All anyone needs to do is write a basic indexer search engine. It would be relatively simple to make, it could be easily crowd funded too. What you are looking for would more or less just 1st gen google, before they started monetizing everything and fucking about with the raw search results. I really believe there is a market for this right now, but it has to be done soon-ish, as it's really only boomers that remember just how good the old-net was, and how bizarrely accurate google and useful used to be.
We the people are in desperate need of a new search engine. A I heard the big guy from mega / megaupload fame is working on it, along with a whole bunch of other stuff, peer to peer internet hosting and the like. Something needs to be done soon, or we'll be stuck with the new 'normie-net' forever
Please, this is feedback page on a anime mirror site, that's why have been as short as possible. While it is possible to minimize risks to ~some extent~ with good configuration, it is imo more of a question on when. Very short page mentioning some important parts: https://security.stackexchange.com/que...ns/185642/ I've also worked on some critical business migrations that still use XP but only specific tasked either offline or highly limited + VM. There is really no valid reason to browse the web with old systems anymore. The policy of MS has always been that way, I wouldn't know why you expect them to charity. You may not like that, but one has to accept it, it's their right too. Yes, there are ppl who can't afford new systems, but they do have options and would probably only benefit from it because (esp. older) Windows was never efficient with hardware. But again this is just a very short outtake on a very big topic that animetosho has nothing to do with. Stay safe :)
Then again I wouldn't use XP/Vista online. There are many known exploits.
There may be some truth in thatt, although it's probably less of a worry than you think. The really sad thing is that microsoft has abandoned these operating systems in full knowledge that they are condemning 100s of millions, maybe even billions of perfectly working computers to the rubbish tip, as those older machines are not capable of running the newer operating systems. Yes, it's nice to have a new computer every few years, but not everybody wants to and there are people that cannot afford to.
It's an underrated ecological catastrophe, and it can be laid at the feet of silicone valley, which hosts mostly companies proclaiming to be environmentally aware. It's all bullshit. They give you window dressing environmentalism so that everybody feels good about themselves and the tech companies can even make some extra cash. (Ultimately it's all about self proclaimed 'elites' pocketing carbon taxes from the plebs)
Meanwhile actual rubbish tips full of old tech hardware are literally turning into little hills and even mountains
This is another way they are combating free content sharing (for now only in Russia): Search Engines Will Deindex All Domains That Have 100+ Links to Pirated Content. "Any domain that has 100 or more ‘pirate’ links reported to the database will be deindexed entirely by search engines, meaning that they essentially become invisible to anyone using a search engine. This must be carried out quickly too, within 24 hours according to ISS."
Interesting part: "Sadly, in this day and age, everyone is a self-proclaimed expert. The standards for what people consider to be an expert are lower than the worker age limits at an iPhone factory; all you really need is an SEO optimized Wordpress site. In most other industries this isn’t a big deal since your safety isn’t threatened by which brand of coffee or phone case you purchase. However, when it comes to VPNs, choosing the wrong one could lead to serious real life consequences.
Unfortunately, many “security blogs” and VPN “review” sites are not operated by experts at all. Rather, by marketing companies specializing in advertising and SEO for their own customers, who then chose to dabble in VPN reviews as a lucrative side gig. Even the reviews themselves are written by outsourced bloggers. You’ve probably seen countless “Best VPN for [insert topic here] in [insert year here]” articles. Most of the time the articles aren’t giving you any new or relevant information, they just have the right keywords to rank well."
It seems Google Drive is flagging text files that only contain a "1" or "0" as copyright infringements. It doesn't remove those innocent text files but block sharing them and show this error to viewers "We're sorry. You can't access this item because it is in violation of our Terms of Service." Now that's one of absurd things Google does!
In the past 10 years, many file hosting sites have come and gone, while some better ones have replaced them. One of the best and most popular of them was Openload (RIP). However in 2021 some big downloading (piracy) sites went down and we can say 2021 was a bad year for pirates.
Thanks for the feedback and your concerns are noted.
I've always seen this site as a simple mirror and don't intend to move away from that. A rewrite is less about adding 'bells and whistles' as you describe it, and more about removing old cruft, which currently limits what can be done.
If it does happen, it'd start with the mirror site before moving to the main domain, so there'll be plenty of opportunity to express opinions :)
My understanding of Permissions-Policy is that it's mostly beneficial if you're serving third party scripts, as it can be used to limit what they can do. If your connection is intercepted and they crack HTTPS, a HTTP header won't really help. Realistically, the only thing it might help against is if someone finds an XSS exploit, though I'd imagine they'd be more interested in stealing auth credentials, spreading malware or mining cryptocurrency, over trying to read your accelerometer.
I'm not against it, I just don't see that much benefit and any need to rush in at the moment. But I'll keep it in mind, so thanks for the info/suggestion!
A message will appear 'Your IP is blocked on our server'. If using vpn. Well, I tried all vpn. But sometimes I can login but then the IP from the VPN is blacklisted again.
