Comment by tux2bsd | Hacker News Reader

Comment by tux2bsd | Hacker News Reader

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The problem with torrents is a lack of expanding/versioning of a torrent

e.g. I'm Joe Rogan and I release all my podcasts into a single torrent, add one each podcast. JoeRoganPodcastArchive.torrent . Each addition should propagate if the torrent client accepts it (i.e. Joe can't sneak in a episode of Oprah as the user would catch that).

Debian_amd64_ISO_Archive.torrent , each release Debian chuck it in there. Up to the user to accept the new addition (likewise download selectively, as can be done already).

By now you should get the drift of what I'm on about. The key is you don't have to get another torrent file to "follow" (what would be) the expanding torrent.

It also serves to propagate new content faster, the change comes to the user rather than the user having to seek it out.

RSS feeds currently fill this role and honestly I don't feel the need for base torrent protocol to support it. It does its job and it does it well, same as RSS.

You have a system that works for you but you're confused if you think that is complete enough to be a stand in for what I have described.

AFAIK there are mutable torrents now, although not as widely supported

Doesn't look like it (main stream user ready), feel free to provide actual information.

yeah, seems I got that confused with something else. (there is a proposal, but it didnt get adopted)

Lol why was Joe Rogan your random pick?

Was I supposed to discriminate?

Yes, clearly. I just was amused that that dipshit of all people was your go to example.

That sort of thing in a totally unrelated sort of comment tends to be a huge dogwhistle.

But I clearly just want you to “discriminate” against the wealthy middle aged male white asshole. (Disclosure, I’m a middle class middle aged white male asshole)

I hope your soy overdose wears off one day, for the sake of the people that have to put up with you in real life.

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