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Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by fmajid »

nicolaslem wrote: post #96
joaodlf wrote: post #12

An Anker Power Bank (24,000mAh) has a £40 discount right now on Amazon UK. This is a really nice piece of tech that has helped me to work outside the house with peace of mind. Can keep my phone charged (which I use for tethering) for over a week, no problem. Drains way quicker when charging my M1, but that one has far less battery issues when compared to my phone. The discount is real, as well. I know because I bough…

Anyone else bothered that they do not specify the energy in watt-hour? Back when USB was 5V it was pretty easy to do the conversion from Ah, how does it work now that USB can negotiate voltage dynamically?

Anker does specify the Wh ratings. Just on the battery itself, not the website. In flyspeck 2.8pt size font (I just checked with my Peak 10x inspection loupe with reticule, the characters are exactly 1mm x-height), dark gray on black for maximum unreadability, that needs a microscope to read. On my 737, it says 86.4 Wh.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by fmajid »

joaodlf wrote: post #67
madjam002 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

is this the 140w one that you have?

Yep, the one with the handy digital display.

That's a feature I wish all batteries had. The 737 is twice the weight of my Nitecore NB20000 for not much extra capacity, and I don't have a laptop that draws more then 45W anyway, but I got it for that one feature alone.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by fmajid »

powersnail wrote: post #148

San Francisco Symphony has a 50% off for all seats, which is pretty sweet if you listen to classical music.

Sadly Michael Tilson Thomas has retired in March due to being afflicted by brain cancer (glioblastoma). I lost my aunt to that horrible, atrocious disease, and wish him the best. Apparently there still are some performances of his scheduled in January.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by fmajid »

lopkeny12ko wrote: post #28

AMD slashed the price of the Ryzen 9 series CPUs this week. A 7950X now goes for $550, down from $700. That said I'm not sure if this is a Black Friday deal or a permanent reduction to be price-competitive with Intel Raptor Lake.

They lowered the prices everywhere, not Black Friday specific. PC demand has collapsed due to the coming recession.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by toast0 »

itronitron wrote: post #95
RyanShook wrote: post #44

This ASUS Chromebook for $80 on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3AK6oDD

can Ubuntu be installed on a (former) chromebook?

Check the model on https://mrchromebox.tech/ but I'm not sure if you'll have good luck with an Arm based chromebook.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by spoils19 »

MopMop wrote: post #156

'Black Friday' - Another consumer's day in the year when everything gets marked up so you can have your discount.

Maybe for you. Myself and my colleagues have found good deals where things aren't marked up - your experience is hardly the standard, and it's quite rude to imply that it is.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by ProZsolt »

wrp wrote: post #17

For those of us old enough to remember when holiday sales really did start on the day after Thanksgiving, in my area, most of the shops started their Black Friday sales on Monday. If you waited until today, you missed out on a lot.

Most of the shops in the UK started their sales last Thursday

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by Havoc »

mellosouls wrote: post #16

Generally I find Black Friday a bit overhyped, the "bargains" are best checked against price history with (say) CamelCamelCamel before you buy. Not Black Friday, but in the UK and maybe other countries, Amazon Warehouse is currently doing a 20% off sale, so 20% off the price when you get to checkout. I've had a few good "As New" things off there in the past, worth having a look. There's also a 50% off books sale on t…

> Amazon Warehouse is currently doing a 20% off sale,

Also...that goes till end Dec.

So might make sense to wait for people returning all their BF crap

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by d3nj4l »

brookside wrote: post #66
phone_book wrote: post #2

Sony WH-1000XM4 wireless headphones for $228 (normally $350) at pretty much every store (Sony, Amazon, Best Buy, etc). Just got them and they are great but I never had wireless headphones. They do take 10-20 seconds to connect to my iPad, but that might be because they are also set up with my phone. I considered the newer version but the reviews made it seem like it wasn't a huge upgrade and in some ways a downgrade,…

"Used - Good" Sony WH-1000XM4 on Amazon seems to have an additional discount when get to checkout. I just picked up a pair for $148.26

Careful buying used stuff off Amazon. I've received duds more often than not. It's patently obvious that Amazon doesn't actually do any QA/checking of stuff they sell as "used" - I bought a pair of headphones once where one of the ears was simply not working, something that any tester would catch immediately. The lower price is not worth the hassle of having to return if it doesn't work.
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