I don't think there are plans for now to rewrite the site. And even if I'm sure only for the best still with high compatibility. Then again I wouldn't use XP/Vista online. There are many known exploits. Better using a good linux distro with wine or likes but ... offtopic, sry. In any way I don't see a reason to worry.
X-Frame - didn't thought of that, well ok. CSP: thought as much. :-/ Permissions-Policy, is a draft but working, most used browsers support that already (also newest FF), replacing the broadly supported Feature Policy. Change of usage may except additional commands is unexpected. CSP .. isn't blocking exactly the same. It only blocks where it's coming from while Permission blocks access to the API. I'd say if you trust AT and current HTTPS implementation it's good enough. If you want to further tighten up, lock few XSS possibilities .... it's not without reason considered best practice. But in the end that depends on if you want to add it.
Comment in Feedback 12/02/2022 18:05 * — Anonymous: "Brooks Brandt"
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Comment in Feedback 12/02/2022 15:38 — Anonymous: "anon-san"
pls don't mess with the site. It is amazing as it is. It's such a breath of fresh air coming here where there is freedom from all the unnecessary bells and whistles of the rest of the web. I feels so nice to linger here for a while each day, browsing around without the clutter and harassment of banners and adds and facebook icons everywhere.
But if you ever do update the website, please be gentle with it, I know it's your website, as your the guy that created it, but a lot of us out here think of it as ours too.
Also, please remember that there is a lot of animetosho users from countries that still have a lot of XP/Vista etc users, so pls keep that in mind and keep the website backward compatible
X-Frame-Options: I don't particularly like it, as it means that the site cannot be framed. Although this site isn't designed to be framed, if someone thinks it's a good idea, I don't see any reason to shut them down. The main argument for it is to prevent clickjacking. Whilst this is important for some sites, I can't see much benefit in it here. For one, I don't see what someone would even gain from trying to clickjack this site, but if you come up with something, let me know.
Permissions-Policy: From what I can tell, the spec is still in draft, so support is iffy. I erpsonally am not in favour of the verbosity of the header (which has to be sent on every page), but there's opportunity for it to change, so will need to see how it develops. Realistically, as AT doesn't load any external scripts (enforced by CSP), I don't see this being particularly beneficial over what CSP already provides - assuming I haven't missed anything.
Content-Security-Policy: The script here is rather old (writte before CSP's existence), and makes use of inline Javascript as well as the eval function. It's not nice, but I don't see it as a major risk. If I were to rewrite this site, which has come under consideration a few times, I'd certainly look at avoiding using these.
Do they block on login though? Normal browsing works. Only tried to register, read their faqs & such, waited in irc for approval but nothing ever happened. All for the lame excuse to block bots because 2018-recently VPNs are still #Neuland it seems and what ... all the other sites dealing with bots block vpn? I don't think so, using it all time. Useless admins, not like the one here. :)
The full screenshots here (not the thumbnails) are lossless PNGs, so should be equivalent to the source frame captured, without further loss (what I presume you meant by "compressed").
Having said that, still frames aren't the most accurate way to determine quality, since video is meant to be watched in motion, but can provide a rough guide.
the screenshots are compressed so comparing them to judge quality is utterly pointless and dumb as they're in no way a representation of the quality of the video.
I would like to express my gratitude for the screenshots. Being able to compare, without having to download, is so incredibly useful. And has saved me many GBs of traffic by now.
It's especially creepy, when a release above ~300mb actually looks worse than the smaller ones.
I can't understand people who do such things o.0 Instead of trying to search and find an alternative domain, just use a VPN. A good, free one with Zero-logging is AdGuard VPN. Another well-known one is Psiphon which uses users' data to make money like most other free VPNs.
Because Nyaa didn't change the new domain, and merged subdomain sukebei into the main domain. Their sukebei are vulnerable to being blocked by every country. Adult content.
Thanks for the pointer, though with all the rattling Nyaa has been doing blocking proxies, we'll have to see if this one lasts. (side note, if you search for Nyaa proxies, you can quickly find a bunch that work; many have their own ads and who knows what, but I suppose they need an incentive to run such a service. Does go to show that Nyaa's rattling was mostly toothless, to no-one's surprise)
This host seems to error too frequently, so much it can't get through its backlog. I don't know if there's some limit in place (error message just says "An error occurred, try again (#4)"), but looks like I'll have to scale it down.
If you're familiar with CSS, you can create your own image, edit the style code and apply it using a plugin like Stylist or Stylish. There's two custom styles posted here, which may help in terms of an example.
I've updated the screenshot renderer to fix the colorspace issue. Thanks again for pointing out the problem.
Also figured out the slight brightness difference. Using ffmpeg as a baseline, it seems that it can be replicated by converting to RGB48, then RGB24. In other words:
The second version seems to match the screenshot you posted, but differs slightly in brightness relative to the first (which is what the renderer now generates). I'm guessing there's some rounding issue somewhere when it goes through two stages, causing the difference.
16/02/2022 14:18 — Anonymous