#Computer Pirates

[legendary-ai-stories]

"Zachary Levi and Halloween's hacker revolution: a new thought paradigm"

On a dark and dark night, when the Halloween masks presided over the roads, a mysterious hacker named Zachary Levi gave his revolutionary turning point. An enigmatic character, known in the undergrowth of the network for his ability in the systematic intrusion of the most unreachable computer systems. that night of Halloween, however, brought with him a new school of thought. By challenging the…

[tawnyevergreen]

Inspired by this:

[its-a-me-mango]

Hey kids remember to pirate everything and download as many things as possible, who knows you might end up with a cool new virus friend! You should always give them your credit card info.

[uglygirlstatus]

a text I sent on August 27th, 2022 reads: "I need my job to calm down and I need people to stop wanting to hang out with me so I can focus on the real important things in life. The Buster Moon Hurry Hurry amv" and now I've finally made it happen. (youtube)

[sexygaywizard]

I fucking hate heterosexual reality TV dating shows but the new US season of Love island has Megan thee Stallion on it and it's literally the only reason why I want to watch it... But I don't have Peacock and I don't want to go through the trouble of pirating it so it's neither here nor there. I just kind of want to see Megan wearing her little swimsuits

[rigelmejo]

Hi friends. I am begging you. If you are learning Chinese. Learn how to search the name-in-Chinese and then some of these terms online:

"show" dianshiju 电视剧

"watch" kan 看

"novel" xiaoshuo 小说

"read" yuedu 阅读

"online" zaixian 在线

"free" mianfei 免费

"sub" zimu 字幕

"comic" manhua 漫画

"animation" donghua 动画

"audiobook" yousheng duwu 有声读物

"audio book" yousheng shu 有声书

"dub" 配音 (Specifically for Chinese dubs: 国语, 台配, 普通话)

There's MANY Chinese websites, just as many pirating sites as in English. If you can search for what you want to find in Chinese, it is ridiculously easy to find it. You can find whatever you want (mostly), if you just search in Chinese! Just search Google, or Duckduckgo, or searx.space search engine of choice! And yes, I've brought this up before. I've mentioned these search terms in other posts. They're useful!

[anakindoodles]

Sliding into the black sails fandom 10 years late

[localsimpissleepy]

Gotta love these pathetic & wet cat looking pirates lol

[alllsunday]

Portgas D. Ace is the face of cool older brothers everywhere

[littlewebtreasures]

Cartoony Pirate Gifs by Animation Factory

[th3-0bjectivist]

God’s Port - Animated painting

The skull of Mer-Totha still sits atop the Howling Shallows, a reminder of the distant past and now a burgeoning new port just south of the Northern Sea...

[rennthog]

I MISS PIRATES SMP UGHHHHH,,,,,,,,,

[cornkernelle]

Finished that pirate prompt thing finally

Look, you already know him. Banana Eel is very bad at talking his way out of sticky situations. He can't really make good excuses up on the fly, and his charm is.. well, it's charming that he's trying so hard.

Doesn't do much if you're out for his head, so there's the "last resort" he ends up using.

Yes, he's got a slimy moray eel form he can pop into at will!! It's saved him more times than he can count. If you asked him which form was his real form, though, he couldn't say. He doesn't remember what came first, just came naturally.

[sleepnoises]

this weekend i am pirating a print from a favorite shirt to learn how to print on bandanas. printing in white on a dark color is a real brainteaser!!

[badolmen]

“I’m scared to pirate stuff - ” do it scared!*

*with Firefox and Adblock and a VPN and -

If you want a nonspecific, nonexhaustive “where do I even start” guide…

Sail the cyber seas at your own risk!

Streaming - “I want to watch xyz”

This is normally what most people want when they talk about pirating.

Use Firefox with uBlock Origin and additional privacy add-ons such as PrivacyBadger, TrackMeNot, etc.

Free VPNs are out there. Get one - but vet it’s efficacy. My go-tos are Proton VPN, or Windscribe if you plan to do a bit of torrenting.

What is torrenting? How does it work? Here’s a guide!

Back to streaming -

Make sure that a) you’ve got your Mozilla browser with all its adblocking private glory, and b) you’ve got a VPN turned on to hide what you’re doing in that browser from your ISP (internet service provider).

Now you need to actually find a site to stream from. This is the tricky part, because openly sharing these sites will get them taken down if they’re talked about widely enough. (Remember how tiktok idiots got zlibrary taken down?)

You’re going to have to talk to people on forums. You’re going to have to experiment with sites you find yourself. Search for ‘x online free’ and look at the links that come up - is the preview text mangled or clickbaitey? Are there Reddit threads about that website confirming or denying its content? A good rule of thumb is to ignore the top result or two - copycats of good streaming sites will often buy out the top result spot. Eventually, you’ll develop a good gut feeling and understanding of what a good site ‘looks like’ from the results page alone.

However, there are some places that compile good sites that haven’t been nuked by lawyers (yet) - check out r/FMHY! The masterposts are actively curated and updated when a site goes down or is found to have malicious downloads.

Remember - loose lips sink ships. No tweeting (xeeting?) or Facebook statuses about your new favorite piracy website and where you found it. Even posting to tumblr (kind of like this…) isn’t a great idea if you want those websites to stay under the radar and stay accessible. Nobody talks, everybody walks (away with their share of pirate booty)

If you aren’t downloading media, pick pretty much any site and watch away! Adblock and Firefox will keep away pop-ups and other annoying ads, and your VPN means your ISP can’t tell that you’re visiting an unofficial streaming service.

Note: In my experience, I’ve never heard of visiting a site and watching stuff on it infecting or otherwise compromising your computer. That tends to come from misclicks on invisible or overwhelming pop-up ads that redirect you to an automatic download or similarly malicious bullshit. If you’re using Firefox and uBlock, you shouldn’t be in any danger of an accidental redirect.

