Stream capture, also known as stream piracy, is not a good alternative to bittorrent

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_capture

Stream capture, river capture, river piracy or stream piracy is a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river drainage system or watershed is diverted from its own bed, and flows down to the bed of a neighbouring stream.

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Well duh. That’s what Kodi/Stremio + debrid is for

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Ew, pirating low bit streams is like pirating music by recording a live concert on a cassette. So trashy.

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I think your post title was fun aurthur, thanks for posting, this article looks really interesting

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What? Is there some explanation missing here?

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What? Is there some explanation missing here?

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this post links to the wikipedia article “stream capture” (which the article says is also called stream piracy).

the article is about fluvial geomorphology.

the title i chose for it ("*Stream capture, also known as stream piracy, is not a good alternative to bittorrent*") is a joke, premised on the fact that the terms “stream capture” and “stream piracy” can also refer to ripping (aka capture, a technique which can be used for piracy) of streaming media.

BitTorrent is a popular protocol often used for pirating media. In truth, capturing (video) streams is an alternative to using BitTorrent for piracy, but the quality of media one can find on BitTorrent is often much higher than what one can find on streaming sites. So, many discerning pirates would agree with the statement in the post title. However (in my opinion, at least) the incongruous subject of the linked article makes this funny.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theories_of_humor#Incongruity_theory for more information.

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Feels like somebody’s ai agent got loose and grabbed the wrong link

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whoosh

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you have to force tone with tags and emojis otherwise people default to thinking you are malicious, stupid, or just beneath them and deserving of negative judgement

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If you’re a farmer in an arid area, then stream piracy from natural or unnatural causes is very important one way or the other.

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