Hacker News: alliao

New comment by alliao in "The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew"

alliao — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:53:54 +0000

they're all tilted so the new comer don't feel so awkward with that bump on it's head --source: me

*edit: I'd like to also comment on the crazy lighting going on.. if the photographer of this can see this comment, please take a pic of the setup..this look quite intense

New comment by alliao in "Age verification as mass surveillance infrastructure"

alliao — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:10:04 +0000

what do governments get out of this? Like I get it from ad/commercial perspective, but I don't see how this is highly unpopular from governments and still being implemented

New comment by alliao in "Weather.com/Retro"

alliao — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:14:18 +0000

gah only simplified Chinese

New comment by alliao in "The Weather Channel – RetroCast"

alliao — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:12:03 +0000

how to change language....mine's making me chinese

New comment by alliao in "Health NZ staff told to stop using ChatGPT to write clinical notes"

alliao — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:12:59 +0000

AI doesn't forget and soon all of new zealanders will have their health histories internalised by AI so it can individually calculate insurance premiums without knowing why....

New comment by alliao in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

alliao — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 01:19:14 +0000

msft don't earn trust, they actively butchers it and see who'd stay, it's a little bit like scam letters that are full of spelling mistakes, that's the filter. those that'd still fall for it are exactly the people they're looking for. the strategy have worked very well for a very long time, it's so successful they don't really know what broke the current users, and you can see that in this release. they analysed the feedback and the number 1 fix is to "raise the bar" literally by allowing users to position bar anywhere, nothing organisational, nothing cultural, just close random tickets

New comment by alliao in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

alliao — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 01:14:17 +0000

still no QA lol

New comment by alliao in "Honda is killing its EVs"

alliao — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:12:29 +0000

i don't mind panels in the rooftop strictly for AC blowing while car's parked...

New comment by alliao in "Honda is killing its EVs"

alliao — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:04:01 +0000

To be honest, I have every faith in Honda. It took them a long time to arrive at hybrid, but they were never about first to market, but they were always adamant about controlling the entire technology stack.. made their own transmission and everything. And engineering doesn't faze them, Honda just nonchalantly displayed a reusable rocket like it was too easy... EV is a little bit like AI nowadays, not much moat and possibly not challenging enough for Honda R&D so why not. I'll always be on the look out for Honda's next take on EV.

New comment by alliao in "Honda is killing its EVs"

alliao — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:59:06 +0000

nz politicians figured out where the tap is to control uptake.. in the name of RUC right now it's tuned so non-plugin hybrid is cheapest, this separates out the price sensitive crowd...

New comment by alliao in "Honda is killing its EVs"

alliao — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:56:13 +0000

damn it missed the whole suicidal airbag scandal too!

New comment by alliao in "Bus travel from Lima to Rio de Janeiro"

alliao — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:19:30 +0000

i remember seeing sun beating down on a truck in front of us with 80 or so residential sized gas tanks just banging on each other for the entire way from arequipa to lima, fun times. we did cuzco to puno then loop back to lima. there was news of coach fallen off the road on the bit from puno to arequipa, but then I was young and eager to explore so just jumped on anyway with a friend, good times for sure.

New comment by alliao in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

alliao — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:03:34 +0000

i don't trust the zuck at all, and am not naive about any of this. I'm sure the words used above are watertight in court of law but I bet you there are shenanigans in places where light don't reach

New comment by alliao in "I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services"

alliao — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:35:18 +0000

sadly I'm one of those "knowledge worker" that aren't extraordinary enough to survive on my own so I have a job. And everyday when I try to login to my zero trust network my face is being scanned multiple times. And I feel the cold stare from the teenager me lol that dude would not approve such atrocity for sure. daily refresh of biometric data is just downright degrading...

New comment by alliao in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

alliao — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:36:49 +0000

entire generation of kids have grown up since introduction of iphone/ipad... I'm sort of glad I got to live what world was like before internet though, still escape into the mountains with kids so they can some of that disconnected feeling but with starlink hovering overhead nowadays just don't feel the same anymore

New comment by alliao in "Setting up phones is a nightmare"

alliao — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:30:16 +0000

i typically don't want to re-enter credentials etc, so I always do encrypted backup via itunes.. took 6-7hrs just transferring photos quite hands off most of the time but still painful, can't imagine what android guys go through

New comment by alliao in "You need a kitchen slide rule"

alliao — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 04:09:24 +0000

i'm just not a serious enough cook, my kitchen's temperature varies humidity too the water coming out of the tap is random too so I just gave up at the end. Nowadays I read couple of recipes to get the gist of it, define the theme in my head and just go to town... I almost never have all the ingredients, so I substitute at will. I guess one instrument that I still use regularly is my Thermapen, food safety calls for one; and family feels more reassured when they see chicken breast that is ever so slightly pink but the temp reading suggests it's safe lol

New comment by alliao in "Sergey Brin's Unretirement"

alliao — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:19:39 +0000

I loved google reader, many people were blogging and social network was "ick" as people immediately associated the term with okcupid/friendster(myspace?) and reader was decentralised and encouraged all walks of life to participate... maybe I just missed the vibes back then, gosh I was so hopeful

New comment by alliao in "Sugar industry influenced researchers and blamed fat for CVD (2016)"

alliao — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:05:37 +0000

I blame this book's incendiary title, was a fun read for sure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure,_White_and_Deadly

New comment by alliao in "UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16"

alliao — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:55:59 +0000

i've long held a view that what CCP is doing is cancer to all citizens in previously free countries, our democratic leaders are quick to show disgust and disdain, but the actual owners of the country, actual powers that be are enamored and mesmerised by what they're doing to the Chinese populace especially when it comes to messaging/propaganda. block and track everyone then just tiktok your way high heavens. it's not even what aldous huxley meant by the pleasure essay anymore it's deeper and more manipulative