ailfdigital     |  1
CardiGeneration |  1
digitaIarchive  |  1
digitaIboys     |  1
digitalxhunk    |  1
officialdigbick |  1
digoube00000    |  1
Drew_Diggs_     |  1
Diglioluca17    |  1
JodiGolinsky    |  1
DuquediGaliano  |  1
Mendigoeoutros  |  1
diggoryfans     |  1
xetdiger        |  1
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The people we call "liberals" today simply write their own press releases. They select their words not based on what would be an accurate descriptor but based on how they want to be perceived. It's all about manipulating the population to go along with their agenda (i.e. propaganda). They're not even shy about it... Their "scholars" (read: ideologues) openly admit that such manipulation is not only excusable by the goodness of their goals, it's also incumbent on any "good person" to do this in order to help steer public opinion in the "right direction".

Just to name a few examples...

"Anti-racism" means racism (and anti-fascism means fascism).
"Gender-affirming care" means "mutilating and sterilizing vulnerable and confused people for profit".
"Welfare" means "we force you to hand over your money so we can redistribute it to those we deem more deserving", because who wouldn't want more welfare? (same goes for "social security")
"Diversity and inclusion" means "less white men and everyone must see things our way".
"Equity" means "discrimination based on immutable characteristics".
"Safe space" means "only those who agree with us are welcome".
"Personal truth" means "an uncontestable falsehood you refuse to stop believing in".
"Green" typically means "more harmful to the environment".

And so on... Nearly every buzzword they popularize is used to refer to pretty much the exact opposite of what the word actually means.

If you ask me it's inaccurate to view the group that today calls itself liberals as being the same group that used to fight for freedom, having since gone astray. It's actually the same close-minded group we used to call fascists/racists/intolerant/etc, they've just rebranded themselves to be more appealing. Or to put it another way: they hijacked the good reputation earned by old-school liberals to make themselves seem like the good guys. Not unlike how the modern trans movement piggybacked on the positive public image of the gay rights movement.

@ianfontinell-0 I assume this is why he did it:

The site does kind of make it seem like this is the recommended approach.

@ianfontinell-0 I assume this is why he did it:

The site does kind of make it seem like this is the recommended approach.

Pedo's exist in all political, religious and cultural subgroups. Only real difference is that some of these groups strongly condemn it while others try to normalize it.

I'm glad he is being brought to justice and hope he will receive a very severe punishment. Pretty sure that almost all Christians/conservatives feel exactly the same way.

@cp2000 JBOD is something that can be done through your motherboard BIOS (on most mid- to high-end ones) and most multi-disk storage enclosures also have it built-in. However doing it that way also has drawbacks, because it is done on a "hardware" level, below the filesystem. Your storage controller (whether it's the one in your motherboard or in the enclosure) doesn't have any notion of files. It just sees storage devices as having a bunch of 0's and 1's on them without any understanding of what the data means. This prevents it from providing some of the more advanced functionality you might want in your storage solution (file sync / duplication etc) and also means that a single file could potentially be split across more than 1 disk.

What you most likely want is a more high-level software solution. Personally I'm a Linux guy so my experience with Windows solutions is somewhat limited but as far as I know StableBit DrivePool is hands down the best option in that category. It is unfortunately not free (one-time $30 purchase) but then again, since you are on a torrent site you might not be averse to some piracy. I would highly recommend checking it out. You will probably find it's exactly what you're looking for.

@cp2000 said in Storage solutions:

Question - I thought if one of the two raid drives fail I can still access the data on one of them? Then put in a new fresh replacement for the other and it rebuilds? Correct?

But I can still access the data if one drive failed?

