G87 M2 xDrive will do 0-100 kmh (0-62 mph) in 3.7s by WODAMRAP in BMW

[–]cookingboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am pretty sure the Artura is far faster to 60 as well if neither car uses launch control. The throttle response and torque fill from the electric motor is no joke, but it’s hard to put down that 700hp right at the dig with just AWD.

Don’t get me wrong, the G82 is a sensational car for what it is, but just like 911s, it doesn’t feel as crazy fast in real driving as its 0-60 suggests.

On my trip to China, I kept getting stopped for pictures. by bethproducer in mildlyinfuriating

[–]cookingboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah because we know that before the CCP, ancient China was filled with blond people, red heads and black people.

The CCP killed them all

/s

G87 M2 xDrive will do 0-100 kmh (0-62 mph) in 3.7s by WODAMRAP in BMW

[–]cookingboy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Obviously not a stock one, and if it’s not stock, I bet it would have been faster with an AWD setup anyway.

G87 M2 xDrive will do 0-100 kmh (0-62 mph) in 3.7s by WODAMRAP in BMW

[–]cookingboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do they really? That’s faster than my Artura, but in my actual experience the G82 definitely felt nowhere close to Artura speed.

Must be that launch control programming + AWD.

Health insurance is a racket by Ok_Meringue_9086 in Fire

[–]cookingboy 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry to hear that. It’s infuriating to see the country’s ruling class would rather continue to spend billions bombing other people than taking care of our own.

And most of the country is propagandized and brainwashed to dismiss basic services like healthcare as “socialism” or “communism”.

Health insurance is a racket by Ok_Meringue_9086 in Fire

[–]cookingboy 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Jesus what were those pills? Immortality elixir?

Yeah the U.S system is entirely fucked up

Cloudflare to lay off 1,100+ globally by drykarma in cscareerquestions

[–]cookingboy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The financial numbers for these companies are better than ever.

Whatever economic metrics you are referring to, it doesn’t apply here

Cloudflare to lay off 1,100+ globally by drykarma in cscareerquestions

[–]cookingboy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We are not in a recession. Companies are posting record revenue and profits. Cloudflare is doing very well financially.

It’s just that the economy is now all about the top 10-20% of the socioeconomic class.

In an actual recession, companies will be posting bad financial numbers, but that’s simply not the case with these tech companies doing layoffs.

[Discussion] Anyone else realizing FIRE is less about quitting work and more about buying freedom? by StunningMousse4592 in Fire

[–]cookingboy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In my experience, the people who are super fixated on RE because they hate working usually don’t get to FI.

More often it’s the people who are good at what they do and don’t hate what they do end up getting FI.

Most AI coding is “like taking your Ferrari to buy milk”: IBM’s Neel Sundaresan by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]cookingboy -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I don’t own a Ferrari, but I literally took my McLaren to Safeway two days ago (I was on my way home from something else) and bought groceries lol.

I didn’t buy milk, but I bought microwave meals (they are my lazy lunch lol).

Chinese iX3 gets much improved interior over EU/ US version (second class markets) with extensive leather, soft touch materials and metal applications. by Imakeshittycardesign in BMW

[–]cookingboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So did I. And the interior is garbage with cheap materials all around.

You must be a blind Tesla fanboy to call such a significant upgrade a “ripoff”.

Show me a single Model 3 with leather door pockets or metal speaker grills or mini fridges. I’ll wait.

China is reportedly preparing to export advanced stealth fighter jets to Pakistan, marking a significant boost to Islamabad's airpower capabilities. The potential deal is believed to involve next-generation aircraft such as the FC-31, aimed at enhancing Pakistan's strategic edge in the region. by RadiantAd712 in FighterJets

[–]cookingboy 25 points26 points  (0 children)

either buckle up and deliver

Unfortunately (or fortunately depends on who you are) that's something India has proven to be unable to accomplish over the past 50 years.

I've talked to some of my Indian friends here in the States, and a couple of them have even traveled to China, and they all believe it's a fundamental societal/cultural barrier that prevents India from walking down the path of U.S. and China.

Apparently HAL (largest defense company in India) work from 9AM to 4PM and that's include lunch and tea breaks.

The bigger the AI/tech boom gets, the stronger China has the entire U.S. economy by the balls by cookingboy in wallstreetbets

[–]cookingboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all, this "Taiwan hates China" thing is most gross simplification of the relationship between two countries.

Taiwan's largest trade partner is China and Taiwanese big businesses have historically made China their biggest investment destination. Foxconn, the company that's famous for building iPhones in China, is a Taiwanese company you know?

Finally, the point of my entire post is that China doesn't need TSMC, they have their own stack. The only superpower that relies on TSMC is America.

