I"m curious...do these Chinese models contain Chinese guard rails?

I mean, will it censor you if you ask about the Chinese premier looking like Winnie the Pooh or tienaman (sp?) square....will it say it can't answer that...or give answers that only praise china?

Genuine question with potential genuine concerns....

I think it's pretty f-ed up to say a company has to give their IP and trade secrets to their competitors (aka, your friends) so they can take their business, and then call it fairness. It isn't, it's theft.

Kinda sounds like China's business model, eh?

I agree they can't toss the EU completely away...

However, why couldn't Google just yank their servers out of the EU..and station them all around the EU. Sure, there might be a little performance hit, but at least they'd not be compelled to follow the EU rules, and I doubt the EU will firewall all things google, you know?

I'm also highly allergic to cats...

;)

"She's got huge tracts of land!"

Wait....is that, is that...Sir Lancelot I see in the distance, running towards our castle....?

You know the definition of a woman don't you?

A life support unit for a cunt.

Unfortunately, the pleasurable part of that equation always comes with the other unpredictable part.

Nah...I'd rather have a DOG....

They have personality, and actual affection.

...Take a jumbo across the water...

Like to see America...

Wouldn't a simple belt clip do, like they have on pocket knives?

Hmm.....somehow I'm seeing the future.....with iPhones and other cell phones, coming with a belt clip on them, and now they are classified at "wearables".....no?

My past dealings (mine and others) have lead me to think of PayPal as a criminal enterprise,

I've seen a lot of hate thrown at PayPal over the years.....and not quite sure why?

I've used it a LONG time for eBay payments, sending money to friends and the odd small merchant.

I wouldn't say I've used it a TON, but some.....and never had any problems.

What problems have ya'll had that you dislike them so badly? Genuinely curious....

We can bust on Microsoft all day and all night, and they deserve it, but the fact that their ability to find and fix these problems has greatly increased is a good thing. Software is incredibly complex, and no software more complicated than "10 GOTO 10" is free from the potential of security problems. Microsoft's QA has gone downhill in recent years, but now it's getting better apparently (even if it's after the fact). They are not going away, so this makes all our lives better.

Am I one of the only people that do NOT like talking to machines?

I mean, I still can't stand the voice menus when you call support...I''m constantly hitting "0" or saying Operator over and over to get to a real person asap.

Don't get me wrong, I like my AI...ChatGPT can be fun and helpful...but, I don't wanna hold a fscking conversation with it, especially not in public.

Hell, that's one of the reasons I hate the voice support calls, when in public or sitting in Cube Land where everyone has nosy ears....

Most of the world doesn't have DST. It's really just Europe and the US. Somehow they manage.

I"m in the US...and I don't care which one they make permanent .....just pick one and stick with it.

I hate the hour changes....messes with me twice a year fairly badly at times....gets my pets off schedule too which is a PITA.

Ok...I understand disabilities, etc....

But WTF is "Protected Leave"?

That is a new term for me.....some forms of vacation time are "protected"?