Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I do declare that this computer must be listening in on me and my husband's conversations. Last night he said he had a craving for fried chicken which I did not take out as I was going to cook something else. He asked if I would like some KFC to keep me from having to cook and I said, "Yes." And now there is advertisements for fried chicken from KFC, store cooked fried chicken and other fried chicken brands all over the front page. There is no way to get rid of these people is there?
Same..I was complaining about which shampoo to buy and a few hours later Lo and Behold! Shampoo ad shows up. Is there a way to turn off the mic on PC?
If I knew I wouldn't have brought this up.
Over which front page? Chrome definitely seems to listen when open
Edge.
I would highly recommend Brave instead and configure it to show no ads.
Edge is arguably worse than Chrome.
It's actually my husband's computer and he set it up. I will ask but probably no luck as he is leery of most.
They know what they're doing. I don't have Facebook, just GAW. But I suppose they listen in from whatever you are saying in the privacy of your own home.
Happens all the time to me and same with others I talk to. Basically, if you have a device that is an AI assistant they constantly send whatever they pickup to the sever (for "training purposes") but, that gives the loop hole to do other things with it.
Thanks. Sometimes I think about throwing this Computer out the door and anything else electronic with it. KEK!
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Kekekekekekekekek. If it were up to me I'd give it to you, but my husband may think differently as he just bought this HP new about 3 years ago. I just get on here and then I play Escape Games. That is all.