stevenwliao

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by stevenwliao 9mo ago
I last tried Ubuntu as a daily driver in 2009. How has Linux reliability improved for consumers since then?
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by stevenwliao 9mo ago
It might have been that the OP wanted to try for themselves using an app or some source code.
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by stevenwliao 9mo ago
I check prices on my reciepts. I shop at Costco, Walmart, 99 Ranch, Sprouts, and Trader Joe's. I'm fairly certain the error rate for all those shops is less than 5%.
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by stevenwliao 10mo ago
Same as any other ad supported services- the service is useful or entertaining.
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by stevenwliao 1y ago
Provenance matters because LLM writing is cheap compared to actually having to think about what to say. I only have a limited amount of time to read. Skipping someone's Internet comment because it looks like spam often means I get to e
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by stevenwliao 1y ago
Thank you for the keyword filter!
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by stevenwliao 1y ago
Not sure about internationalization but at least for English, constraining to ASCII characters seems like a simple solution.
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by stevenwliao 1y ago
There's an interesting paper on how to sandbox that came out recently. Summary here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/11/camel/ TLDR: Have two LLMs, one privileged and quarantined. Generate Python
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by stevenwliao 2y ago
Unless I'm missing something, the opt-out is one click away. I don't understand the problem. Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/2tLoFkQ
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by stevenwliao 2y ago
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.
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by stevenwliao 2y ago
> unattributed Plenty of AI models cite their sources.
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
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)
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
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 nothi
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
You think he could be personally liable for eight figure plus damages? Where is the precedent for this?
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
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&#x27
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
> Free AGI Who pays for the R&D?
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
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.
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
- Google (Search, YouTube, Android) - Facebook (Groups, Messenger) - Amazon (Store, Audible) - eBay - Spotify
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
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.
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
> if paying these miners to stop has the desired effect of reducing the load on the grid, miners not existing would surely have a similar effect. In a privatized system, a large, predictable, static load would attract additional infrastr
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
They are also in a race to the bottom. Some booking sites will have an option to show prices after all fees, but it will never be on by default.
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
Most people don't run an adblocker on their phone, and these torrent sites would cease to exist or become malware sites themselves if enough users used adblock. Let's not kid ourselves- these site runners are not Aaron Swartz.
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
> Search for torrent or download link, click, Hope that you didn't click a sketchy ad that looks just like the download link, because the site didn't police any of its ads.
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
I guess to be more specific, zero-days that they don't fix even after they're exploited.
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
Start by analyzing whichever email service you use. Add additional checkboxes: - [y/n] Is SMS the only 2FA method available? - [y/n] Is there no 2FA at all? - [y/n] Do they have a history of unpatched zero-days? - [y/n]
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
If someone wanted to buy your house for three times its market value and their grand plan was to turn it into lumber, would the smart move be to decline?
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
Driving an old vehicle makes others less safe. The risk of collision decreases with safety features like ABS. The 70s truck doesn't have these safety features.
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
What do you subscribe to on PBS? Didn't even know they had a subscription program.
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
Every newspaper already has a payment platform. The only value add is distribution.
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by stevenwliao 3y ago
How much extra would HN pay? The answers in this thread are essentially all under $1. There seems to be not much rationale behind these numbers besides "it should be cheaper," so the anchor point is probably $0.

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