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New comment by powerapple in "MiMo-v2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed: 1T model with 1000 tokens per second"

powerapple — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:52:36 +0000

In my case, I think slower model makes it hard to manage context and tasks in parallel. I would much prefer to work in one task only, and finish it, take a break, and work on another task. Currently I have three tabs for three tasks in parallel, it is much worse than because constantly context switching is painful. I think a faster model would mean that you don't have to start a new task while waiting.

New comment by powerapple in "DeepSeek V4 Pro beats GPT-5.5 Pro on precision"

powerapple — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:50:45 +0000

the extra 5% time you will need to help AI with multiple turns and information it needed. These 5% time reasoning rarely is enough to finish the task. i.e. 5% time AI is just not enough to complete the task without a lot help.

New comment by powerapple in "Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop"

powerapple — Sun, 10 May 2026 07:44:54 +0000

The page says Starbucks, not a random area, random coffee shop. I think it is a valid test. Starbucks is properly staffs, in reasonably busy area, the shop is enclosed.

New comment by powerapple in "DeepSeek v4"

powerapple — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:50:10 +0000

OpenAI released a privacy filter model https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai-privacy-filter . It is small enough to run locally, I would pass my request through it first before sending to any apis.

New comment by powerapple in "I’m joining OpenAI"

powerapple — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:55:30 +0000

I don't think he is hired for coding, he is hired for the product. It is not that he is going to join a product team and code, he probably will lead and influence the product, where other software engineers can help to fulfill.

New comment by powerapple in "BYD's cheapest electric cars to have Lidar self-driving tech"

powerapple — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:47:53 +0000

"In the camera+LIDAR case, you conceptually require AND(x.ok for all x) before you accelerate." This can be learnt by the model. Let's assume vision is 100% correct, the model would learn to ignore LIDAR, so the worst case scenario is that LIDAR is extra cost for zero benefit.

New comment by powerapple in "Lessons from 14 years at Google"

powerapple — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:00:13 +0000

because the developing world is producing a lot of things except the housing.

New comment by powerapple in "How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips"

powerapple — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 07:24:37 +0000

Europe is like the US, money is owned by private but they are old money, not new tech billionaires, and does not take the risks as the US. In China, money is owned by the state, and they are willing to take the risks as the US. In this way, I think China is more similar to US than Europe.

New comment by powerapple in "How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips"

powerapple — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 07:20:06 +0000

I don't agree. I think this comes out of necessity. What else a developing country can do in order to develop itself? Everyone believes they are unique and different, I don't agree.

New comment by powerapple in "How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips"

powerapple — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:56:50 +0000

I think thats misunderstanding. China studied the US and learned from the US, the funding is almost the same way except the state funding has objectives other than returns. US has the best financial system, (well most effective and powerful). There is no way China can do better than the US, what we are seeing is that the objectives are very different.

New comment by powerapple in "How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips"

powerapple — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:23:02 +0000

Why is China not an ally to the US other than the fact that it is a growing economy may be too big for US? What happens if US does not want to contain China any more? Are there fundamental issues which will put China and US as enemies?

New comment by powerapple in "How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips"

powerapple — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:14:04 +0000

IMO, the difference between East and West is money allocation. In west, especially in the US, there are a lot money in the private sector, they will take the risk and fund moonshot projects; in China, the state will (have to) play that role. Yes, 90% of the projects will fail in the portfolio, that's part of the game.

New comment by powerapple in "What Happens When an "Infinite-Money Machine" Unravels"

powerapple — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:08:18 +0000

what about its use of being the money of illegal activity, the market value of criminal activities is not a small number, surely it can support bitcoin and other coins.

New comment by powerapple in "Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai"

powerapple — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:11:31 +0000

... too late

New comment by powerapple in "Mullvad: Shutting down our search proxy Leta"

powerapple — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 06:13:43 +0000

I have not searched many times these days, I just use mostly ChatGPT..... I don't even verify its answers

New comment by powerapple in "DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia"

powerapple — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:17:00 +0000

I wish there is a way for the scam victims to claim some money back. That would be awesome.

New comment by powerapple in "DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia"

powerapple — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:16:18 +0000

China does not have a way to deal with crime in Cambodia. It does not have anti-terrorism law to operate in other countries, also it does not want to upset Cambodia or Myanmar government when not necessary. These Chinese operates in Cambodia are mostly on the wanted list anyway, they don't plan to go back to China. In fact, a person leaving China to Cambodia and Myanmar will be checked and make sure their trip is innocent. Personally I hate these scammers, they have ruined so many people's lives. It seems that it will never go away. Too much money involved. I wish we can launch drone attacks on these places.

New comment by powerapple in "Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia"

powerapple — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:57:00 +0000

I can see that. WingTech bought it for profit, the best way to get the maximum reward is from the stock market. It is actually not rare operation in Chinese companies. But I doubt this is the reason Dutch government would interfere using the national security excuse. There are other ways to handle this, and would be less damaging. I am more inclined to believe that the US's pressure and the current management who wants to use this as a chance to take control of the company.

New comment by powerapple in "Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia"

powerapple — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:52:53 +0000

this theory would contradict with the national security reason used by the government though. I have read in Chinese sources that they plan to remove the European directors, reasons I don't know.

New comment by powerapple in "NIST's DeepSeek "evaluation" is a hit piece"

powerapple — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:59:59 +0000

oh no, you are saying China was not a full piece through out the history? That definitely kills the idea of China being a country /s