Heh. I’m just now working on my undergrad thesis and the University said that they would be made publicly available. Now, I am a firm believer in all things FOSS, and, as such, I’d be heartbroken if my paper ended up on one of these scummy websites.

I don’t even care about getting paid, I just want the knowledge out there man

Just my two cents, but I had a similar problem and it ended up being a crappy WiFi adapter! As soon as you started any kind of big download on that particular PC the router would just give up, and we’d briefly lose connection on all devices, but permanently (until a reboot) on that PC.

I see that it’s now marked as resolved but if it does happen again you can try checking if the adapter is working alright (could be power, drivers, firmware, etc)

That said, if you live in a first world country, do use a VPN if you can!