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My Billion Dollar Idea (Seedless Torrents) Is Dead – A Retrospective

dustinmontgomery.com
4 points·by en3r0·ปีที่แล้ว·3 comments

Shutting down my legal torrent site after 17 years

legittorrents.info
749 points·by en3r0·3 ปีที่แล้ว·401 comments

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en3r0
·10 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
https://x.com/iannuttall/status/1966074800595698131?t=SDsVQI...
en3r0
·11 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Agreed. I love that this happened, and on IRC!
en3r0
·ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Ya, I can see that now. My thought here was in regards to processing power and storage capacity.
en3r0
·ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
I would enjoy hearing your perspective on this.
en3r0
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
It's the kids whose teachers can't or want to adapt that will most likely suffer in their education. Not saying it is easy, but it is possible.

I have a friend who's a teacher that is pioneering methods to include (modified / preprompted) LLMs as a part of their lessons. He calls it Modern PBL: Project-Based Learning. He wrote a book on it if you are interested: https://a.co/d/7MFQ5wa
en3r0
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Several years ago I spent a great deal of time thinking about how to create something like this, glad someone did it!

My vision went beyond this into allowing users to create their own channels (still only identifiable by a channel number) which would basically just be a playlist. I think a better idea now would be to have them add a list of channels and have it randomly play videos from only those channels and have that interrupted by anytime that channel is live streaming.
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Good read, very encouraging.
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
No way! The Internet is a small place. I remember seeing your original post and feeling very inspired to do something similar. One of these days I will find some time.
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Just started testing them out last week. Amazing how much better it is than GA4.
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Of course I I think I have what it takes... Don't most of us here?

I have endless ideas, a diverse set of technical skills that can get me most of the way there...

What stops me though is time and money.

I have a family to provide for, who are a much bigger priority than anything else. So my ideas take the back burner, and I prioritize the ones that have a higher percent chance at freeing me from a 9-5, instead of the more interesting moon shots.

However, the failures and wasted money do add up, and it emotionally wears on my wife... I do think of giving up trying to start something, but I dread the idea of working for someone else for the next 30 years. I feel like starting something of my own is part of how I am wired.

So I keep plugging away in my limited free time, getting up too early just to make the time. Maybe some day, but the years are already flying by, my family is most important.
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Remember playing that demo over and over as a kid! Really cool that you worked on it.
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
I remember finding this and being super excited about how awesome it looked and how small the file size was. This was back in the day when LAN parties were common, and not everybody had high speed internet.

I still wonder if things like this have a place in the future?
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Thank you, really appreciate you saying something.

Not sure I have ever had anyone comment on my writing style. Probably means I should write more!
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
That is super interesting, care to share why it was on your list? I mean it was legit after all lol.
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Thanks for sharing!

I had high hopes for Revision3, it was really an exciting time with Web 2.0 and the like.
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Yup, can't blame you there!
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Thank you for the kind words.
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Thanks so much for chiming in, glad you liked the lime green!

I definitely remember some RuneScape stuff on there, I played it a lot in the early 2000's myself.
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
API would be interesting.

Tried the affiliate route for Amazon (Hard Drives ect) and VPN ofers. Never had any luck with those.

My conclusion: if you are on a torrent site, you probably are not looking to buy something.
en3r0
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Interesting thoughts, will have to think about that.