Bitsearch is a good indexer for finding torrents from across multiple sites, but check the source as best you can, and then use a VPN and scan the files after.

https://www.bitsearch.to/search?q=pimsleur+dutch

You can also search in qbittorrent with the search plugin, it'll be easier to see the sources from there.

EOS all the way. I parked my ass there several months after they first released, been happy ever since.

They seem to cut out chunks of ~5000 homes and then choose one home to represent that group. Pretty dumb imo, but they say when you look at it big-picture it's more accurate. If I said no they would just randomly pick another home in my area. I think they do use ethnic demographics in selecting their groups, but they don't look into who actually lives in the home they pick. They state they don't know anything more than what we happen to be watching, and they can only use data that's linked to some kind of service like Netflix or YT-TV. As far as who's watching, they get your ethnicity, age range and sex. On their remote you're just 'Person 1' or 'Person 2', etc.

I read about that somewhere, I'll check it out, thanks! Can I access the homebrew character on PC as well?

Piracy is more about preserving knowledge than sharing knowledge, after all, torrents are not really accessible for the majority of people. There's a tech barrier plus in most places you want a VPN. Then you need decent bandwidth and a reliable connection. Private Trackers are all about preserving media. Maintaining healthy seeds is important, especially when it comes to media that is very niche or no longer in circulation, "legally". Sites come and go, especially public trackers. Seeders also come and go. Private trackers last a lot longer, and have more dedicated seeders. It's difficult and time consuming to be a dedicated seeder, and it's much more rewarding to host your files on a private tracker than a public one.

Haha thank you!

So for me it's got a red dragon icon, but I believe we have the same app. I wanted to use this one initially, but it was missing Drow, then I looked in the settings and found I could download a bunch of d&d info and Drow is an option! I think this might be what I use for Android!

I didn't update the app and all my installed extensions work fine. What's the MO for now? Update and re-add the extensions or just chill?

I personally use GL.iNet routers. Basically you create VPN tunnels between a WG(WireGuard) server hosted on one router, and WG clients hosted on another GL.iNet router or a device that supports the WG app (PC and mobile afaik). The router using the WG server is facing WAN so no need to port forward and you can use it to connect to your jellyfin server as well as RDP or SSH into your server. The WG clients are simple, just need to be connected to the Internet. The tunnels bandwidth is based on your ISP's upload speed(fiber is great, with coax good luck streaming 4k) where the WG server is located. You can use WG without the router too, but I'll just speak to my experience.

Edit: YT link to intro for the routers - https://youtu.be/LXbDg1v65Qs?feature=shared

Ya my bad, it's been a while and I misremembered, it is indeed Emby

Thanks for this! Our DM might want us to print everything out as some of the players might be distracted by their phones lol. If it works well with Adobe I'm guessing it will be easy to print.

Check out r/NewMaxx by u/NewMaxx on Reddit. That subreddit is focused on SSD news and a great source for it, but the articles linked on the sub are generally good sites for tech news in general.

I did see an app called Roll20, didn't have what I needed, but I'll check out the site, thanks!

I used Mullvad without port forwarding before they got rid of it and it worked fine for me. That was over 400↓10↑ coax and now I port forward with ProtonVPN over fiber 500↓↑ and the speeds are better, but you're still bottlenecked by the speed of your peers so it not that big of a deal imo

JellyFin is a great media streaming app (fork of Plex), and has an android TV app. Also for anime there's aniyomi.

I see, ya that makes sense, thanks

There's Nitrox for Subnautica, but development seems to have stopped for now with no ETA on continuing. There are bugs and it's recommended to avoid certain building structures and riding in the Cyclops together. Still, it can be really fun

I agree, if I can't be sure the data I care about is inaccessible I won't go through with it. I'll be asking the tech more questions so hopefully I can learn more from him.

UPDATE: I spoke with the tech from Nielsen and their equipment won't work properly if I change the wifi on any of my TVs or streaming devices, so they've offered to install their older setup which is just a device connected to the TVs that picks up the audio codes in any media playing on the device. No network access, they just won't find any code in my movies/TV shows.

