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bastard_op ◴[] No.42200020[source]
Some 28 years ago I taught myself everything could get/find from graphic design, basic development, server administration, etc, all downloading commercial warez over dial-up with AOL and Usenet. I didn't need a class or subscriptions, with every software and book I could have wanted, I had the best lab in the world with any software available I could want with piracy.

Fast forward 30 years now it's mostly the same as it was, only open source replaced all the commercial, and little has changed that I can still get the rest too. You can pay as much or little as you want in life if you know how.

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jjtheblunt ◴[] No.42200079[source]
You said you relied on piracy.

But piracy means you were in spirit and partly in reality stealing the work product of those who learned a few years before you.

Would you want your work value to be diluted by piracy?

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shrubble ◴[] No.42200255[source]
You wouldn't download a car ...
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1. justinclift ◴[] No.42202482[source]
If only we could: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5918367

Well, maybe a future version of 3D printing. :)