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Vincent_Yan404

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About Vincent_Yan404

Content writer based in Canada. Writing about history, culture, and my personal experiences growing up in Factory 404 (China's nuclear city).

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    As far as I know, yes. The most critical component—the Uranium-235 core—was finished in 404. In Part I, I mentioned a legendary machinist named Yuan Gongpu. He was tasked with the …

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    Thank you for sharing that. Our hometowns were built as means to an end—political or military missions—rather than places meant to last for people. To us, it was our entire world; …

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    Thanks for linking the first part. I really appreciate the support from this community.

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    Comment #46426679

    I promised a few people yesterday I’d share Part II today. First, thank you to Tom (Moderator) and this community for the incredible reception of Part I. My English writing is stil…

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    Comment #46419687

    Update: Part 2 is out now on my Substack. I will submit it as a separate post on HN later today once this thread cools down, to avoid spamming the front page. But for those asking,…

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    Comment #46418561

    I published this in China, they didn't bother me, so I hope it's fine here.

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    Comment #46418553

    I asked AI where should I publish my article, it said Medium at first. I submitted to illustration and 10 days later, the article is still pending review right now. So I ask AI aga…

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    Comment #46418365

    You can see 553 条评论,And click “最新”

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    Comment #46418357

    The first comment can answer your question, go and check whether I am OP https://www.zhihu.com/people/yan-mou-ren-63/posts

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    Comment #46418298

    Cause I've never thought it before, and now I'm in Canada,I want to try whether this can be related in western country.

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    Comment #46417885

    Thank you for your kindness,I feel exciting to communicate with people from different culture.

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    Comment #46417767

    Wow It's amazing,I really don't know this before.Thanks for sharing!

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    Comment #46417729

    Thank you for liking it!

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    Comment #46417725

    Thank you so much!

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    Comment #46417716

    It is no coincidence. In a secluded and tightly-knit community like Plant 404, an extreme event like this would immediately spread throughout the entire area. The author you mentio…

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    Comment #46416149

    It's published in China many years ago, and it's nonfiction. I just used AI translate to English. And can you make up something to cater HN, like nuclear power stuff?

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    Comment #46416115

    I ate dinner with this author, our parents know each other.

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    Comment #46414892

    The first version was translated by google and it's wordy, sometimes doesn't make sense, so I used Gemini this time. I sent the first version to many people and no one could finish…

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    It's a coincidence.It’s defined both a digital void and my childhood home is the kind of irony.

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    Comment #46414834

    I thought 418 was something similar to 404, and made a stupid joke. Sorry again.

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    Comment #46414773

    Thank you so much! I feel LLM is perfect to making web slop, that's really a pity that the smartest thing is doing the worst job.

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