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[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 33 points 11 months ago (2 children)

can anybody give me the tldr on what they do?

[–] Regalia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 78 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They take cracked games and compress their size down so that shipmates with low bandwidth can download them easier.

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago (6 children)
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[–] UmbraTemporis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Packing games for fellow shipmates.

[–] nueromancer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They don't do crack only repack

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"world economic crisis" what?, she is in russia?

[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 101 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I mean, she’s never tried to hide the fact that she’s Russian. And she also hasn’t hidden the fact that she dislikes Putin. But lots of Europe is struggling right now. For instance, the farmers protesting across many parts of Europe, as a result of the war and Ukrainian exports.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 63 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She called him an old madman in the link posted. She's one of the good ones

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[–] Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 11 months ago
[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What's her super secret method that she can't share? Doesn't sound very open to me.

[–] Lath@kbin.earth 59 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If i remember right from the many years ago i first came across her works, it's a compression method she personalized and finessed over time.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 38 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's like jerking 4 dicks at once

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago

But what's the mean jerk time?

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

I just had to watch that scene again, I just love it so much

[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I prefer and default to fitgirl, but I'll admit that sometimes the long unpack time doesn't seem worth the sometimes only 1-5gb file size difference.

[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It’s primarily meant for people who have slow connections. If you’re downloading a game over DSL or satellite (which is often the only thing available unless you’re in an urban/suburban area) then the 5GB of extra compression could be a huge time difference. It’s also true for metered connections, where you have to pay by the GB, or where you have a data cap.

[–] Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 11 months ago

It's pretty relevant for people who archive too because it can add up to terrabytes of difference if you're backing up everything.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 11 months ago

Can confirm, 5gb extra is about 9 more hours of downloading, presuming everything goes well

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 10 points 11 months ago

I think there's likely a lot of people still on slower links that benefit for sure.

But as gigabit and better Internet becomes more mainstream, it's certainly less of a problem for those with that.

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[–] somethingchameleon@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (8 children)
[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 86 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The real question is: is she fit?

[–] Bristle1744@lemmy.today 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Her photo implies that she is at least lean.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 47 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She uses photos of Audrey Tatou, a French actress.

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[–] Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 82 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Fitgirl presents as a woman therefore she is a girl. I don't walk by people on the street and wonder what's in their pants all day.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I sure do that. Hope it's a big meaty hog

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 11 months ago

The plumbing also doesn't define which pronouns someone prefers.

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[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 46 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Had anyone seen Empress and Fitgirl in the same room at the same time?

actually after empress went crazy,fitgirl pledged that she wouldn't reoack empresses games

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[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] UmbraTemporis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 11 months ago

Supernatural spirit from an alternate reality hell-bent on destroying video game monopolies.

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