Typical piracy requires you to search sources/indexers yourself, decide on the best search result for what you’re trying to download, pass that to your download client, then manually name and sort the downloaded files into media folders once the download completes.

The arr’s automate this entre process for several media types (movies, tv, music, etc), combining search results from dozens of indexers to make its decision on what to download.

Now, I open a webpage, search for a movie/show (results from imdb) and select an item I want to watch. ~15min later, that item has been found, downloaded, and sorted into my media folders where Emby/Jellyfin can display it to myself or friends.

Add on to this with Ombi, a requests platform that allows my friends+family to request media and have the arrs automatically grab it. Since setting that up a little over a year ago, it’s filled almost 400 requests (not including media I’ve grabbed/requested myself) without me having to manually manage requests ever.

Ontop of grabbing media on request, the arr’s also monitor the sources you’ve configured, watching for new uploads, and grabbing content that’s missing from your library but monitored for, such as: newly aired episodes, media that couldn’t be found earlier, or upgrades in quality for existing media (if configured/allowed to upgrade existing media).

Every time a new episode airs for a show I’ve added, it automatically grabs it for me. (currently 486 series monitored here)

🤯 You’re brilliant. Use one of these to heat the nail on the dab rig…

That’s a neat little tool that seems to work pretty well. Turns out the files I thought I’d need it for already have embedded OCR data, so I didn’t end up needing it. Definitely one I’ll keep in mind for the future though.

That works magnificently. I added -l so it spits out a list of files instead of listing each matching line in each file, then set it up with an alias. Now I can ssh in from my phone and search the whole collection for any string with a single command.

Thanks again!

Note, this was over 15 years ago; their policy has shifted in that time. I don’t believe the shipping requirement was that strict at the time.

Started a new job as a tool tech in a rental center; maintaining, repairing, and simply showing people how to operate, a ton of different tools, some of which I’ve never even seen before.

First thing I did is setup a file share on my server that I’ve populated with 70+ manuals and growing by the day…

Read through them all myself to understand the nuances of each machine and be able to explain the details to customers; plus I can print them a fresh copy on demand just for good measure.

Yup, that was really stupid. A hard lesson learned for literally the first package I’d ever shipped myself.

If I remember correctly though; ebay took the buyers side and refunded them before even informing me of the dispute. While I didn’t have evidence to refute it besides a receipt for shipping, they hadn’t really given me the opportunity to even try… Plus at 14 I wasn’t willing to lose $1k and the cards. :/

Interesting; that would be much simpler. I’ll give that a shot in the morning, thanks!

That was well over 15 years ago now; I do not. I’d imagine the price has also risen a tad, not something I’ve looked into in quite a while. (I had sold at a similar price to comparable sets on ebay at the time)

One oddity for me at least: I’m left handed, but right eye dominant; which means I aim a gun or draw a bow with my right hand, to line up with my right eye.

I’ve been permanently banned from ebay since I was 14.

Sold an original Alpha set of MTG cards for over $1k. Shipped it without tracking like a moron. Buyer disputed, claimed they never received it; ebay immediately refunded them and came after me for the funds. I said f that and walked away. They didn’t do much to try and collect (not sure they even can against a minor in Canada), but banned my account.

Since; I’ve tried to make a couple other accounts once or twice, and buy or sell stuff. Those got removed and orders cancelled within 24hrs.

Random af…

So reporters with Russian state media happened across this guy and commented on his old Soviet bike. The guy mentions he’s struggling to get parts because of the war, and Putin himself gifts him a new bike??

“Russia must end” the war it started

I think I prefer just the first half… But one thing at a time I guess.

Yeah, your home server is still able to reach plex.tv so there’s no problem there.

It’s people actually hosting there that got screwed over.

Exactly, so they’ll need a printer so they can hand him physical copies of new memos/documents while in-flight.

Lmao, building a house with Thors hammer…

Like mouse hunting with a .50 cal rifle.

He travels in a hotel with wings. I’d be astounded if there’s not a printer onboard air force one.

Plex blocked Hetzner IPs, so servers hosted there can’t reach plex.tv to auth users or validate plex pass.

What he doesn’t realize is there is actually bomb making instructions in there; it’s just streched across 10x the timeframe and interlaced with the constant sounds of someone fisting a full mayo jar.

With the whole upper half bobbing up/down like a horse nodding it’s head while it runs.