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I feel like it’s really far from being open. Besides the training data not being open, the more popular ones like llama and stable diffusion have these weird source available licenses with anti-competitive clauses, user count limits, or arbitrary morality clauses.
No. It’s got a “source available” license allowing only non-commercial use, and revokes the license for anyone who tries to sue them.
I think they switched to usually using bing results last year. Their support site mentions they use both backends. I’d guess which one you get depends on which API is cheaper for each country.
I think that’s still closed, just poorly done in a way that isn’t very accessible.
That’s what burned in means.
I added an extra line break, but it already looked fine in the default webview and in Jerboa. Normally lists don’t need line breaks around them.
For anyone who wants to know the difference between these terms:
It usually implies it’s weird in an old-fasioned way though.
Hacker’s Keyboard hasn’t had a real release in about 5 years, so it can be slightly buggy.
Unexpected Keyboard is pretty good. It’s got the complete keyboard layout available including stuff like Control and Function keys, so I think it’s an acceptable replacement. It uses swipes to type other keys, which I’m not sure if I prefer, but it works well enough. I set the swipe distance higher because I would accidentally swipe from time to time.
If you check “I’m an advanced user” in the settings, then hit the “More” button in the dropdown a few times it’ll show the more advanced interface that lets you choose which third party domains to allow. It doesn’t work quite the same since it blocks both content and scripts per site, but I find it good enough for my usage.
edit: You can technically block just scripts per 3rd party site, but it involves manually editing the content type for your rules in the settings. It’s not part of the main interface, so I never bother using it.
GoToSocial is designed for small / single user instances. There’s more with similar goals like snac, seppo, pub, ktistec, tapir, shuttlecraft, activities.next, and microblog.pub, but I haven’t really looked into them so I’m not sure on the status of each. There’s a nice list of activitypub software at delightful fediverse apps if you want to look at more options.
Most philosophers think free will and determinism are compatible.
With AI upscaling it fills it in based on the training from other images/videos. So it probably won’t be an alien, but small details common in other videos that looked similar will also show up in the upscaled videos. If an extra flower shows up in a field of grass it’s usually not a big deal, but for some things like faces or symbols, small details can really change the way people interpret it.
Depending on the context it’s probably not that bad, but there’s plenty of details in youtube videos that people pay attention to, like in news, history, tutorials, educational content, and so on. Even for a fictional story, it could add nonsense that people assume is part of the actual show.
The problem with AI upscaling is that it does add something. It fills in the details with things that could plausibly be there, regardless of if they are. It’s especially dangerous if it’s used for something like security footage, where it’ll do stuff like make up a face based on a few pixels.
Thanks, I didn’t know about that. I looked into this a bit more and there’s actually a bunch of techniques, and shift right click only gets around some of them. There’s a tester tool at https://webbrowsertools.com/test-right-click/ with examples of blocking right clicks, text selection, and copying/pasting text.
It looks like a good extension, but I feel like my setup works better for my workflow. Tab groups with auto tab discard has a similar effect, and there’s an archive option for when I really want to unload the whole group.
Tab groups are really handy for multitasking if you use multiple desktops. I have a window open on each desktop, and switching between tab groups switches to the relevant desktop.
This question gets asked pretty often, so I’d been meaning to write something up for a while. Browser extensions were one of the first ways I got interested in free software, and there’s a lot of really useful ones out there.
If you want even more options, here’s some I have installed but disabled.
I use firefox, so I’m not positive if all of these are available for chromium based browsers.
Each extension varies in how big it is, so there isn’t an easy rule for how many extensions to use. Also, if you’re trying to increase privacy, many extensions can make your browser fingerprint more easily identifiable.
uBlock Origin - I have it set to block everything by default like NoScript, whitelisting sites as I use them. I used to use uMatrix for this before it was discontinued, but this works well enough.
Tridactyl - Advanced vim-like keybindings. It has more features than something like Vimium, but I’ve had it occasionally break sites so I had to change the noiframe settings listed on the troubleshooting page.
Midnight Lizard - I’ve been using this lately instead of Dark Reader. It has much more customization, but I’ve occasionally had it mess up on some sites.
CanvasBlocker - Sends out fake info to make your browser fingerprint different each time. This doesn’t fully prevent fingerprinting with how I have my add-ons set up, but it at least makes the job harder for trackers and gives them less real data.
Local CDN - local copies of common libraries, so you don’t access a bunch of 3rd party sites to download javascript. This sends your data to fewer sites, but if you’re trying to stay anonymous it makes your fingerprint more unique.
AutoTabDiscard - This unloads inactive tabs, which comes in handy if you have a ton of tabs open. You can disable it for any sites you always want to keep active. You can also tweak how many tabs to keep open and how long before it tries to discard them.
Leechblock NG - Set time limits for how long you want to spend on each site. If you use it right it can help break addictions to certain websites.
Stylus - I use it for a couple of sites that just have really terrible styles or don’t work well with dark mode.
AutoFill Forms - Handy for if you have any repetitive forms you need to fill out.
DownThemAll - I don’t use it often, but really useful when there’s a bunch of links to download.
ViolentMonkey - Per site custom javascript. I don’t use this much, but occasionally comes in handy to make a website do what you want.
Tab Reloader - for sites that you want to keep refreshed.
I’ve got a bunch for integration with various websites and software:
I’m pretty sure these are Firefox only, but I’ll leave them here for anyone else who’s interested.
Simple Tab Groups - I like using this to organize my tabs into groups. There’s probably better ways to not have so many tabs open but it’s convenient to have a bunch of open tabs when I want them.
Multi-Account Containers - Helpful if you have multiple accounts on the same site, or want to keep your cookies separate for different tasks.
Firefox Translations - adds more language options to Firefox’s offline translation.
Some other fediverse software like hubzilla and sharkey let you migrate posts, so I wouldn’t say it’ll never happen. I don’t think anyone is working on it though, so probably not anytime soon.