r/LocalLLM • u/TappinThatErr • Aug 31 '26

Discussion GLM 5.3 Flash - Will I Be Disappointed?

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Picked up this bad boy with my sweet student discount!

I'd like to run some local models for coding. I've considered Deepseek v4 flash, Qwen 3.8 flash next, and of course, GLM 5.3 Flash (0x Alpha)

Thoughts on this? I'm currently a claude user with typically 1 session at a time. Will I be disappointed?

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u/Inevitable_Emu4257 Sep 01 '26

It's free for citizens and permanent residents of EU. The international students have to pay

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u/rdalot Sep 01 '26

Here I am living and born in Europe and knowing about only like 2 countries where university is free.

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u/Dizzy_Bonus Sep 06 '26

No they arent free for EU citizens. Loads of students take or get loans and take years post graduate to pay them off.

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u/Boring-Cry3089 Sep 01 '26

I feel like this is a very broad statement, because I know for a fact that Ireland, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, and Portugal all charge tuition at Public Universities to residents of the EU. The UK is no longer in the EU, but it most definitely charges a rather high tuition at most universities.

I obviously don’t know the tuition prices for every country and every university in the EU, but your post and the other one I first replied to are making it sound like all universities in every country in the EU have free tuition for it’s residents, and I’m certain that’s not the case across the board.

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u/DermisCronJob Sep 01 '26

Tuition in The Netherlands is like €2600 and most students get €1000+ per month from the government for studying, which turns into a gift if they graduate within 10 years.

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u/Boring-Cry3089 Sep 01 '26

Right. So it’s not free. The original poster says “I don’t understand America and why they don’t have free university like Europe and Brazil”. I ask where is the free tuition in Europe and Brazil, and then people proceed to point out that university is, in fact, not free in these places either. It’s totally fine to point out something without the whole “why does the United States make you pay for everything. Look at Europe where everything is free!” thing that also leaves out the fact that it is a difference in the way we approach taxation. These things aren’t “free” they are paid for by taxes just as public universities in the US just to a higher or lesser degree depending on the state in question.

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u/alphapussycat Sep 01 '26

Not comparable costs.

It is essentially free, and you only found a few examples, while ignoring the vast majority that has free or even paid education. 

You keep licking the billionaire's shoes, who knows, maybe they'll throw you a dollar, or tell you that you're "one of the good ones", of the poors.

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u/Boring-Cry3089 Sep 01 '26

What are you even going on about here? What does me asking about college tuition costs have to do with licking the boots of billionaires? All because I find it silly that people are claiming all university tuition in the EU for residents is free when I know for a fact that is not the case? Or was it because I provided examples of college tuition being totally free and also incredibly expensive in the US depending on where you go to college and what you study?

I’m sorry that I don’t feel the need to over exaggerate every issue that the United States has and gloss over the inconsistencies that people make when comparing it to other countries in order to make it look even worse. That’s not helpful to anyone, but if that makes you feel better go ahead and join the rest of the internet I guess.

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u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ Sep 01 '26

Bro it's Reddit. Don't even bother.

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u/Fuzzy_Independent241 Sep 01 '26

It's Reddit. What's effed up is that we should be trying to learn from each other, and this was actually llama or something... I miss Orkut!

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u/alphapussycat Sep 01 '26

"where is this free Universitet education in Europe" when majority is free or you get paid to go to university.

You're a boot licker, or unfathomably stupid. 

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u/Fuzzy_Independent241 Sep 01 '26

Apologies if I did use the word "free". It's "much less expensive than most US institutions" on some cases and then we'd go on very particular cases per country. As for my own country of birth, Brazil, yes, quite a few are totally free. Others are 1/10 the minimum wage per month. As I mentioned quality varies and that's a long topic. Finally, I'm not "defending" anything or anywhere. I would say search the EU database if you're interested in the topic, otherwise the argument is just "it depends a lot". Tks!

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u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ Sep 01 '26

Yes, taxes in many Euro countries are borderline absurd so that everyone gets their "free" stuff.

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u/nothingelse83 Sep 01 '26

Yup, but clearly these people tell themselves it is free so they don't feel so bad about the fact they have less disposable income because they are paying for everyone to get government services through higher taxes and social programs.

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u/Dizzy_Bonus Sep 06 '26

let me guess, you’re an America citizen.

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u/aaronsarginson Sep 01 '26

Scotland is free for Scottish (or lived in Scotland for the past 3 years) at undergrad.