These bastards already prevent me from buying a BYD car, and a xiaomi phone, and they are adamant about me not using a chinese AI model. I hope they do not succeed.

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dryarzeg 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Well, I guess you can use a third-party provider, maybe even the US-based one. At least, you can do this at the moment of this writing...

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cwel 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Ok I'll bite: what is the obvious thing I'm supposed to be getting from your ellipses?

are you implying there is a US-based, third-party provider of xiaomi devices, BYD cars?

or are you just referring to hosted providers of those AI models?

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dryarzeg 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> what is the obvious thing I'm supposed to be getting from your ellipses?

Well, I'm unsure if it's a correct form of expression in English, but in my native language ellipses can often serve to express speaker/writer feeling of uncertainty about something or some kind of sadness/apathy/similar towards the situation being discussed. It's not about some "obvious thing you should get", sorry for misunderstanding.

> or are you just referring to hosted providers of those AI models?

Yes I am. I was not talking about BYD or Xiaomi; I think I focused too much on AI because that's the main topic in discussion here. That was my mistake and I apologize for that.

	▲	cwel 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No worries, I was just confused, and in part was genuinely wondering if there was a vendor that sold xiaomis in the states because I'd buy one.
	▲	etempleton 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The ellipses in American English is often used as an awkward pause, or to indicate trailing off, or sometimes to indicate a sarcasm or passive aggressiveness. The last one seems to be a more modern usage. I have seen older generations use it as an almost soft question mark to indicate uncertainty, which always confused me because I assumed thy were being passive aggressive out of nowhere.