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pshirshov commented on Speed up responses with fast mode code.claude.com/docs/en/f... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

IMTDb · 8 days ago

I’m curious what’s behind the speed improvements. It seems unlikely it’s just prioritization, so what else is changing? Is it new hardware (à la Groq or Cerebras)? That seems plausible, especially since it isn’t available on some cloud providers.

Also wondering whether we’ll soon see separate “speed” vs “cleverness” pricing on other LLM providers too.

pshirshov · 8 days ago

> so what else is changing?

Let me guess. Quantization?

pshirshov commented on Ask HN: 900x downgrade of Perplexity Pro – anyone else hit? · Posted by u/pshirshov

SignorZ · 9 days ago

Unfortunately not, I've been a subscriber since the end of November

pshirshov · 9 days ago

Usually you have 90-180 days to file a chargeback, you should be just fine.

pshirshov commented on Ask HN: 900x downgrade of Perplexity Pro – anyone else hit? · Posted by u/pshirshov

SignorZ · 9 days ago

Yes, it's now practically unusable, and anyone who paid the full price, like me, has been ripped off. An AI bot responds and refuses to refund the unused portion of the subscription. In my jurisdiction (EU), this is completely illegal; I will contact the authorities and request a full refund. I used to get 600 Pro queries per day, now I get 20 per month. Support responds via AI and says the limits have been updated and are dynamic, but denies the refund. There were already the well-known traffic redirection issues on economic models, now this. All the alternatives offer much more in the free plan than what Perplexity offers by paying as much as a premium plan from other providers.

pshirshov · 9 days ago

Try to raise a chargeback with your bank if you paid recently, in my experience it works very well in the EU.

pshirshov commented on Ask HN: 900x downgrade of Perplexity Pro – anyone else hit? · Posted by u/pshirshov

salehh · 9 days ago

They've already given away too many pro subscriptions, hell to renew I was proposed $100 for an annual subscription, 50% off. My theory for why they're doing this, they're about to aggressively advertise Perplexity during the super bowl and in case there's sudden bump in usage they've limited everyone but max subscribers to make costs sustainable. And they need sustainable costs or significant profitability ASAP because IPO or series F will be the end of 2026 / early 2027.

I still dislike this because if I knew I was going to be limited this much and with such poor UX of not knowing the monthly research limit was approaching until I just consumed it, I would not have paid the $100/yr right now and would have tried using an alternative. I'm sticking around for the next couple of weeks to see if they pivot and if they don't I'll request a prorated refund for my annual subscription.

pshirshov · 9 days ago

In my particular case it's not a giveaway subscription.

Posted by u/pshirshov 9 days ago

Ask HN: 900x downgrade of Perplexity Pro – anyone else hit?

pshirshov commented on LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions github.com/mdp/linkedin-e... · Posted by u/mdp

throwaway808081 · 10 days ago

Just have a database of UUIDs. Seems pretty trivial to generate and sort as it's only 16 bytes each.

pshirshov · 9 days ago

That's actually a bright idea! Have you ever thought about applying for VC funds?

Once you deliver that, you can also think about a database of natural numbers!

pshirshov commented on We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler anthropic.com/engineering... · Posted by u/modeless

pshirshov · 9 days ago

Pfft, a C compiler.

Look at this: https://github.com/7mind/jopa

pshirshov commented on Show HN: I built "AI Wattpad" to eval LLMs on fiction narrator.sh/llm-leaderboa... · Posted by u/jauws

pshirshov · 11 days ago

> eval

I'll do that with a language model, too busy writing poems with Claude.

> has found better patterns for maintaining consistency across chapters

Yeah, I've found one! Write your fiction with your own hands!

Thank you.

Consistency, my ass. They can't even write a paragraph of believable emotions on their own.

pshirshov commented on TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues cnn.com/2026/01/26/tech/t... · Posted by u/kotaKat

direwolf20 · 19 days ago

One is clearly worse than the other on some issues — only one of them executed US citizens in the street for protesting, during both terms.

pshirshov · 19 days ago

Choose your alignment wisely! You can only serve the Good or the Evil!

pshirshov commented on TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues cnn.com/2026/01/26/tech/t... · Posted by u/kotaKat

gruez · 19 days ago

>is all about hiding information from the US public that most people in the rest of the world have easy access to.

Are we talking about the Trump administration or the Biden administration? The current ban was passed under Biden with supermajorities in both houses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efforts_to_ban_TikTok_in_the_U...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_Americans_from_Fore...

pshirshov · 19 days ago

How can that be that during any single administration there always are bipartisan votes in favor of digital surveillance and censorship, oh, I mean online protection for kids and puppies? Pure coincidence I think.

Boden's good, Grump's bad, simple as that. Or Grump's good, Boden's bad doesn't matter.

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