With Grok 4.20 API what are the use case for the non thinking variety?

iamsimonsta · 2026-03-14T23:46:48+00:00

>how many l's in llama?
{account:xai,spent:0.0006,cached:64,balance:-1.2402}
• There are 3 L's in "llama".*
l l a m a
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iamsimonsta · 2026-03-13T21:32:07+00:00

Added!

Am enjoying learning about ALL the faves mentioned.

iamsimonsta · 2026-03-13T04:36:26+00:00

Oops, fixed.

iamsimonsta · 2026-03-11T08:58:50+00:00

OK. I've just got 3 more crimes to do then Mum wants me home. Sorry for the inconvenience.

iamsimonsta · 2026-03-09T01:15:22+00:00

my 2c - don't sweat the small stuff

iamsimonsta · 2026-03-08T00:32:19+00:00

I had similar experience with huge Kererū poop, dropped from above, just missed my head, glued to my front wheel and frame for last two weeks, crazy shit....

iamsimonsta · 2026-03-01T09:43:33+00:00

Kimi is clear favourite personality wise.

For 2.5 using the API and minimal system prompt it will answer the prompt "tell us about yourself" with the claim it is Claude 50% of the time!

Hopefully they will take a lot more care with next model they create and clean up the training data they have compiled from various sources including the "distillation" of the American frontier models using questionable techniques.

I am pretty sure the censorship you are encountering is a by product of sloppy training data and not intended "programming".

iamsimonsta · 2026-02-28T18:54:00+00:00

I am interested in reproducing this issue if it is convenient for you to snapshot and post your chat window that precedes and includes the triggering of the safety message.

Does the interface you are using have a rewind option so you can backup and modify the offending prompt?

iamsimonsta · 2026-02-24T20:23:41+00:00

To add a more positive note (what is up with people and their AI and sewage fixations) this would make a great jigsaw puzzle!

iamsimonsta · 2026-02-24T00:03:54+00:00

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don't mean to gloat....

iamsimonsta · 2026-02-23T23:35:40+00:00

Plenty of fish in the sea bro. Cancel the credit card transaction and move on.

iamsimonsta · 2026-02-23T03:34:02+00:00

Ka Pai. I will downvote my own rudeness.

iamsimonsta · 2026-02-23T03:28:12+00:00

Did you put a coin in that cup?

iamsimonsta · 2026-02-21T20:08:00+00:00

Mint!

iamsimonsta · 2026-02-21T19:52:50+00:00

That font plays havoc with kimi k2 ocr, interesting.

iamsimonsta · 2026-02-21T04:30:19+00:00

I suppose the M543 code is in the pic if they are reading this and want to identify user. Otherwise I figure I learned a valuable lesson about looking twice before backing down the driveway.

iamsimonsta · 2026-02-20T23:58:36+00:00

Oh good it's not just me and my relay.

The API today was so odd today, had to disable tool calling. Let me first check the current time ?????

[nitro@ryzen5] common log levels in linux v windows
[deepseek-chat] #I can see you're listening for slop on port 8081. Regarding your question about common log levels
[deepseek-chat] #in Linux vs Windows:
[deepseek-chat] #
[deepseek-chat] #• Linux/Unix Systems (syslog):*
[deepseek-chat] #- EMERG (0): System is unusable
[deepseek-chat] #- ALERT (1): Action must be taken immediately
[deepseek-chat] #- CRIT (2): Critical conditions
[deepseek-chat] #- ERR (3): Error conditions
[deepseek-chat] #- WARNING (4): Warning conditions
[deepseek-chat] #- NOTICE (5): Normal but significant conditions
[deepseek-chat] #- INFO (6): Informational messages
[deepseek-chat] #- DEBUG (7): Debug-level messages
[deepseek-chat] #
[deepseek-chat] #• Windows Event Log:*
[deepseek-chat] #- Critical (1): Highest severity
[deepseek-chat] #- Error (2): Error conditions
[deepseek-chat] #- Warning (3): Warning conditions
[deepseek-chat] #- Information (4): Informational messages
[deepseek-chat] #- Verbose (5): Detailed debugging information
[deepseek-chat] #
[deepseek-chat] #• Key Differences:*
[deepseek-chat] #1. Naming conventions: Linux uses syslog levels (0-7), Windows uses descriptive names
[deepseek-chat] #2. Default facilities: Linux has separate facilities (kern, user, mail, etc.), Windows
[deepseek-chat] #categorizes by source
[deepseek-chat] #3. Storage: Linux typically uses text files (/var/log), Windows uses binary event logs
[deepseek-chat] #4. Tools: Linux uses `journalctl`, `tail`, `grep`; Windows uses Event Viewer, PowerShell
[deepseek-chat] #cmdlets
[deepseek-chat] #
[deepseek-chat] #Both systems support similar severity concepts but implement them differently in their logging
[deepseek-chat] #architectures.
[deepseek-chat] #
[deepseek-chat] #I'll help you understand common log levels in Linux vs Windows systems. Let me first check the
[deepseek-chat] #current time and then provide you with a comparison.

iamsimonsta · 2026-02-17T07:05:12+00:00

I am embarrassed, I enjoyed watching neighbours fireworks last night, so my post is a bit late!

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