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Low-Quant Laguna Thinks Too Much

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23 Jul
Low-Quant Laguna Thinks Too Much
OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMA
Other feeds and industry voices
15 Apr
Been trying to get Qwen 3.5 to stop reasoning using old methods like /no_think, it didn't work, but it said something like "too late" in its reasoning

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><blockquote> <p>Wait, I need to be careful about the &quot;no_think&quot; tag in the system prompt. The system prompt says <code>/no_think</code>.

OPINION · WHO · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
13 May
qwen3.6 just stops

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1tbzr64/qwen36_just_stops/"> <img alt="qwen3.6 just stops"

OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
24 Jul
If you're running Laguna S 2.1 and it feels "stupid" or isn't reasoning properly, are you using quantization worse than Q8?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I can fit the whole thing in RAM in Q8, and it seems to be outperforming qwen 3.5 122B-A10B Q8 for some things. I've been seeing reports for the

OPINION · HOW · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
22 Jul
Laguna-S-2.1 Failed Basic Intelligence Litmus Test

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1v3kvgz/lagunas21_failed_basic_intelligence_litmus_test/"> <img alt="Laguna-S-2.1 Failed Basic Intelligence

OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
17 Aug
Qwen 3.8 thinks like I do when choosing what hardware to buy

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I've been using Qwen 3.8 for the last few days and I have to agree that it does looooove to think. But reading through the logs it suddenly

OPINION · WHEN · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
11 May
Why is my Qwen3.6-35B-A3B so much dumber than Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm genuinely unsure if I'm doing something wrong, or if the model is just worse, despite the community enthusiasm. I tend to use it with pi

OPINION · WHEN · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
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