Downloads - “I want to keep xyz”

This is the realm of pirate archiving - you’re keeping files physically on your hard drive, an external hard drive, or burning a disk.

Adblock + Firefox browser? Check. VPN on? Check.

Go to your streaming site of choice - most if not all have download options. You can download those files or, manually, right click and save the video file from the webpage as an mp4. I honestly don’t know if there’s a difference in quality or more danger in clicking the download buttons, but regardless -

Run that puppy through VirusTotal.com! It’s a reliable browser based virus checker - if the file is too large, use a local virus checking program (your native Windows Defender on Windows computers or, I prefer, Malwarebytes)

Generally mp4 and mp3 files are clean - choose where to save them for the long term, and bam! Free forever media.

Optionally, I also upload mp4 files to a named Google document - this way I can easily share them or make them findable through a ‘xyz Google doc’ search for others :]

Torrents - “I want to keep and share xyz”

I’m not going to go into this subject in depth because, honestly, it’s not something I do regularly.

See the previously linked Torrenting guide for information on how the process works, and check out r/FMHY for recommendations and warnings about different torrenting clients (I’ve personally only used qBittorrent - I’ve heard to stay away from the Pirate Bay and Bittorrent.)

As with streaming, turn on that VPN baby! You’re going to need one that supports peer-to-peer (p2p) connections, so Proton’s free version is a no-go. Windscribe is what I’ve used for torrenting (and it’s a good free VPN on its own - I’m just partial to Proton). You get 10GB every month on Windscribe’s free version, which is more than enough for a few movies/a season or two of your favorite show.

(Bigger torrents like video games are easily 30+ GB, so be prepared to either pay for a no-limit premium account or spend a few months downloading your files in chunks.)

VPN on? Double check.

Boot up your torrenting client - I use a slightly out of date version of qBittorent, but there are other options. The Reddit thread and previously linked torrenting guide have a few dos and donts of selecting a client, so be thorough before you download your client of choice.

This is getting into the logistics of torrenting a bit, so forgive me if this is vague or incorrect, but now you need a torrent seed. These will be .tor files found through pirating websites or archives - these are rarely malicious, but it’s good to run any piracy related download through something like VirusTotal.com or scan it with a local program like Malwarebytes.

You open your seed file in your client and wait. A ‘healthy’ seed tends to have lots of seeders and few leeches, but sometimes you’re stuck with an obscure seed you just have to wait for.

Your torrented files have fully downloaded! Now what? a) keep your client open and seed those files for others as long as you want to - sharing is caring! and b) run those files through a security program like Malwarebytes (not sponsored it’s just the only program I’m familiar with).

Be wary of what gets flagged - sometimes the files seem important, but are just trojans, and likewise sometimes they seem malicious, but are just cracked software getting flagged by your system. It’s good to check and see if others have had a problem with this particular torrent before - Reddit threads from 2008 are your long dead friends.

And that’s about it. Feel free to correct me if anything I’ve recommended is malicious or outright wrong. I’ve been doing this for years and haven’t had an active problem to my knowledge, so if there is something fishy with how I do things, I am a statistical outlier and should not be counted.

I wish you smooth sailing and strong winds in your ventures me hearties!

Obligatory ‘don’t pirate small author’s or artist’s works what the fuck dude’ statement.

[bigbigpixels]

Metroid Zero Mission (2004) by Nintendo R&D1 and Yoshio Sakamoto

Metroid: Zero Mission is a remake and reimagining of the original Metroid (1986), developed by Nintendo R&D1 and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2004. It revitalizes the original NES game with modernized graphics, updated mechanics, a deeper narrative, and entirely new content that expands the universe and story of Samus Aran, one of gaming’s most iconic protagonists

Story & Setting The game follows Samus Aran, a lone bounty hunter, as she travels to the planet Zebes to stop the Space Pirates, who are using parasitic creatures called Metroids for biological warfare. The mission is to infiltrate their base, defeat Mother Brain (the AI in control), and prevent disaster.

Zero Mission expands on this core plot with cinematic cutscenes and Chozo lore, offering more context about Samus's childhood, her adoption by the Chozo, and the origins of her Power Suit. It also explores her resilience and ingenuity during a critical post-mission escape.

Gameplay Mechanics Zero Mission is a 2D Metroidvania — a mix of platforming, exploration, and action where gaining new items and abilities unlocks access to previously unreachable areas. Key features include:

• Power-Ups: Missile Tanks, Morph Ball, Bombs, Ice Beam, Varia Suit, Speed Booster, and more.

• Exploration-Based Progression: You’ll constantly backtrack to old areas with new abilities to uncover secrets.

• Map System: A detailed, color-coded map helps with navigation, solving a key flaw in the original.

• Tight Controls: Movement and combat are fluid, with responsive controls suited to modern players.

New Content & Enhancements While it closely follows the structure of the original Metroid, Zero Mission adds significant new gameplay and narrative segments:

• Zero Suit Samus: After completing the "original" mission, Samus’s gunship is shot down. She escapes without her Power Suit, forcing her into a tense, stealth-based infiltration of a Space Pirate mothership using only her agility and a stun pistol.

• New Areas: Chozodia (the Space Pirate base) and various hidden Chozo ruins weren’t present in the 1986 version.

• Boss Battles: Several bosses were redesigned or newly added, including Mecha Ridley.

• Save Stations: Replacing passwords from the NES version, save points make progress much more manageable.

Zero Mission had sold over 439,000 units in the United States and 69,000 in Japan as of February 2005. It was rereleased on the Virtual Console service for Wii U and the Nintendo Classics service for Nintendo Switch.

More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid:_Zero_Mission