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Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion

569 points · 149 comments · skepticalgenius

  1. mococa · · focus · HN ↗
    Steam & Blizzard (probably others) used to delivery games through torrent protocol in the past, before CDNs became cheaper.

    When StarCraft 2 was lauched, the installer (before Battle.net installer crapware) had a complete graphical visualization of seeders & leechers.

    Reference: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;warcraft.wiki.gg&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Blizzard_Downloader" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;warcraft.wiki.gg&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Blizzard_Downloader

    1. ehe78qhe · · focus · HN ↗
      Steam has a limited form of p2p delivery, used on LANs: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;help.steampowered.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;faqs&#x2F;view&#x2F;46BD-6BA8-B012-CE43" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;help.steampowered.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;faqs&#x2F;view&#x2F;46BD-6BA8-B012-CE...
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