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New comment by umeshunni in "Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8, and Anthropic's (Potential) Unravelling"

umeshunni — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:27:41 +0000

> the winner will be whoever burns their models to ASICs fastest.

I don't understand how this works when the models are evolving so fast that your burned ASIC is outdated (or at least not top of the line) in a few weeks.

New comment by umeshunni in "Grok 4.5"

umeshunni — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:47:59 +0000

You would be surprised how many enterprises are allowed to use only Copilot for all tasks due to Microsoft deals.

New comment by umeshunni in "This blog is written in en-GB"

umeshunni — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:37:19 +0000

Considered that there are organizations like the Taliban and Boko Haram that rule entire countries and regions and have anti-education as a principle, yes it's those cultures that I reach for.

New comment by umeshunni in "This blog is written in en-GB"

umeshunni — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:23:31 +0000

Internalized self loathing is a thing

New comment by umeshunni in "Rocketlab acquires Iridium"

umeshunni — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:36:31 +0000

There's a reason most of the western world isn't capable of building anything these days.

New comment by umeshunni in "Rocketlab acquires Iridium"

umeshunni — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:35:35 +0000

Not Above My Back Yard - NAMBY?

New comment by umeshunni in "Claude Fable 5"

umeshunni — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:25:33 +0000

Pelicans hate biking in the rain (as do I).

New comment by umeshunni in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

umeshunni — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:40:26 +0000

no - they blame it on AI

New comment by umeshunni in "Where does next-token prediction leave us?"

umeshunni — Wed, 27 May 2026 03:49:54 +0000

> In the data I've seen, the US and European countries have a more negative view of AI than China and developing countries.

I think that's more a sign of the relative state of these economies and the rate of progress. In developing economies, people see progress as something that will improve their lives. In developed economies, they see it as something that will disrupt their current status quo and must be stopped.

New comment by umeshunni in "Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country"

umeshunni — Wed, 27 May 2026 03:25:42 +0000

There's a class of people who'll run with it - the same people who were protesting 5G towers 5 years ago.

New comment by umeshunni in "Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country"

umeshunni — Wed, 27 May 2026 03:21:33 +0000

Very similar to the pro-illegal immigration crowd

New comment by umeshunni in "We've made the world too complicated"

umeshunni — Sun, 17 May 2026 00:32:18 +0000

This has probably been true only in the last 300? 500? years. Before that, things were the same for 1000+ years for most of civilization, barring any large invasions from neighboring kingdoms, or some far away empire (mongols etc).

New comment by umeshunni in "Meta's New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale"

umeshunni — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:25:11 +0000

It's entirely possible that he's changed and his pulse of the market has changed in the 10+ years since that decision.

New comment by umeshunni in "Meta's embrace of AI is making its employees miserable"

umeshunni — Sun, 10 May 2026 04:40:46 +0000

Underwater data centers: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-powers-ai-b...

"Flying cars" https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/joby-flie...

New comment by umeshunni in "I want to live like Costco people"

umeshunni — Fri, 08 May 2026 01:18:50 +0000

They learned their lesson from buying Allbirds shoes 10 years ago.

New comment by umeshunni in "Agent Skills"

umeshunni — Tue, 05 May 2026 04:01:37 +0000

> it would only take a couple of these to really fill the context alot.

Only skill front-matter (name, description, triggers etc) are loaded within context by default, so this isn't likely to happen without 1000s of skills.

New comment by umeshunni in "Apple Has Given Up on the Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Flop"

umeshunni — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:41:55 +0000

My impressions after trying it in the Apple Store was - amazing v1 hardware, beta quality software and alpha quality content.

New comment by umeshunni in "China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus"

umeshunni — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:49:37 +0000

> b2b sales would be just as restricted as sales to consumers.

They're not. A significant part of ad spend by the likes of Temu, AliExpress, Shein and other Chinese exporters are on Meta's platforms: e.g. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/31/metas-continued-rally-could-...

New comment by umeshunni in "China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus"

umeshunni — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:36:36 +0000

Meta absolutely does business in China. e.g. https://www.metacareers.com/v2/locations/shenzhen/?p[offices...

https://www.metacareers.com/v2/locations/shanghai/?p[offices...

https://www.metacareers.com/v2/locations/hongkong/?p[offices...

I also assume, like most advertising platforms, they cater heavily to the China export market.

New comment by umeshunni in "Panipat: The rise of the Mughals"

umeshunni — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:34:41 +0000

> the south was one of the most economically prosperous regions in the Indian subcontinent at the time.

Still is, tbh