It depends on the RAID level. For a 2-drive enclosure you only have two options:

RAID 0 aka striping

• Not "true" RAID, because RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent/Inexpensive Disks and this one is not redundant)
• Half the data is written to one disk, half the data to the other
• You get the combined storage space of both disks
• Read speed is 2x that of a single disk (because you read half of the file from one disk and half from the other, in parallel)
• Write speed is 2x that of a single disk (because you write half of the file to one disk and half to the other, in parallel)
• If one of the two disks fails, all data is lost

RAID 1 aka mirroring

• Both disks contain the data full (they are identical)
• You only get half of the total diskspace (because the other half is an identical clone)
• Read speed is 2x that of a single disk (because you can read half of the file from one disk and half from the other, in parallel)
• Write speed is the same as a single disk (because the full file needs to be written to each disk, even though it's in parallel)
• If one of the two disks fails, you don't lose any data (just your 2x read speed advantage because now you are just using a single disk) and you can insert a new disk and have it rebuild from the other copy to regain redundancy

However, one often overlooked issue with RAID is that you will typically use identical disks (needed for optimal performance), often even from the same factory batch if you bought them together. The disks will have experienced exactly the same workload over ther lifespan under the exact same operating conditions (temperature, vibrations, ...). The result: when one disk fails due to old age, the other one will likely be on its last legs as well.

This is, by the way, why RAID 5 & 6 are problematic with large drives. The rebuild process on those is more complex and can easily put all the remaining disks under stress for 48 hours. At that point the chance of 1 or 2 more disks failing during the rebuild becomes a very real possibility.

For my Fun files I just got a 6 stackable enclosure with each drive having a mirror so essentially 3 hard drives with 3 mirrors. I went with this because I thought about the wear of a Raid system so its interesting you pointed that out.

This should be fine in practice but you would be wise to replace failed disks immediately. If you put it off for a few months you are playing with fire. I speak from experience (RIP my Tumblr archive).

having one seeding disk is brilliant.... im looking at the seedboxes as a better option and not seed from any of my local drives.

Even better if it's an SSD. The random IO performed by torrents (as opposed to sequential reads/writes) puts a lot more strain on mechanical hard drives. The arm inside then needs to constantly jump all over the place, as opposed to the more gradual motions of a pick-up needle.

Seedboxes are also a good option. Doesn't hog your home bandwidth, no risk of exposing your home IP if your VPN fails for some reason etc. But they do tend to be more expensive for the same storage space than a DIY solution.

Ill have to look more into this JBOD / mergerfs - is all data backed up on other drives so if one fails you havent lost anything?

There is absolutely zero redundancy with JBOD / mergerfs, it is just a convenience thing that lets you access data spread across multiple disks as a single volume, without having to think about which file is on which disk and which disks still has space available. A typical implementation will simply start filling up the first disk, then once it's full start filling up the second disk and so on.

Advantages are:

• You can simply add more disks as your storage needs grow
• Disks don't have to be identical, you can mix various sizes and even SSD's/HDD's
• Each disk will experience its own unique workload based on how often the files on it are accessed, so you don't get the "everything is near-death at the same time" problem
• If one disk starts showing early signs of failing, you only have to offload the data on that one disk to somewhere else in order to safeguard it (just like using separate individual disks - which this essentially is)
• If one disk does fail you only lose the data that was on that particular disk (again, just like using separate individual disks)

However you don't really get any of the RAID performance benefits (although you can access multiple files in parallel at increased speeds if those files happen to live on different disks). And, like I said, there is no redundancy whatsoever in this, so you need some kind of backup solution in addition to this.

JBOD stands for Just a Bunch Of Disks so that pretty much says it all.

Im mainly concerned about loss prevention which best practices the deeper i dug the more they are like yeah essentially you need THREE backups with one offsite or in another spot but I dont want todo cloud for any of this.

Multiple / offsite / offshore backups is something for companies who stand to lose millions from data loss. At that point you're in the terrain of "but what if an airplane crashes on top of the data center?". There are many data loss scenarios that are extremely unlikely but still have a non-zero chance. It's always a tradeoff, use common sense to decide what's best in your scenario. If you live in an area that's prone to flooding, maybe don't keep all your data-copies in the basement. If your collection is so precious to you that losing it would be a major heartache if your house were to ever burn down (or burglared or swept up by a tornado), maybe keep an extra copy somewhere else. For most people 1 backup copy will be enough to reduce the risk to negligible levels they can live with, 2 if you're paranoid. Anything more and we're talking about insurance aganst real-world disasters, not disk failures.

The cold storage extra drive has been my normal MO up to this point but the data has just grown exponentially.

