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Oct 9, 2026 14 min

A $10 model that rivals Opus

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A developer says DeepSeek's cheap model codes as well as Anthropic's best, a smart coffee maker floods a home network, someone applies to make .lan a public domain, a bot-streaming musician goes to prison, and the first nuclear clocks start ticking. Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash? (HN discussion) Smart coffee maker sends 1TB in 10 days (HN discussion) New gTLD application for .lan (HN discussion) Prison for bot-farming music streams (HN discussion) The first thorium nuclear clocks (HN discussion) Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:37) 1. Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash? (01:51) 1. Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?: HN comments (03:49) 2. Smart coffee maker sends 1TB in 10 days (04:38) 2. Smart coffee maker sends 1TB in 10 days: HN comments (06:21) 3. New gTLD application for .lan (07:24) 3. New gTLD application for .lan: HN comments (09:10) 4. Prison for bot-farming music streams (10:29) 4. Prison for bot-farming music streams: HN comments (11:53) 5. The first thorium nuclear clocks (13:18) 5. The first thorium nuclear clocks: HN comments (14:03) Wrap-up Watch on YouTube.

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  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 0:37 1. Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?
  3. 1:51 1. Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?: HN comments
  4. 3:49 2. Smart coffee maker sends 1TB in 10 days
  5. 4:38 2. Smart coffee maker sends 1TB in 10 days: HN comments
  6. 6:21 3. New gTLD application for .lan
  7. 7:24 3. New gTLD application for .lan: HN comments
  8. 9:10 4. Prison for bot-farming music streams
  9. 10:29 4. Prison for bot-farming music streams: HN comments
  10. 11:53 5. The first thorium nuclear clocks
  11. 13:18 5. The first thorium nuclear clocks: HN comments
  12. 14:03 Wrap-up

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