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New comment by throw64259 in "Who's afraid of Chinese models?"

throw64259 — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:45:00 +0000

The UN isn’t a magical oracle of “Truth” - any more than an LLM is.

It’s a political body, with easily provable biases, and topics you can’t trust it on.

New comment by throw64259 in "China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning"

throw64259 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:03:56 +0000

You’re just trying to deflect from criticism of China with the world’s oldest scapegoat.

None of the Western models have any issue discussing the Middle-East conflict from all sides.

New comment by throw64259 in "Britain: A Cautionary Tale for America"

throw64259 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:06:49 +0000

If you have other figures, please quote them with sources rather than make vague implications that the amounts are significantly larger in a some mysterious way.

From what I found there was a one-off increase in 2024 due to the war, and a special payment in 2022 for the Iron Dome.

Averaging over the past 5 years, and including those special payments, it’s still $574 per Israeli per year. (And about $17 per American).

Compared to respective GDPs per capita of $70k and $95k.

New comment by throw64259 in "Britain: A Cautionary Tale for America"

throw64259 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:01:06 +0000

US foreign aid received per capita is about $300 - against a GDP per capita of about $70,000.

(On the US side the aid sent is $10 per capita per year).