stevenwliao's comments

On: Goodbye, Slopify

[stevenwliao]

Unless I'm missing something, the opt-out is one click away. I don't understand the problem.

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/2tLoFkQ

On: Ask HN: What's Your Experience with eSIMs?

[stevenwliao]

Airalo works well on my iPhone for travel. I had super fast data in Europe (including UK), Japan, Mexico.

IIRC the rates are not competitive compared to local plans though, so not sure if it's worth it for you.

On: Google is overhauling search results with AI overv...

[stevenwliao]

> unattributed

Plenty of AI models cite their sources.

On: Juno – A YouTube Client for Vision Pro

[stevenwliao]

I'm skipping 2 hours of ads per month for $15. IMO it's a pretty good deal.

(Assumptions: I watch 10 hours of YouTube videos per week, YouTube shows 30 seconds of ads per 10 minutes of video)

On: Twitch to Cut 500 Employees, About 35% of Staff

[stevenwliao]

Twitch subs remove ads for subscribed channels, so OP doesn't buy subs.

Which is the more likely scenario?

1. OP buys bits and throws them at their favorite streamers despite not being willing to pay for subscriptions.

2. OP pays nothing for Twitch and doesn't watch a single ad.

On: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

[stevenwliao]

Unless D'angelo has some expensive eight figure lifestyle, he's not going to a poorhouse anytime soon.

> He was chief technology officer of Facebook, and also served as its vice president of engineering, until 2008.

> D'Angelo was an advisor to and investor in Instagram before its acquisition by Facebook in 2012.

[jacquesm → stevenwliao]

That depends on the amount of damage you cause.

[stevenwliao → jacquesm]

You think he could be personally liable for eight figure plus damages?

Where is the precedent for this?

[jacquesm → stevenwliao]

There is no precedent for this because it is utterly unprecedented. No board in the history of boards has - as far as I know it - acted in such a way that they ended up outright annihilating the thing they were supposed to be governing with total disregard for the consequences. That's not normal behavior, it is so far outside of the norms and rules of conduct for board members that it may well shape those rules and create new legislation.

On: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to ret...

[stevenwliao]

> Free AGI

Who pays for the R&D?

On: Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pos...

[stevenwliao]

Emerging markets don't buy small cars as a conscientious environmental decision, they buy them because it fits their budget. Small cars cost less than large cars to buy and run.

On: They can and will ruin everything you love

[stevenwliao]

- Google (Search, YouTube, Android)

- Facebook (Groups, Messenger)

- Amazon (Store, Audible)

- eBay

- Spotify

On: We are retroactively dropping the iPhone’s repaira...

[stevenwliao]

When my phone was taken in an armed robbery, it ended up in Ho Chi Minh City.

No threats though... I assume they just parted it out.