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Local Qwen isn't a worse Opus, it's a different tool

blog.alexellis.io
493 points·by alphabettsy·23 giorni fa·253 comments

Meta Says Porn Stash Was for 'Personal Use,' Not Training AI Models

gizmodo.com
5 points·by alphabettsy·8 mesi fa·5 comments

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alphabettsy
·8 giorni fa·discuss
GitHub has been providing macOS runners for a while now.
alphabettsy
·3 mesi fa·discuss
That’s unfortunate. I’m not interested in using Musk associated products anymore than I have to.
alphabettsy
·3 mesi fa·discuss
I’m trying to understand how this is useful information on its own?

Maybe I missed it, but it doesn’t tell you if it’s more successful for less overall cost?

I can easily make Sonnet 4.6 cost way more than any Opus model because while it’s cheaper per prompt it might take 10x more rounds (or never) solve a problem.
alphabettsy
·3 mesi fa·discuss
The docs suggest not using max effort in most cases to avoid overthinking :shrug:
alphabettsy
·3 mesi fa·discuss
That’s been there for awhile.
alphabettsy
·3 mesi fa·discuss
IMO it doesn’t handily beat it.

It’s typically equivalent, sometimes better, sometimes behind. Better at following a well defined plan, less good at concept exploration and planning imo.

At 1m context it’s basically the same price.
alphabettsy
·3 mesi fa·discuss
Prompt cache expired?
alphabettsy
·3 mesi fa·discuss
People keep saying this, but I’m not sure I buy it.

I was using both Codex and Claude Code heavily on some projects this weekend.

In one project Codex was screwing everything up and in another one absolutely killing it. I’ve seen the same from Claude.

In the bad Codex example it had the wrong idea and kept trying to figure out how to accomplish the same thing no matter how many times I attempt to correct it. Undoing the recent changes where it went down the wrong path was the only way to get things back on track.

I wonder if context poisoning is a bigger problem than people realize.
alphabettsy
·3 mesi fa·discuss
This is my experience too, and I always find these posts confusing. I consider myself a very heavy user 4-6 hrs a day and I never hit limits. I have on the $20 plan but not with Max.
alphabettsy
·3 mesi fa·discuss
Remind me who was president in 2020..
alphabettsy
·4 mesi fa·discuss
I believe they make satellite components not consumer hardware in the US
alphabettsy
·4 mesi fa·discuss
They claim it’s faster and it seems to be so for me.
alphabettsy
·6 mesi fa·discuss
It’s not an issue with limitations of current technology. In some cases it’s just greed and laziness. I’ve had two vehicles that have the ability to be more friendly to other drivers, but that functionality is only enabled outside of the U.S. (matrix headlights or the equivalent).

GM vehicles had been notorious for having poorly adjusted headlights from the factory. The fact that Xenon systems seemed to always come with auto leveling and LED often does not is crazy.
alphabettsy
·7 mesi fa·discuss
AI slop.
alphabettsy
·7 mesi fa·discuss
They’re fantastic imo. Don’t connect to them to the internet.
alphabettsy
·7 mesi fa·discuss
Then put the warehouse on the first floor and put the store on top.

Lots of big cities have grocery stores with parking garages under them, doesn’t seem much different.
alphabettsy
·8 mesi fa·discuss
You should still give it a try. Can’t speak for their experience, but doesn’t ring true for me.
alphabettsy
·8 mesi fa·discuss
The man was prosecuted and the jury found him not guilty.

I would be curious to know what their reasoning was.

I think mine would be that since these agents seem to face absolutely no consequences for their far more egregious actions. Why should something so minor result in jail time. To be clear, I’m not talking about their lawful actions. I’m talking about them assaulting and abusing people and excessive use of force that’s been captured on camera all across the country.
alphabettsy
·8 mesi fa·discuss
The agents statement was also apparently a lie. Photos showed the sandwich was still in its wrapper on the ground after according to other articles like this one https://reason.com/2025/11/06/d-c-jury-acquits-sandwich-guy-...
alphabettsy
·8 mesi fa·discuss
Fair question. The jury in this case decided it wasn’t assault.

My hypothesis is that people generally feel that police face little to no accountability and so there is a more serious double standard to contend with.