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https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/enforcement-and-protection/dispute-settlement/wto-dispute-settlement/wto-disputes-cases-involving-eu/wtds611-china-enforcement-intellectual-property-rights_en Summary of the case Since August 2020, Chinese courts have been issuing decisions – known as “anti-suit injunctions” – to exert pressure on EU companies with high-tech patents and to prevent them from rightfully protecting their technologies. Chinese courts also use the threat of heavy fines to deter European companies from going to foreign courts. This has left European high-tech companies at a significant disadvantage when fighting for their rights. Chinese manufacturers request these anti-suit injunctions to benefit from cheaper or even free access to European technology. The European Union has filed on 18 February 2022 a dispute settlement case against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for restricting EU companies from going to a foreign court to protect and use their patents. As for Tiktok, China is an enemy of the wests interests and values, the owners of the company are Chinese and as such the company must have CCP members on their board, which gives them direct access to private individuals data and atleast in the EU getting your data deleted is through our privacy laws would be pointless. I doubt anyone seriously argues that Facebook and Google doesn't collect data, but alteast the US isn't an enemy nation, for a few more weeks atleast.

I am not familiar regarding the cases you are talking about (feel free to send me the links if it's not too much trouble, I would like to read about it), but if that was the case I would imagine those companies would be banned from selling to the west. There is a big push in the western news machine to promote China stealing IP (and I am not saying it doesn't, but I am trying to say that it isn't any worse than other countries), but I haven't actually seen any companies being charged or embargoed. You have Huawei, but that was done for "security reasons" and certainly not because it was going to overtake all other companies in the communication market and now you have tiktok for "stealing" user data for which I still don't understand what the difference is when compared to google or facebook. I'm sure there are other entities that have embargoes but these are the bigger cases and I haven't found one for IP theft.

My RAM arrived. Installed, winblows memtest at least said no issues found, desktop seems fine/usual etc. I didn't enable XMP. So now I get to see if new ram means games won't cause random system reboots in 1 minute or 2 hrs. Which means I have to turn on/play at least a few different games, for such sessions, multiple times to try to trigger reboots. It's a difficult task, but for the sake of knowledge, I shall endure. I really don't want to build a new PC (yet) and have to spend days/weeks setting up/refining all the stupid O/S, software and bajillion data transfers. So, please be fixed, gimmie another year or two, please.

An example of rule breaking being? Collecting data? I mean tiktok is operating in EU still even though it's much more strict regarding user data than the US and I don't see it doing anything special compared to other social media app, other then not being owned by a western company. It's a myth that China is somehow special regarding this, the US has engaged multiple time in corporate espionage and stealing of technology, from its allies even and it's not like they are the paragon of respecting other countries rules either. It all boils down to profits and the ability to enforce the rules, there is no "justice" just interests. You would be surprised, people here are fascinated with Trump too.

Hi BuzzBazz, Your best option is probably to contact Obsidian directly at: Obsidian Entertainment Support

NOPE. Pfft. Zombie game did the reboot twice, once almost right away, 2nd after an hour. Guess a new PSU/power cables is next. After that it's not worth the bother spending weeks trying to figure it out etc.

New Year means performance review crap at work, joy. Well, and annual layoffs of the most senior people, because experienced workers are bad.