Bilibili Airs Programming Variety Show With Live Data Modeling Competitions
An X post about a 2021 Bilibili coding show struck a nerve by tying it to DeepSeek talent and a familiar East-vs.-West culture argument.
In a post on X, @suchenzang resurfaced a claimed 2021 Bilibili variety show called "Burn On, Genius Programmer," describing it as a live competition where programmers solved data analysis and modeling problems while commentators broke down their approaches. The post also claimed that a key contributor to DeepSeek models including R1 and Coder had been a top contestant in season three. Public context around Bilibili supports the broader idea that the platform produces original variety programming, but the stronger DeepSeek connection remains an attributed X claim, not independently verified reporting.
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Bilibili Airs Programming Variety Show With Live Data Modeling Competitions
An X post about a 2021 Bilibili coding show struck a nerve by tying it to DeepSeek talent and a familiar East-vs.-West culture argument.
In a post on X, @suchenzang resurfaced a claimed 2021 Bilibili variety show called "Burn On, Genius Programmer," describing it as a live competition where programmers solved data analysis and modeling problems while commentators broke down their approaches. The post also claimed that a key contributor to DeepSeek models including R1 and Coder had been a top contestant in season three. Public context around supports the broader idea that the platform produces original variety programming, but the stronger DeepSeek connection remains an attributed X claim, not independently verified reporting.
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TIL that there was a "Burn On, Genius Programmer" variety show that premiered on Jan 2021 on Bilibili (aka China's Youtube) featuring programmers who are competing live to solve a variety of data analysis / modeling problems (with a panel of commentators also commenting live on various approaches), and that a key contributor of Deepseek R1/Coder/etc was one of the top contestants during Season 3. Meanwhile, the Western eye is busy watching Love Island and becoming one with the Terminally Online. Two different Maslow's Hierarchies, peaking in two Very Different Ways.
@suchenzang We have the wrong heros in the West