[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 32 points 1 week ago

what is the legitimate use case?

You do a whole bunch of research on a subject -- hours, days, weeks, months, years maybe -- and then find something that sparks a connection with something else that you half remember. Where was that thing in the 1000s of pages you read? That's the problem (or at least one of the problems) it's supposed to solve.

I've considered writing similar research tools for myself over the years (e.g. save a copy of the HTML and a screenshot of every webpage I visit automatically marked with a timestamp for future reference), but decided the storage cost and risk of accidentally embarrassing/compromising myself by recording something sensitive was too high compared to just taking notes in more traditional ways and saving things manually.

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 35 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The registrar appears to have ignored the response from itch.io (source with additional details). I'm not sure what that means for them legally speaking -- but not following the DMCA process correctly probably opens them up to being sued for damages.

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Frankly, the only sane option is an "Are you over the age of (whatever is necessary) and willing to view potentially disturbing adult content?" style confirmation.

Anything else is going to become problematic/abusive sooner or later.

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 75 points 1 month ago

According to their FAQ, they say it's supposed to be pronounced /forˈd͡ʒe.jo/ and provide an audio clip: https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4

To me that sounds like "for-jay-oh".

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 29 points 1 month ago

Not likely. Mozilla had $1,321,539,000 in total assets -- roughly half a billion dollars of which was in "cash and cash equivalents" -- in their last (2022) audited financial statement: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2022/mozilla-fdn-2022-fs-final-0908.pdf

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 25 points 1 month ago

Yes. There are virus vector vaccines already in existence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_vector_vaccine

For example, adenovirus vector vaccines were created for COVID-19: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine#Adenovirus_vector_vaccines

Those are non-replicating though.

Live attenuated vaccines also exist -- which can replicate -- but those work by using a weakened/modified version of the original harmful live virus the vaccine is intended to protect against: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attenuated_vaccine

Oral polio vaccine is a well-known example.

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 24 points 3 months ago

I know; they should not be allowed to do that.

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 52 points 3 months ago

Mozilla's non-profit status needs to be revoked.

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 26 points 8 months ago

I think this is just using SpeechDispatcher from the system -- so it's not a Firefox specific thing. I get a similar (but very slightly different) voice on my own system by default -- which matches what I get when I run a command like spd-say --wait "Hello world" from the command line.

I'm pretty sure SpeechDispatcher can be configured to use a different synthesis engine -- Arch's wiki has some suggestions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Speech_dispatcher -- but I haven't dug into it yet.

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