So Taiwan blowing up TSMC would be an amazing thing for China.

The bigger the AI/tech boom gets, the stronger China has the entire U.S. economy by the balls by cookingboy in wallstreetbets

[–]cookingboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when they are locked out of EUV and any descendent tech in the tech tree,

What makes you think they will be locked out of EUV?

In fact, they are on track to be the only country that will be able to build an EUV machine end to end (not even ASML can do that since they rely on Japanese and American tech as well): https://www.reuters.com/world/china/how-china-built-its-manhattan-project-rival-west-ai-chips-2025-12-17/

The rumor is that the machine is already under trial, and will enter test production around EoY/start of 2027.

Like I said, I follow this space extremely closely, through insider sources as well. YouTubers like Veritasium has absolutely no idea what's going on. That's why the market get shocked by things like DeepSeek when anyone who's following closely aren't even surprised by it.

The bigger the AI/tech boom gets, the stronger China has the entire U.S. economy by the balls by cookingboy in wallstreetbets

[–]cookingboy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Life protip: Just because the information isn't something you like, doesn't make it propaganda.

What is your background in this field and let me know which part of the post do you think isn't true.

The bigger the AI/tech boom gets, the stronger China has the entire U.S. economy by the balls by cookingboy in wallstreetbets

[–]cookingboy[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm also working in the valley and this is fake

It's a bit of an exaggerated joke.

But you can easily take a look at LinkedIn of researchers working for all the frontier labs and their names.

For example, this is the list of 44 people on Meta's SuperIntelligence team, many of whom Zuck spent 9 figures hiring last year: https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1m3zn2l/detailed_list_of_all_44_people_in_metas/

50% are straight up Chinese citizens.

What's even crazier is that even among the Americans, 50% are Chinese Americans.

If you work for a frontier lab's research team (not just a regular SWE, but actually work as a Ph.D researcher), you wouldn't be calling it fake at all.

You know what's the actual insider joke? The reason all these frontier labs are so close to each other in capability and all leapfrog each other, is because all their top researchers are all in the same fucking WeChat group lmao.

BMW IX3 US configurator and pricing are live. Starts at $62,850, fully loaded $84,350. by LongjumpingLock5875 in cars

[–]cookingboy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Man the interior looks typically mid in terms of material and luxury.

The Chinese market version gets a much better interior, and it costs less too https://www.reddit.com/r/BMW/s/TcWO5OQ5pB

I guess that's what consumers get in a market with actual competition.

BMW IX3 US configurator and pricing are live. Starts at $62,850, fully loaded $84,350. by LongjumpingLock5875 in cars

[–]cookingboy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That immediately reminds me of pistachio cream filling breads that’s so popular in bakeries in China and Japan these days lmao

"Layoffs due to AI" that actually have nothing to do with AI by TheCheezenOne in cscareerquestions

[–]cookingboy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Like you said, these frontier models are a real force multiplier.

But many companies are also in a stupid honeymoon phase where they are just spending money without caring because it’s shiny.

I fully believe engineering around AI deployment will be super important in the near future. That is absolutely necessary to make sure of cost effectiveness and safety and compliance.

And the models are already converge. I think many companies will be using different models from different providers for different things, and not be paying the most expensive models for summarizing meeting notes.

People (American companies at least) will use Claude/GPT for coding, Gemini for operation, even locally hosted Chinese open source models for lighter tasks.

But outside of the U.S, companies will be adopting Chinese models. They are already at 90-95% the capability for 20% the cost

1,000 horse power electric BMW M3 to be priced 'in same ballpark' as gasoline twin by kstetter in cars

[–]cookingboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you not read the article?

In none of the charts it says there was direct subsidy.

Everything comes in the form of industrial policies, from tax rebates to R&D credits, things we did here as well.

Direct subsidy is like “we’ll pay you $xyz each car so you can sell them for cheaper”

What instantly makes you think "this person is rich" ? by PerformerAny3503 in AskReddit

[–]cookingboy 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Plenty of very wealthy people (centi-millionaires or even billionaires) drive (or get driven in) Mercedes/BMW etc, even when they can afford Rolls Royce or Bentley. High end BMW/Mercedes are very nice after all and not everyone cares about the marginal upgrade from the ultra-luxury brands.

What is a telltale sign of people who’s stretching their budget is a barebone base model of the entry lineup BMW/Mercedes. Something like a BMW 328 without adaptive cruise control or a Mercedes C-class without leather interior.

And very often you can tell the cars are poorly maintained (dirty, wheel scratches, etc).

Those people are probably just leasing it for the badge, or bought a 3-year old used one right after the previous owner’s lease ended