KingStrafeIV

She's had years to train up a successor, at this point it's just blind power hungry arrogance.

You can have local models, but the vast majority of people are going to farm that out to a 3rd party provider via API calls because it's the easiest thing to do.

Remember I said "It all depends on how you implement it".

It all depends on how you implement it. He describes the text from images as using machine learning, which implies using an external API to do that translation.

Storing cloud backups requires a server and storage, etc.

• Ad free
• Cloud backup
• Highlight users
• Tag users
• Translate text
• Select text from images
• Push notifications
• Saved folders
• Import / export subscriptions

Source: The sync ultra description from in-app

I might be mistaken, but I don't think Sync Ultra is the same thing as the ad-free sync premium. Sync Ultra is a subscription because it adds functionality that requires cloud resources, not just removes ads.

I think even more broadly, they want to encourage the harassment of anyone who goes outside their definition of what is culturally acceptable.

At this point it's like saying that water is wet.

The last time Trump received a target letter from the DOJ (6/7/23) he was indicted two days later (6/9/23).

Let's hope for a similar timeline.

That's how you know they're starting to feel the pinch of people being fed up with them.

You need to talk to a professional (e.g. A therapist familiar with bipolar). This would be complicated even if you didn't have the added complication of the bipolar mania.

But if you won't do that, here's a TL;DR.

You do not know this person. A lifetime has passed since you knew them. You are painting a rosier picture of the past than necessarily existed. Do not throw away what you have for a fantasy.

That's true, I'm just not sure how it's applicable to the current conversation? I don't think anyone is making the argument that open source projects are easy?

It's more like realizing that you're surrounded by fire, so you might as well pick a patch with a nice view.