Thank you for actually answering my original question. I appreciate your experience, even if it's just a small sampling.

is how reliable these Chinese EVs have been over say...5 years? The stories that reach the US shores are a mix of "China bad!" and "China even more bad!" sprinkled with a bit of "We can't let China (who is bad!) sell cars here."
So, for the sane Europeans that come here, and own a Chinese EV...how's it been? What's service and support like?

And while I am still working on OpenWater and Alignable, the only thing I've gotten from LinkedIn in the past year is rewrite-your-resume scams

Given the reference list, I suspect not ChatGPT, but rather https://magisterium.com/

And considering SpaceX is set to go IPO...perfect timing for more grifting on rump's part.

to their detriment for about 10 years? The employee ranking system IIRC

It would be a nice idea, but with the deluge of AI content being released across...well...everything...how do you keep up and who decides what is, and what isn't, AI-generated?

I've been looking since March 2024. Having no reasonable options in sight, have reopened https://informationr.us/

In this job search, Linked In and Dice- but MOST of my LinkedIn devolves down into one of the above quickly. The number of scammers on Linked In is truly awesome.

>>...and their societies haven't fallen prey to dictators

Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, France (in times past), Germany, Italy might disagree with you on that.

are words that do not go together. I await the news that Google has the keys to this and use it for...whatever nefarious purposes...very soon now.

The original APK guy finally got banned (and his IP range blacklisted) many years ago, which is kind of sad because he had the right idea(s) just went about advertising it the wrong way

To steal a line from someone else (I think on this very site)-

"The magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask it about Exchange next."

Yes, first they put in a feature few want, then offer a kill-switch. Seems like a lot of extra steps instead of making it an optional add-on.

In any event, it can be turned off....for now.