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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. alexpotato · · focus · HN ↗
      I&#x27;ve worked at trading firms where the &quot;reference data master&quot; file is usually a big json or equivalent.

      To get the file out to 100s or 1000s of machine they would often use private bittorent to distribute the file out.

      1. mitxela · · focus · HN ↗
        As a private network, they have the option of multicast.
        1. alexpotato · · focus · HN ↗
          When I retire and&#x2F;or get &quot;F You&quot; money, I&#x27;m going to publicly tell a story about multicast, bittorrent and &quot;not invented here&quot; syndrome.
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