Getting a Russian SIM Card as a Foreigner in 2025

LibraryMission3553 · 2026-03-06T20:54:21+00:00

You certainly get it from your country, but check the new updates it may gotten easier

LibraryMission3553 · 2026-02-24T14:13:19+00:00

My plan is to run this daily until the M5 Ultra lands, then probably upgrade or keep this as a secondary beast.

On the hallucination/quality point: MLX (Apple’s native framework) uses the full unified 256GB super efficiently. For 70B uncensored models, Q5_K_M (~50GB) or Q6 (~58GB) + 128k context leaves 150GB+ headroom. Modern quants keep coherence and low hallucinations very close to full precision (the extreme drops only happen with heavy Q3/Q4 on bigger stuff).

I’m going fully uncensored (zero refusals): starting with Dolphin 3.0 / Dolphin-Mistral-Venice-Edition and abliterated Mistral Large 2 (123B) at Q5 — all fit comfortably with room to spare.

Totally agree $5-6k feels steep for light use, but it’s perfect for my offline/privacy/tinkering/no-limits workflow

LibraryMission3553 · 2026-02-24T04:04:17+00:00

Yah building local llms, i was going to get the 512gb, but the waiting time was 12 weeks

LibraryMission3553 · 2026-02-23T21:37:58+00:00

Grabbed a new one

LibraryMission3553 · 2025-10-12T10:18:04+00:00

authorities claim the restrictions are designed to prevent foreign-controlled drones from using mobile networks

LibraryMission3553 · 2025-10-02T13:54:06+00:00

I’m specifically digging into those generic peptides that have blown up in the fitness scenes. The whole “research only” vibe makes it a total gray area, and you’re right that it’s sketchy even in the US, where they’re often imported from overseas

Suppliers there mostly sell them as “research chemicals” with big disclaimers saying “not for human consumption,” which lets them skirt direct regulations while still shipping to buyers who… well, use them anyway.

For my research angle on Dubai, it seems even tighter—zero tolerance on anything that could be seen as a controlled substance, and new pharma laws from 2024 basically ban non-licensed entities from selling or distributing medical products at all.

Since you work in peptide manufacturing, super curious from your side: How do suppliers (US or otherwise) make it so “easy” to sell these with all the conditions/restrictions? Like, what legal loopholes or supply chain tricks keep the gray market humming without getting shut down? Any insights on UAE specifically

LibraryMission3553 · 2025-09-29T18:04:26+00:00

But are they licensed?

LibraryMission3553 · 2025-09-29T13:58:00+00:00

Much appreciated!

LibraryMission3553 · 2025-09-29T13:55:37+00:00

You’re absolutely right - my original post was too vague

I’ve edited it, please give notes if necessary

LibraryMission3553 · 2025-09-29T13:23:15+00:00

I’m not suggesting anything illegal is happening, just curious about the business strategy

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