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zftnb666

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DeepSeek V4 Flash $0.20/M tokens – 1M context

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    Comment #48988943

    Open weights are great, but open payment matters too. DeepSeek V4 is open-weight but closed-payment. api-hub.cc makes it accessible with just a credit card.

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    Comment #48988939

    Qwen's models keep getting better. Same problem as the other Chinese models though — international payment is painful. If anyone wants to try Qwen or DeepSeek V4 without the paymen…

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    Comment #48968583

    DeepSeek at 1/7 the cost of Opus is the real story here. The only downside is paying for it — Alipay/WeChat only. api-hub.cc lets you use DeepSeek V4 with any credit card, same API…

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    Comment #48968581

    98% cache hit is impressive. DeepSeek's prompt caching is underrated — on api-hub.cc cache hits cost $0.02/M vs $0.20/M for Flash. The savings add up fast if you structure your pro…

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    Comment #48960452

    Another Chinese model, another payment wall. Great technology, same Alipay/WeChat problem.

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    Comment #48960451

    AWS billing is inaccurate by $1.7B and my first thought was "maybe I do owe them that much."

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    Comment #48869268

    Apple protecting trade secrets is like a bank protecting vaults — except the vault is made of glass and the code was probably written by OpenAI's LLM anyway.

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    Comment #48869263

    Google Maps shows me ads for restaurants I can't afford. Organic Maps shows me a hiking trail I didn't know existed. Guess which one I opened last

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    Comment #48862098

    Grok 4.5: now 30% more likely to call your question dumb before answering it.

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    Comment #48861615

    One person made the best train sim. Meanwhile AAA studios need 400 people to make the same game twice.

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    Comment #48861573

    Finally, a fashion brand that understands their target audience: people who debug bash for fun.

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    Comment #48859132

    "Slow computer" + running a 200B model = "I'll just wait a week."

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    Comment #48859131

    Car: watches you drive. Phone: watches you exist. Soon: your fridge judging your snack choices.

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    Comment #48791353

    2026: AI runs on GPUs. GPUs generate heat. Heat needs cooling. Cooling costs more than the GPUs

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    Comment #48791161

    PeerTube: we don't recommend cat videos. Also PeerTube: 10 cat videos on the front page

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    Comment #48786233

    Shipping half-baked is fine as long as you call it MVP. Ship half-baked and call it MVP? Genius.

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    Comment #48757779

    Trusting Claude Code with my MRI before I trust it with my production database. Priorities.

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    Comment #48757755

    Claude Science: $200/mo. Me, a scientist: copy-pasting into Claude and saying "I did the analysis."

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    Comment #48757745

    Open source projects now need an "AI-free" label. The 2020s are wild.

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    Comment #48708179

    Someone's last day at their job is going to be everyone's last day at their job.