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No. 001 · First meetings
An introduction, not an open door.
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@ldyldy
Hi, there. I am Chinese working in Hong Kong now. I am doing my postdoc training and running my own company at the same time. I developed QIAO with deepseek in one day just for fun.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
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