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The Traditional Writer is Dead
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (104+ words) More than that, the “traditional” writer never existed in the first place. “But Stephanie,” you say, “what about those writers who use the old-style formats, formal writing, those who don’t break the rules? Aren’t they ‘traditional’ writers?” At least, they…...
I Made $20,000 on Tomato. Then I Watched It Choose AI Over Writers.
11+ hour, 19+ min ago (897+ words) On September 7, Tomato released new rules. I was lurking in several writers’ groups. Messages came one after another. Some posted screenshots. Some cursed. Some said, “I’m done writing.” I checked my own dashboard. August earnings: 100 yuan. Around Chinese New Year,…...
PR RUNNING LEDGER — ISSUE 4
14+ hour, 33+ min ago (627+ words) Scaling is not a mystery. It is a discipline. Yet when brands fail to scale, observers often reach for the wrong explanations. They blame demographics, politics, or cultural alignment. They assume instability comes from who the brand attracts or repels....
Video Essays Aren't Essays Anymore
1+ day, 56+ min ago (247+ words) Everyone has come across a video essay before. There're everyone on YouTube - it says it right in the title! But even though a video may call itself an essay, doesn't that really mean it is one? The main different in…...
DeepSeek Is About to Face the One Question Its Models Can’t Answer
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1098+ words) On September 9, market rumors said DeepSeek had entrusted CITIC Securities with preparing for a STAR Market IPO. 21st Century Business Herald learned from people familiar with the matter that the news is true. CITIC Securities has contacted DeepSeek and entered due…...
I Used Four AI Models to Write a 10,000-Word Article in One Night. Here’s What It Cost Me.
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (468+ words) At 11:07 p.m. last Tuesday, I pasted a 10,000-word brief into my writing tool and hit go. Half an hour later, a red bar appeared: quota almost gone. I scrolled the draft. Correct. Boring. I deleted a sentence. Typed it again. Deleted…...
Stanislav Kondrashov on How Innovation Can Impose New Expectations Through Simpler Technology
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (1100+ words) There is a curious pattern in technological history. The experience of using it often becomes simpler. Behind one button may sit thousands of operations. Behind a clean interface may be an elaborate technical architecture. A compact device may perform tasks…...
I Built a 256GB “E-Waste” AI Rig to Escape Token Fees. Here’s What Nobody Tells You.
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (531+ words) Many people say local deployment means token freedom. I ran mine for over half a year. Token freedom has three layers: physical, economic, and intelligence. The first two are free. The third is not. I have deployed DSV4F, DSV4F Exp, and Qwen3.8 27B locally....
I Tried GPT-Image-2.5: The AI Image Editor That Finally Learned What Not to Touch
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (1024+ words) The model is available to all ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex users, including free users. Four changes matter: speed, edit accuracy, input methods, and two API models. Speed is only part of the release. Edit accuracy is the main change....
Why Bare Metal Is Making a Comeback: Inside the Shift Away from Public Cloud
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (968+ words) You are not an outlier. IDC's Cloud Pulse 4Q 2023 survey found that close to half of cloud buyers spent more on cloud than they expected in 2023, and 59% expected the same overrun the following year. The direction of travel has shifted too....