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danipark··on Writing a better reality: The case for optimistic sci-fi (2022)
I, too, immediately thought of his <The Ministry for the Future>. However, considering that the future depicted in the book is one where humanity only begins to pay proper attention to the climate crisis following a truly horrific event, it isn't exactly an optimistic future.
danipark··on Don't be the out of touch Kung Fu master
There are two ways to do this: 1. Subscribe to ChatGPT Pro (or the 20x version) for just one month and use Codex to generate the system you want—whatever it may be. 2. Purchase a Mac Studio or DGX Spark and use the latest local models to securely audit your code.
danipark··on The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment
This is what I exactly thought
danipark··on South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots
Since this money belongs to Samsung and Hynix, it cannot be used for charitable activities. However, it is much better to build new cities, semiconductor factories, and power plants than to pay dividends to shareholders. The construction industry is one of the easiest ways to stimulate the economy.
danipark··on The Korean telecom giant at the center of Anthropic's Mythos controversy
> So let me ask again, are you Korean Korean or are you of Chinese descent identifying as Korean?

> i find your words and motivations highly suspicious because ive never ever seen a korean defend china to the lengths you have which made me think you are probably not a real korean-korean.

Yes, I am a Korean who is absolutely fed up with this kind of racist rhetoric. I am not defending China. I simply dislike right-wing conspiracy theorists like you.

> Koreans are deeply suspicious of Chinese especially those that claim Korean identity due to their loyalty is in question (and its not hard to see why)

That simply means that you are surrounded by people just like yourself. In fact, it is highly likely because if you are part of the Korean cultural sphere in the U.S., you are highly likely to attend a Korean church, and that is where election conspiracy theorists go around holding lecture tours.

> nobody is arguing that ccp operatives are infiltrating the middle man layer of baemin to sabotage food deliveries.

Baemin is one of the most coveted IT companies in Korea (however actually German company bought them and still operates. Now is Germany infiltrating into Korean economy?). It certainly seems you lack knowledge of the Korean economy.

> domestically chinese pseculators have made real estate unaffordable and filling university dorm rooms meant for koreans while they weather the heat and humidity in tiny goshiwons.

Those Chinese people are the ones living in cheap flats on the upper floor of a lamb skewer shop in Daerim-dong. [0] Among the young Koreans I know, there is no one who is angry about not being able to buy a house in such a place. And blame the university authorities for not building enough dormitories. Are you saying that the mere fact that Chinese international students are coming is the problem?

You could talk endlessly about the impact China is having on the Korean capital market. This is because it has actually happened, and it continues to happen. China's economy is the second largest in the world, while Korea's is only one-tenth the size. Naturally, it is bound to have an impact. As I said, investing in the capital market and 'intertwined/injected into all facet of south korean society' are completely different things. Perhaps you just think that the very existence of Chinese people and Chinese culture is 'infiltration'. Just like the right-wingers in Japan who get angry about the Zainichi shadow government simply because Korean is written on subway station signs.

Anyway, you interrogated me by asking, "So, are you Chinese?" Looking at this, it seems that whatever I say would be meaningless, and it has been very clearly revealed to the sane HN users what kind of person you are.

[0]https://www.hankyung.com/article/202510077522i

danipark··on The Korean telecom giant at the center of Anthropic's Mythos controversy
I said this precisely because I am Korean and have been working in the IT industry right here in Korea. How many Chinese people do you think work at Naver, Kakao, Carrot, and Baemin in Korea? (Coupang might be an exception. I have often heard colleagues from Coupang badmouth the Chinese people there.) I have never worked in the Bay Area, and I only know about the US software industry through this site, but it is certain that a much higher proportion of Chinese people work in the IT industry there. (The biggest reason for this is actually that they need to speak Korean to work in Korea.)

Just as there are many young people on MAGA, there are also many young Koreans who are caught up in right-wing conspiracy theories. The fact that they are 'concerned' is not proof that China is actually exerting influence over Korean IT companies and society as a whole. There is a significant difference between making foreign investments and infiltration.

danipark··on The Korean telecom giant at the center of Anthropic's Mythos controversy
Do you have credible evidence to support this claim? Although China is Korea's largest trading partner and numerous Chinese nationals work as foreign laborers in Korea, most are engaged in unskilled manual labor, and very few become knowledge workers or significant business partners. (Conversely, numerous Koreans operate businesses in China.) Those who claim that China exerts political influence over Korea are mostly Korean versions of MAGA.
danipark··on Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibility on Linux x64 glibc
I’m Korean, and I’ve used GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex. At first, I prompted them in English, but over time I came to the conclusion that using Korean works better for me. It may consume more tokens, but reducing the time spent understanding and correcting the plan is more valuable. That said, when the context gets close to its limit, the responses sometimes include Korean words that do not actually exist.

As an aside, I don’t think the benefits LLMs bring to non-English users are widely understood. I studied linguistics and Russian, and I’m capable of professional interpretation in English and Russian. Even so, I can read technical documents, understand them, and communicate about them much faster and with far less effort in my native language, Korean. These days, I read most English documentation and HN posts through Chrome’s automatic translation. Sometimes the translation is ambiguous, but in those cases I can immediately refer back to the original English. This has been a major help to me and to other Korean developers I work with.