Google Colab Auto Deletes "DeepFaceLab" Folder
qkum opened this issue · 5 comments
Merry Christmas, lovely fellow nerds.
Is it just me, or is Google Colab on purpose messing with us?
I'm paid Premium++ and it seems they even mess with their paying customers....
It happened a few times in a row today...That the "DeepFaceLab" folder got deleted instantly after installation and my script errors out "No folder named 'content/DeepFaceLab'" etc.
And yesterday a few times it "stopped" during the Extraction of frames from a video. With no explanation whatsoever.
The random stops during Frame Extraction were not a RAM or Harddisk space problem. The full video is cut into 10-minute parts.
I don't even use any GPU for extracting frames so I don't understand why they seem to sabotage my work.
Let's assume they delete "DeepFaceLab" on purpose, for a moment:
They don't know if I'm using DeepFaceLab for company productions or hobby projects. How could they defend deleting "DeepFaceLab" the second after I installed it?
- What is your experience friends and what are your thoughts? 🤔
I have not even been using Google Colab much yet. I bought premium++ like 3 days ago when everything was just working fine for "free".
It is not like I have been abusing their service for months for free, or over-using the paid version 24/7, with GPU and it all.
Not at all. Just playing with DeepFaceLab and a video and around day 3-4 using the Colab Notebook version of DeepFaceLab + Premium++ membership - this happens.
It is also my main google account I use - Not even a smurf. Because I assumed their algo would threat me better using my main google account (=0% risk of being an abuser/bot/criminal).
This is exactly why our world should not be run by algos.
- They will make random mistakes.
- No one got the blame for those mistakes (the company may say they take full responsibility, but that is a lie in reality)
- Companies/Bad people can do "bad things" and then claim it was the algos and not management....
Hi. Merry Christmas to you too.
I haven't noticed Colab intentionally deleting the DeepFaceLab folder.
I have been using Colab constantly for the last two months.
However, I can't be 100% sure about Google's actions and their policy on Colab.
Since, "shadow" bans are not spelled out anywhere in the rules either, but its definitely exist.
All I can say is that in terms of my code, everything works fine.
For example, I use 3 accounts in rotation to avoid a shadow ban.
It takes no more than a month for one account, then I change to the next.
And so on in a circle.
Thus, each account is one month of work and two months of "rest".
Сlosed due to inactivity.