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[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 34 points 8 months ago (2 children)

can anybody give me the tldr on what they do?

[–] Regalia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 79 points 8 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 23 points 8 months ago (6 children)
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[–] UmbraTemporis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Packing games for fellow shipmates.

[–] nueromancer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They don't do crack only repack

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 102 points 8 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 64 points 8 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 8 months ago
[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 15 points 8 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 8 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 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's like jerking 4 dicks at once

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago

But what's the mean jerk time?

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

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

[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 12 points 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 months ago

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

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 10 points 8 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 8 months ago (8 children)
[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 86 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The real question is: is she fit?

[–] Bristle1744@lemmy.today 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Her photo implies that she is at least lean.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 47 points 8 months ago (1 children)

She uses photos of Audrey Tatou, a French actress.

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[–] Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 82 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)
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The plumbing also doesn't define which pronouns someone prefers.

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[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 46 points 8 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 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] UmbraTemporis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 8 months ago

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

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