Hacker News: stephenlindauer

New comment by stephenlindauer in "Taco Bell AI Drive-Thru"

stephenlindauer — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 23:34:35 +0000

Different folks have different levels of acceptable risk. I generally agree, and won’t install an app for every single one-time purchase, but I eat a lot of Taco Bell. The app makes sense for me. Many other companies also have web interfaces so you don’t NEED to install an app. (Many restaurants/bars that have a Qr Code on the table act this way.)

New comment by stephenlindauer in "Meta: Shut down your invasive AI Discover feed"

stephenlindauer — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:48:06 +0000

At this point, if you're using any Meta product, that's on you.

New comment by stephenlindauer in "The phone ban has had a big impact on school work"

stephenlindauer — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:04:45 +0000

Yet somehow we all survived before smartphones. If you have a question and raise your hand to ask, everyone else benefits from getting the answer as well.

New comment by stephenlindauer in "Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses"

stephenlindauer — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 04:14:00 +0000

Why would anyone even consider ever buying hardware from Meta? Look at their list of killed products or how quickly they EOL previous models. No thanks! I hope they get sued for contributing to e-waste.

New comment by stephenlindauer in "Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate"

stephenlindauer — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 21:14:02 +0000

I wouldn’t say Biden stuck to his word. He fully intended to run, until people (rightfully) objected. I’m glad he ultimately backed down and stepped down. But this whole process would have been easier to nominate a real candidate if he would have stuck to his word from the beginning. He still deserves the blame for that, even if his most recent actions were correct.

New comment by stephenlindauer in "Small claims court became Meta's customer service hotline"

stephenlindauer — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:21:20 +0000

Until hopefully this becomes more common and more people win suits like this. Then maybe Meta will finally fix their problems.

New comment by stephenlindauer in "Spotify won't open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process"

stephenlindauer — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 05:13:42 +0000

This is why I refuse to buy hardware from software companies.

Facebook Portal, I’m looking at you.

New comment by stephenlindauer in "Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to President Biden's desk"

stephenlindauer — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:24:11 +0000

Cool. Do Facebook next.

Visual Studio App Center Retirement

stephenlindauer — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:59:34 +0000

Article URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/appcenter/retirement

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39707054

Points: 7

# Comments: 3

New comment by stephenlindauer in "Crash of the Titan: a short history of Apple's doomed car project"

stephenlindauer — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 22:05:30 +0000

That number is way too high. Car accidents from human drivers happen way more frequently than that.

New comment by stephenlindauer in "Meta (Facebook / Instagram) to move to a “Pay for your Rights” approach"

stephenlindauer — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 22:30:30 +0000

I suspect this will lead to a decrease in ad quality. Showing worse ads will result in a little green bar for increased number of paying users, and the overall quality of the newsfeed will continue it’s death spiral.