I want to keep one cold storage disk with periodic updates.... possibly some sort of interim secondary backup till each is sync'd. Then with my new 2 disk 8tb RAID i love it just for my personal files and how quick it is, but I think im going to have to have a third disk cold storage with periodic updates.

You could have a main JBOD for your everyday use and a backup JBOD in an external enclosure which you connect and sync periodically. That would largely eliminate the hassle of juggling too many drives to manage comfortably.

One final note: these days you can buy very large consumer drives (20TB+, even 30TB with enterprise drives). While there are definitely use cases for them, always bear in mind the old addage about putting all your eggs in one basket.

Server engineer here.

There's a few different options. Unfortunately there is no one perfect solution, they all have their pro's and cons.

RAID

• Good for performance (not needed for this application)
• Inflexible (need to rebuild entire array if you want to change it which means you need the same amount of free space somewhere else to offload the data while you do it + stuck to buying the same drives / size)
• Not great for power consumption (all drives must spin to access any data)
• Not great wear (all drives wear out at the same rate)
• Not a substitute for backups (it's only redundant on the disk level, doesn't protect you from failures in other hardware or accidental deletions etc)
• Not particularly efficient: you shouldn't use RAID 5 for large drives (4TB+) and even RAID 6 isn't great for larger drives, so then you need to look at RAID 10 (or 0+1) which only gives you half your effective disk space and you still need backups on top of that.

All in all RAID is not a great solution for (cold) data storage. I used to have 8x8TB + 8x4TB in RAID 6 for my data storage but I have moved away from that approach. Great while it works, shit when it inevitably starts to fail due to age.

ZFS

Probably better than RAID for this depending on how you set it up, but can still be a pain to manage. Won't go too deep into this since it's probably too advanced/technical for most people here.

Separate drives (JBOD / mergerfs)

Much better for data storage.

• Only wears out individual disks when you actually use them (particularly important when you also seed from these drives) - so also better for power consumption
• Flexible: you can add and remove drives at will, of any types and sizes (which means you can gradually upgrade and retire old disks), and you only have to offload a single disk worth of data at a time (as opposed to the whole array) + your computer can still treat the whole thing as 1 big disk without having to worry about what goes where (but you have the option if you want that)
• No inherent redundancy, you definitely still need backups

Commercial devices (Synology etc)

• Probably the best option for people who aren't very technical. Offers all of the above options in a user-friendly package with lots of features.

Note on backups

Ideally you want your backups to be in cold storage, and have them sync periodically. Better for disk lifespan (+ you don't want the backup disk to be worn out around the same time as the main disk), better for power consumption, gives you restore ability in case of accidental fuckups, also helps to protect you from freak accidents (power surges, lightning strikes, ...). Having them connected but spun down is good, having them completely disconnected is better (but of course requires manual interaction to sync).

Note on seeding

If you seed, designate 1 disk for it so you don't wear out your entire storage array.

I can go deeper into the subject if you have any questions but I don't want to overload you any more than I already have.

@ianfontinell-0 Thanks for sharing your methodology! Yandex and google reverse searches are also my go-to's but they didn't turn up anything this time, and also a custom perceptual hash system that I wrote to find duplicates in my video library. Didn't know about pimeyes though!

I stand in awe of @ianfontinell-0 's encyclopedic porn knowledge (or investigative abilities).

@undercoverfl said in Looking for the whole vid or ID the twink please?:

@Rapsey-0 Thanks! Im not sure if im allowed to post links, but here it is:
https://x.com/Thirsty4Seed/status/1866201186787094768

You most certainly are allowed to post links.

I ran a visual similarity search against my archive of ~460k X videos, hoping one of the reposts would provide a clue to the origin, but unfortunately no joy.

I might be able to find it if you have a link to the clip on X.

(also you should mark your topic as a question as per section guidelines)

I've already found who this is, apparently he goes by the name StayHydrated36. Now the question remains... where do I find more? His reddit posts seem to have been deleted

Sorry if this strays too close to violating forum rules. If it does then please squint and consider this a content sharing post.

Video: https://x.com/Solocumshots1/status/1868358248417620180