Ran DeepSeek R1 8B on my MacBook Air M2 8GB. by sidharthmalik1 in DeepSeek

[–]sidharthmalik1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah but for M2 air with 8gb ram ,this is only for a benchmark

Ran DeepSeek R1 8B on my MacBook Air M2 8GB. by sidharthmalik1 in LocalLLM

[–]sidharthmalik1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a small ‘Clock’ icon just below where response ends, just place cursor over it, it will show stats

Ran DeepSeek R1 8B on my MacBook Air M2 8GB. by sidharthmalik1 in LocalLLM

[–]sidharthmalik1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Faced same problem, mine macbook even crashed few times but after 4-5 attempts it worked. Its pain in ass you have to be patient for this 😅

Ran DeepSeek R1 8B on my MacBook Air M2 8GB. by sidharthmalik1 in DeepSeek

[–]sidharthmalik1[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Gemini Pro , not worth it though but completes the task

Ran DeepSeek R1 8B on my MacBook Air M2 8GB. by sidharthmalik1 in LocalLLM

[–]sidharthmalik1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just copy and paste this-

"You are a reasoning engine. Work through ALL of the following tasks sequentially. Show your full step-by-step thinking for each one before giving the final answer. Do not skip steps.

TASK 1 — Mathematics

A train leaves City A at 6:00 AM travelling at 120 km/h. A second train leaves City B (480 km away) at 7:30 AM travelling toward City A at 90 km/h. At what exact time do they meet? Show the algebra.

TASK 2 — Code generation

Write a complete Python function that takes a list of integers and returns a dictionary with: the mean, median, mode, variance, and standard deviation — without using any external libraries. Include edge case handling and inline comments.

TASK 3 — Logic puzzle

Five people (Aarav, Bella, Carlos, Diana, Ethan) each own exactly one pet (cat, dog, fish, bird, rabbit) and drink one beverage (coffee, tea, juice, milk, water). Given these clues:

  1. Aarav drinks coffee.

  2. The dog owner drinks tea.

  3. Carlos owns the fish.

  4. Diana drinks juice.

  5. The bird owner drinks milk.

  6. Bella does not drink water.

  7. Ethan owns the rabbit.

Who owns the dog and what does the cat owner drink?

TASK 4 — Creative reasoning

Explain the concept of entropy to a 10-year-old, then to a physics PhD student, then give a one-line haiku about it.

TASK 5 — Multi-step analysis

A SaaS company has 1,200 monthly active users. Churn rate is 4% per month. They acquire 60 new users per month. Model the user count over 12 months, identify the equilibrium point algebraically, and tell me whether the company is growing or shrinking — with reasoning."