I’d say this was perfectly timed. No we need to see how it performs and what the feedback is from the community. At first glance it would seem that this new model is undercutting the Americans on pricing. Perhaps aggressively so. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/24/deepseek-v4-llm-preview-open-source-ai-competition-china.html

Again I state emphatically; American software is useless without Chinese hardware. The entire rare earths issue was nothing but the tip of a Titanic-sized iceberg. “The company makes printed circuit boards, which form the intricate electronic backbone of AI servers.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-20/nvidia-supplier-victory-giant-set-for-debut-after-biggest-hk-listing-this-year

https://jang.com.pk/en/64034-humanoid-robot-outpaces-human-half-marathon-world-record-in-beijing-news

Ok. That’s easy enough.

Like more photos of this construction site or just more photos for Shanghai in general?

Downtown Shanghai and it guts me every time these entire city blocks of old 石库门, traditional lane houses from the late 19th century, are taken down.

More evidence of MacKinder’s revenge. And this is the world’s second largest gas field. Long before there was Belt and Road there were the numerous Central Asian energy projects. Make no mistake, the Eurasian land mass is in play, has been for 30 years, and it’s already been sown up by China and Russia. https://turkmenportal.com/en/news/100453-turkmenistan-intends-to-increase-natural-gas-supplies-to-china

Physical books are actually an obsession of mine ever since I first walked into Strand Bookstore “home to 18 miles books” as a much younger man. All second hand. All cheap as chips. Mine are just piled up all over a spare bedroom. Drives my wife insane.

It screams i!

I have an unhealthy obsession over why it is so many people feel compelled to do podcasts with as many books as possible as their background. A subconscious “appeal to authority” vibe if there ever was one.