e0qdk @ e0qdk @reddthat.com

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Not sure on the exact flavor of "weird af" that Nokotan or Gintama get into since I haven't seen them, but here's some of the weirder shows I've watched:

• Nichijou
• Azumanga Daioh
• Penguindrum
• Utena
• FLCL
• Space Dandy

Thinking along a different style of weirdness, there's also shows like Serial Experiments Lain -- but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for.

arXiv has bulk access methods -- you shouldn't need to scrape their website to get the data: https://info.arxiv.org/help/bulk_data.html

If you really want everything (5TB+), that's available from their S3 bucket if you're willing to cover the transfer costs: https://info.arxiv.org/help/bulk_data_s3.html

I don't have an answer to your original question -- I think it would likely depend on exactly how you set up your network, how you encode your data and decode your output, what qualifies as "original" etc. I'm mostly familiar with RNNs from their relation to IIR filters (in audio) than however they are (or aren't) used in ML these days... but the idea of trying to set something like that up to deliberately spit out names just makes me feel tired thinking about it.

If you're looking to do this for procgen in gamedev or something, a Markov chain (state machine that follows transitions based on probability) is likely to be a lot easier to reason about.

Why are you trying to use an RNN instead of something like a Markov chain for that?

A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. 🎓️

Is there a way to verify they're not selling data?

Your privacy FAQ link says they do not send telemetry back -- that claim could be tested by using network inspection tools like Wireshark if you know what you're doing.

Thanks for the pointer. As I said, I need to spend a good chunk of time reviewing exactly what they've done before I feel confident enough to depend on it. A simple reconfiguration of stock Firefox that I am confident does not phone home is likely good enough for me in the short term.

If you have a better solution though, please let us know what it is.

Yes.

Short term -- I'll probably be moving to LibreWolf, most likely. I'm planning to spend a good chunk of time this weekend reviewing what exactly their fork does. I've read their self-description already -- and like it -- but I want to look through the code and try to build it myself before I start depending on it.

Long term -- I'll be keeping my eye on Servo and Ladybird.

Feature flag -- toggle the change on and off for testing. If you go over to the linked PR (#16018), the description under testing is:

1. Create switch FIREFOX_TOU locally
2. Turn it off/on to review the changes

That particular snippet is being changed so there's a conditional for testing -- if you toggle to show how it will be when the new ToS is active, it shows the version of the paragraph WITHOUT "Unlike other companies, we don’t sell access to your data." otherwise it shows the old text (i.e. exact same text in the paragraph in red).

Also, note the references to # Obsolete string (expires 25-04-2025) where selling personal data is mentioned elsewhere -- and the entirely removed FAQ entry!

This is serious.

            {% if switch('firefox-tou') %}
          <p>Firefox is independent and a part of the not-for-profit Mozilla, which fights for your online rights, keeps corporate powers in check and makes the internet accessible to everyone, everywhere. We believe the internet is for people, not profit. You’re in control over who sees your search and browsing history. All that and exceptional performance too.</p>
        {% else %}
          <p>Firefox is independent and a part of the not-for-profit Mozilla, which fights for your online rights, keeps corporate powers in check and makes the internet accessible to everyone, everywhere. We believe the internet is for people, not profit. Unlike other companies, we don’t sell access to your data. You’re in control over who sees your search and browsing history. All that and exceptional performance too.</p>
        {% endif %}
        

  

Top paragraph is what they're changing it to (behind a feature flag) and bottom is what it currently is. i.e. they are REMOVING the bit you marked in bold in your quote when the new ToS is active.

The one that caught my attention was Framework's desktop with 128GB of RAM for ~$2K US. (More $$$ when you add on SSDs, etc, of course -- but still. O.o)

I don't think so... but, maybe deep down he's an exhibitionist? 🤔️

Fedia got one upvote from sopuli.xyz, but not mine from reddthat (at least not yet despite messages going through), so I don't quite know what to make of vote propagation.

I thought communities/groups on particular instances were the hubs for distributing posts, but the more I think about this, the more confused I feel. I should probably just go read the code later and see if I can figure out WTF is going on...

(For now though, I'm curious to see what fedia does with this reply 🤔️)

this won't reach !streetmoe@ani.social because fedia.io defederated ani.social

This post made it to me over here on reddthat and fedia.io is showing recent posts from MentalEdge and green_copper's accounts -- and they aren't on fedia.io... How the hell does that work if ani.social is defederated? O.o

Edit: It did make it to ani.social -- https://ani.social/post/9902583