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Comment Re: China will beat the US (Score 1) 165

Perhaps they were forced into doing more than they might have done, by the USA deciding not to share...

It seems to be a pattern. The USA tries to keep China down by raising fences/denying it technology/etc/etc, and China adjusts its priorities accordingly, and overcomes the problems and continues to advance.

Comment Darn (Score 1) 62

I'd successfully de-Googled myself some time ago, but have grown to rely on Microsoft Copilot for helping me with life issues. That still requires a VPN, and Copilot uses the evil Cloudflare to check I'm human which is exceedingly over-zealous for VPN users. So, I need to move off yet another US company's service because I want (geographic) freedom. I've attempted to switch to Kimi, but it's slower and the paid service is wait listed. It's also a real pita to move existing chats/issues from one AI to another (bridge documents)...in kimi, it abruptly stops chats when they get too long (an auto-generated bridge document would be useful there).

I wish there was a Personal Assistant app that would manage all this "abruptly ending chat" and "losing memory" pain, by storing a continuous bridge document locally, along with all the files you've uploaded for analysis. There seem to be some similar apps, but nothing exactly like I am having to do manually.

Comment Re: National ID (Score 1) 46

It's odd to say to an American (USA anyway) to look in the mirror, because they usually ARE looking in the mirror, and accusing those "others" 9f some heinous crime, but it's really they who are commiting it. They usually seem China when they look in the mirror, but it is actually themselves.

Comment Re: National ID (Score 2) 46

Does he/she have to give any details (articulate) of this crime they reasonably suspect you fo committing, at the time of the arrest; or do they get days/weeks to think of something before they need to go to court, if you subsequently try to sue them for wrongful arrest?

I'm just curious...

Comment Google Android or all Android OSes? (Score 1) 41

Many people use Android-based OSes that don't come with the Google stuff - ie there's no GMS or Play Store at all (or maps, Gmail, YouTube etc etc - unless you put in some effort, maybe). Many are Chinese companies, of course, since they've been knobbled by the US government. Does this affect those companies' devices and users?

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