Hacker News: slaw

New comment by slaw in "Older tech workers are tapping out early"

slaw — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:54:31 +0000

It is tech workers at Microsoft.

New comment by slaw in "Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities"

slaw — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:30:49 +0000

I don't mind being paid for using LLM, but working for free?

New comment by slaw in "Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities"

slaw — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:14:05 +0000

> Dumping is selling goods below cost.

Chinese cars are not sold below cost in Western markets. So it is not dumping.

New comment by slaw in "Iran requires insurance on ships using Strait of Hormuz, fees likely to follow"

slaw — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:24:12 +0000

Yes, the US military is not prepared for modern war.

New comment by slaw in "I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle"

slaw — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:11:13 +0000

Singapore - 223.119.20.232

New comment by slaw in "Can Europe train a frontier AI model on the compute it owns?"

slaw — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:57:16 +0000

Or force replaceable batteries with exceptions that every LLM passes anyway.

> If a battery can do 1000 cycles and remain above 80% capacity it is exempt

New comment by slaw in "BYD to install 5-minute EV chargers across Europe"

slaw — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:10:59 +0000

1,140 horsepower (850 kW) for 120k Euro is still one of the cheapest option in EU.

New comment by slaw in "Notes on DeepSeek"

slaw — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:42:56 +0000

In every market China dominates, Chinese products are still inexpensive. Solar panels, batteries, EVs, drones,..

New comment by slaw in "Solar Energy Saves Europeans $135M a Day"

slaw — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:07:21 +0000

Some EU countries, at least Croatia, Hungary, Spain and Greece lowered gas prices to pre Iran war levels. I wish instead EU would lower tariffs on EVs. Xiaomi SU7 would get 45% total duty.

New comment by slaw in "Solar Energy Saves Europeans $135M a Day"

slaw — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:59:26 +0000

Is it good or bad or it doesn't matter for climate?

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

slaw — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:37:56 +0000

Chinese companies are blocked from buying modern ASML lithography machines. The most modern scanner China is still allowed to buy is NXT:1980i from 2015.

New comment by slaw in "Iran Shock Jolts Asia and Europe to Speed Up Energy Transition"

slaw — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:18:06 +0000

I can't think of any European party that is far right and have any chance in elections.

New comment by slaw in "Iran Shock Jolts Asia and Europe to Speed Up Energy Transition"

slaw — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:24:18 +0000

Far left will continue to rule in Europe.

New comment by slaw in "CT scans of BYD car parts"

slaw — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:37:33 +0000

> An aircraft doesn’t need to be modern - it needs to shot down the other before it gets shot down.

Frontal RCS of the Gripen C/D between 0.1 m2 and 1.5 m2

Frontal Radar Cross-Section (RCS) of the F-35 roughly between 0.001 m2 and 0.005 m2

Gripen is an old airframe useless in modern combat. It will be shot down from far away.

New comment by slaw in "CT scans of BYD car parts"

slaw — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:26:54 +0000

I buy Xiaomi products. I know I get high quality products. From Xiaomi Kettle to Xiaomi SU7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaomi_SU7

New comment by slaw in "CT scans of BYD car parts"

slaw — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:54:12 +0000

I LOL'ed. Saab doesn't have any expertise to build modern aircraft.

New comment by slaw in "CT scans of BYD car parts"

slaw — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:58:31 +0000

EU has ASML, Airbus and their suppliers left.

New comment by slaw in "CT scans of BYD car parts"

slaw — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:51:13 +0000

Instead of $40 part it is $150 part. Very easy to replace. Less than 1 hour labor for both sides.

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/jeep,2012,grand+cherokee...

New comment by slaw in "EU fines Temu €200M for allowing sale of illegal products"

slaw — Fri, 29 May 2026 14:39:49 +0000

So Temu/Aliexpress fixes the rules not breaks them. OP shouldn't be upset.

New comment by slaw in "EU fines Temu €200M for allowing sale of illegal products"

slaw — Thu, 28 May 2026 21:21:27 +0000

Temu profit in 2025 from EU was $120M, you should count profit from EU, not global.

https://themorningnews.com/news/2025/10/13/temu-doubles-eu-p...