The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoDid you get your Limewire Wrapped?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square113linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageDid you get your Limewire Wrapped?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square113linkfedilink
minus-squarecog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoDoes Limewire still exist? I’m too afraid to check, probably get a virus from just googling it.
minus-squarenil@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoSnapdrop was sold to Limewire recently
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThey put a backdoor in the software to disable it, but the underlying P2P network (gnutella) should technically still work. But you shouldn’t even try, there’s much more active alternatives.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoSoulseek is still around. Nicotine+ is a great client for it. It’s perfect for music and ebooks.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIt’s now the name of a crypto token. Why? I have no idea.
minus-squarelemmyman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI was thrilled that I cringed my kids by coming up with “rizzmas” and then saddened to find that it, too, is crypto.
minus-squarecog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 months agoThe damn coins steal all the names and therefore domains. Your username? Probably a cryptocoin name by now
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI couldn’t find a coin gor lemmyman, but the ticker for “lemon nation” is “LEMMY”. I think I need to start my own crypto lol
minus-squarecog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoLol have to be careful when I say to someone I use lemmy now to not lead them to a cryptocoin. And start soon, all the names are almost taken! :D
minus-squareace_garp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI was surprised 5 months ago that Limewire has morphed into doing short-term, web-based, file-hosting under the name filetransfer.io I needed to share a video, larger than attachment size. Searched for ‘fileshare online’. The video successfully hosted for free, and was viewed. No report on how many viruses the viewer picked up /s.
Does Limewire still exist? I’m too afraid to check, probably get a virus from just googling it.
Snapdrop was sold to Limewire recently
They put a backdoor in the software to disable it, but the underlying P2P network (gnutella) should technically still work. But you shouldn’t even try, there’s much more active alternatives.
Soulseek is still around. Nicotine+ is a great client for it. It’s perfect for music and ebooks.
It’s now the name of a crypto token. Why? I have no idea.
You are now the name of a crypto token.
I was thrilled that I cringed my kids by coming up with “rizzmas” and then saddened to find that it, too, is crypto.
The damn coins steal all the names and therefore domains. Your username? Probably a cryptocoin name by now
I couldn’t find a coin gor lemmyman, but the ticker for “lemon nation” is “LEMMY”.
I think I need to start my own crypto lol
Lol have to be careful when I say to someone I use lemmy now to not lead them to a cryptocoin.
And start soon, all the names are almost taken! :D
I was surprised 5 months ago that Limewire has morphed into doing short-term, web-based, file-hosting under the name filetransfer.io
I needed to share a video, larger than attachment size. Searched for ‘fileshare online’.
The video successfully hosted for free, and was viewed.
No report on how many viruses the viewer picked up /s.