Re: How much latency do you add to torrents?

On Sun, 8 Dec 2024, Oliver wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 21:45:00 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote 
>>>> https://thepiratebay.org has been working for me for twenty years or so.
>>>> https://libgen.rs/ has been working for books and epubs for a while too.
>>> 
>>> https://libgen.rs/  returns a "server not found" error.
>> 
>> I think it is just some temporary problem. I've used it successfully in the 
>> past. 
>
> Agreed. Almost every darkweb site goes in and out over time, where I agree
> that libgen.rs is temporarily offline when tested with an onion browser
> just now. 
>> My three go tos for books are annas archive, libgen and z-lib.
>
> Yes. I have the same experience as you do. I feel that Anna's Archive is
> one of the most comprehensive epub archives if a bit tricky to navigate.
>
> Others are https://www.base-search.net/, https://openlibrary.org/,
> https://www.tandfonline.com/, http://zlibrary.to/ and the onion site
> http://bookszlibb74ugqojhzhg2a63w5i2atv5bqarulgczawnbmsb6s6qead.onion/

Thank you very much. Will check them out as well.

> But they come and go. And come back. And go again. It's a revolving door.
>
> What do you do when it comes to setting the latency for magnet links?
>
> That is, when you copy a magnet link, how much time do you let pass before
> you use that magnet link which you copied, pasted in a bittorrent client?

In my case, I click on a magnet link, it is opened in transmission on my 
computer, and it immediately starts downloading.