If anyone sees any possible issues with this setup let me know, cheers!

Thanks for all this! I'll share it with my DM and see what he thinks.

According to Hook (1991) his full name is Captain James Hook, so I always assumed that was just his surname and he decided to use a hood on the stump because of that. He also had several different attachments for his stump, which was quite innovative.

Cool, ya I'm not sure which format is the best, but I believe almost anything will play x264. If you end up using a device that doesn't support certain formats you're using, you'll need a GPU to perform the transcoding or it will be hella slow.

Yup, private trackers and better, but that's the norm.

That makes sense, I couldn't find it in the app when I first read about it, thanks again!

A friend (fellow player) mentioned Pathfinder, but the DM wants to do D&D, he bought the books and everything already, but I think if this is a success among the group, we'll be trying that out eventually.

UI looks nice, but I only see an iOS release, unfortunately I'm only on android.

Man so many apps that are showing up as not supported for my phone, this is the third one now, I wonder what it is, besides my phone just being considered "old" by the corporate overlords haha

I see, so apparently my phone won't support it, no idea why, I've got a pixel5a on android13. It is rooted if that changes anything. This happened with another app I was recommended, but I just found an APK online, guess I'll do the same with this one.

Edit: Seems to be Google shenanigans:

Starting from 1 Nov 2022, apps that don't target an API level within two years of the latest Android release (API 29 and below) won't be available to new users with devices running Android versions newer than your app's target API level. This means that new users won't be able to discover or install your app on Google Play

Ya it seems to be an API rule Google implemented to try and force app devs to update their apps. The solution is to download the latest .APK online.

No worries!

Couldn't find Fight Club on android, so probably just iOS. I'll check out Foundry, it's awesome just how many tools have been created for d&d, but I suppose expected with such a strong fanbase. Wish I got into this back in HS.

Give us a list of a few things you feel you might need OP.

You're wise not to mess with stocks or crypto, but as soon as you have the income to contribute, consider a Roth IRA, starting as young as you can really pays out later.

I'll definitely be checking out Aurora for my laptop, thanks!

Tachiyoni has been great, I use MangaDex for almost everything, Colored Manga and Comick are nice too. Check out Vagabond, Vinland Saga and Parasyte. You can find Parasyte in full color too.

Ya that's the worst part of starting it, same with Berserk, tho maybe it will be finished one day.

Sweet, thanks! I'll add these to my dnd bookmarks

Any issues yet with not being able to play certain types of media or are you sticking to something like x264 to avoid transcoding?

Ya definitely, you can't have one without the other.

Thanks for the input! I believe I may already be running a vlan via the second router connected to my server, I called them APs in the post, but I'll explain the setup in more detail here.

I have two routers(both Gl.iNet), one is remote and there is a WireGuard Server running on it. This router goes out directly to the WAN. Connected physically to that router is my server which is where I both torrent and store my media. I use a VPN on the server with RDP and JellyFin whitelisted so I can connect remotely. The second router is connected to my ISPs router and is running as a WireGuard client to that WireGuard server. Unfortunately I cannot both run the WG VPN and another VPN on the router(s) at the same time. When I want to connect to my server via RDP I switch the wifi on my PC from the ISPs router to my WG client router, or when I want to watch a movie I switch my TV's wifi to the WireGuard router.

I believe Nielsen would be able to see what I was streaming over the WireGuard tunnel, but if I wasn't torrenting on the server while streaming, they wouldn't be able to see anything potentially illegal, only that the media is not coming from a legit source.

Let me know what you think about my setup, one issue I noted is that Nielsen might complain when I switch the wifi networks on my TV.

Second this, I'd buy another phone, maybe a used/new Google pixel from a few gen back, and practice rooting it. I've bricked my phone twice before and it's not fun. Once I got lucky and was able to get back in, but the other time I had to factory reset and rebuild all my personal stuff. Others have mentioned XDA, but I'd also check out Munchy: https://youtube.com/@munchy_cool