When I read “long consumables”, I was half-expecting to see a 6’ party sub or something 😂

I’m using Proton’s VPN client, which does have port forwarding, but it’s not currently enabled. Could this be causing me issues?

Sounds like if I enable port forwarding, I just need to ensure qBittorrent’s “listening port” is set to whatever active port the VPN client is using.

Well butter my toast and call me Sandy, that sounds almost too good to be true!

Sorry, not sure if this is exactly what you’re asking, but scanning through the peers I’m connected to now it’s around 75% qBittorrent.

I certainly haven’t done any scientific testing, but I generally don’t see the same thing happen when changing servers within the US.

Appreciate the advice!

I’m running Unraid, but still figuring out the nuts and bolts of dockers so this sounds like a handy tool.

There are a lot of fake internet points to be had from creating a new “isittheonion” community! I would have 100% believed this one.

A couple years ago, my dishwasher was working well, but making a very loud vibration whenever the drain pump was operating.

Took it all apart, only got a little dirty water all over myself, and found a perfect cube shape of something with the consistency of cheddar cheese impaled on one of the metal impeller blades.

No idea what it was or how it got past the filter, but it’s been working perfectly ever since.

S22+ here, I found it in my installed apps via system settings.

I’ve never used a Roku–can you install a speed test app or access a website to verify your network connection is solid?

The one and only time I’ve experienced stuttering from my media server, I eventually found that my chromecast had roamed to a different access point with low signal for some reason. There is a handy android app to get your chromecast to run and display a speed test, which is what clued me in.

Uncompressed bluray streams use a surprising amount of bandwidth, let alone 4k bluray! Especially compared.to Netflix, Hulu, etc.

Honestly I don’t mind dictator esque people running the world into the ground if it means we get onto a hopefully better path later through shocking the system

LMAO that “if” is doing so much heavy lifting there, Elmo is going to claim he invented it to power the next gen of SpaceX rockets!

You can tell OP does not believe any person outside of America is human.

You did a lot more than conclude they have either been tuned out or need to re-think some things, and you know it.

Get out of here with that "If you’re not vocally against every evil at all times… " bullshit. It’s got the same energy as injecting “but what about men?” into every conversation about women’s problems.

Lmao sorry you’re getting downvoted dude. How anyone took this comment, in this community, seriously… is beyond me!

Same here. I normally have qbittorrent running 24/7, but typically shut it down and grab a different VPN server once or twice a week. It seems to affect uploads more than downloads though.

Stuck torrents aren’t really a huge deal for me, because I’ve usually got at least a couple weeks worth of backlog. But it is frustrating when I pop open the client and see like 3Gb of upload activity that day, when I have hundreds of things seeding.

M:tG cards back in the late 90s.

There was a local comic book store called (no shit) The Funk Pit, which kept the mid tier cards stored in 3 ring binders full of those plastic card sleeves, and common cards stored in an “Inch Box” where they just charged you by the height of your stack. My friend and I would occasionally sneak a more expensive card out of the binder and slip it into our stack from the Inch Deck that cost $1.25.

There’s no way we were the first or last to do it, but I felt kinda shitty about it for years after.

Nice work!

I have a relatively new house, which means wifi was ubiquitous enough that they decided to really skimp on ethernet jacks. I’ve already got the main level taken care of via the unfinished basement, now just trying to work up the motivation / figure out how to run a bundle of ethernet up to the attic and take care of the upper level rooms.

It depends on the surface… but whatever we used before they were invented in the early 2000s, I suppose.

I’m being a little snarky, but they are a general purpose “shortcut” method, not really specialized for any particular use–kinda like duct tape. So there is almost certainly a better way depending on what specifically you’re trying to clean.

Team grosheree 4 lyf

Anyone who says gro-suh-ree can fuck right off back to whatever prep posh school for fancy people they came from

It’s “boggle” in my household. Wife and I are confirmed dorks.

I’ve done the garlic salt on grilled cheese before as well, but it’s been awhile!

Related… one thing my wife taught me is to use mayo in place of butter on the outside of the bread. It doesn’t change the flavor much but it browns nicely and helps crisp up the bread.