the “half” figure was hyperbole… you should check out the concept.

that’s not what reactionary means

$17.5 million, or around 2 percent of the previous year’s budget of $837 million. It was the second-largest departmental operating cut to come out of the city’s 2024-25 fiscal year budget, which shaved funding from the majority of city departments — but not the police.

the article does say the percentage… and maybe it’s insane to cut their budget at all, given california’s recent fire problems, and they should’ve increased it by about 100%….
so, given the difference between -2% and +100%, and half the city burning down, it’s a pretty big deal.

no. and tor was originally funded by the navy…
….

me too, i like the way women smell…

there’s a lot of clearweb sites dedicated to subtitles… and they have different versions for different pirated files.

here’s some: https://www.guru99.com/subtitles-download-english.html

well at least they appreciate irony

if you make a new torrent out of the downloaded one’s directory, the hash should match up and magnet should automatically be the same torrent you downloaded.
although your os probably threw some hidden files in there to fuck that up.
the main filename is usually unique and searchable though… and you could start the new download, let it create folders and temp files, then stop it and copy the completed files over, then manually recheck the torrent….
you’d need a new download directory of course….
(i’ve done this one)
futurewise you can have some programs automatically save a .torrent file for new downloads (qbittorrent, at least).

yes but why is probably the bulk of it…

in journalism they teach you to only do headlines with a question if the answer is no, otherwise just make it say “piracy is justified”.

obviously this guy is a musician and not a journalist, and as such, actually thinking about things he makes….
(i like his other videos too)

no like i’ve been a computer nerd my whole life and went to college for computer science… and i control my own computer, unlike almost everyone else.
and at least with a pc you can control it… most people don’t

yeah but i actually control my computer

i don’t own a tv… just a computer

i’d rather masturbate with a cheese grater than own a “smart” tv….

probably just booze and pills