atthecoast

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A growing number of young chinese people are avoiding Starbucks Coffee. US executives are furious.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t agree, they’re mostly fine (Luckin better than Cotti), but Starbucks flavor is stronger and more “dark roast”. Also, their Shanghai coffee roasters facility is in a league of its own!

  Having said that. China’s economy is not doing well and consumers are looking to cut back on expenses. I guess Luckin is the “good enough” option?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Several phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Android⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This was a transitional stage, HarmonyOS Next is running a fully different kernel and runtime

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In a policy paper, Eric Schmidt, Scale AI's Alexandr Wang, and Center for AI Safety's Dan Hendrycks argue the US should not pursue a “Manhattan Project” for AGI.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like an arms race, would be good if no-one did it, would be bad if China got there first.