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Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by patrickthebold » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 3:42 PM UTC

ystad wrote: post #206

ddek wrote: post #155

The Wire. I'd tried to watch it a few times, but only a few months ago actually got past the first two episodes. I think it helped that I quite quickly saw it as a morally ambiguous discussion of the institutional ineptitude of conservative western cultures in mitigating the effects of crime, rather than a typical 'good vs bad' cop show. With that mindset, the possibly-underwhelming finale of S1 is much more effectiv…

The Wire does live up to it's hype. Keep going beyond the second season, it gets better, when the lines between the gangs and the government blur

It's very good, but the last season gets a little weird with the 'serial murder'.

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Post by bluejellybean » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 3:44 PM UTC

holografix wrote: post #89

Zelda Breath of the Wild exceeded my expectations completely. I played it years after it came out and was gobsmacked by how good it was. A strange mixture of pleasant, mildly challenging, big and awe inspiring world.

I picked up a switch exclusively for this game, I only just got off the first little island, so far it's very much living upto the hype. I'll find myself slow walking the area and just exploring more than anything else. Considering all of the games one could play during a pandemic, this was a perfect fit for me.

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by wespiser_2018 » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 3:44 PM UTC

jfoutz wrote: post #2

Haskell typeclasses. They really are interfaces that don’t leak. Solid state disks. Huge speed boost.

I would agree with "Haskell", and typeclasses are probably are the most important feature, if such a thing could exist. However, was there a lot of hype for typeclasses when they came out in the 90s? It seems like outside the pure functional programming domain, typeclasses have not yet reached their zenith!

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Post by kokiworse » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 3:45 PM UTC

Lebron James.

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Post by Const-me » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 3:45 PM UTC

I have not read reviews, but I did complete Cyberpunk 2077, and it was awesome. Easily best game I played in years. I don't know what did you expect from the game, but my expectations were exceeded.

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Post by BoorishBears » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 3:46 PM UTC

yabones wrote: post #96

AMD's Zen microarchitecture. At the time, AMD was years behind Intel in both performance and power consumption. There were constant jokes about the Bulldozer cores burning people's houses down. The few remaining 'team red' loyalists had been hyping Zen were largely ignored. Then, boom. Over night AMD leapfrogged Intel, and now on the third generation has a firm lead in mid range desk top all the way up to high end se…

> Obviously, Intel has major partnerships with most OEMs, so despite their shortcomings they're still doing strong.

There's this weird obsession with blaming AMD shortcomings on Intel...

AMD can't produce enough chips for OEMs so they get left out in places. End of story.

It's fun to joke about "14nm++++++" but it just so happens actually being able to stock your chips is a pretty big competitive advantage.

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Post by dstola » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 3:46 PM UTC

Avatar the Movie (from director of Titanic, not the anime). I remember how hyped it was before the release and I felt it definitely delivered (second one is slated for 2022 release)

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Post by Daneel_ » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 3:46 PM UTC

fsflover wrote: post #163

IkmoIkmo wrote: post #71

I'm loving my Apple Watch. I wasn't entirely sure yet what to think of the watch as a form factor, given that a phone can do everything it can and more. But there's three interesting aspects that have really added value for me. 1) is health data, in a way a computer or phone just can't do. It tracks things like heartrate that a phone + heartrate strap is too convoluted for, for non-athletes. Plus it's all-day and qui…

“Full day, 18 hours” battery life ruined it all for me. Too much trouble to charge so often.

I miss my pebble time so much. 6-7 day battery life, always on screen, extremely customisable.. sigh :(

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Post by avipars » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 3:47 PM UTC

buggythebug wrote: post #115

avipars wrote: post #107

This, just found out that it was released a few days ago... saves so much time - https://www.unitmeasure.xyz/vatcalculator.html

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Post by leephillips » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 3:47 PM UTC

htmx.org and Svelte: two JavaScript libraries that I use and like very much. Natural extensions of HTML and CSS, tiny downloads for the user, very efficient.

Spotify: I resisted for a long time. People laughed at my small bookcase of CDs. But, OK, I’m sold. The premium subscription is the best return on the dollar I’ve seen since Wo Hop’s.

Learning to converse in a foreign language. A lot of work, but very rewarding.

The Avengers: no, not that one. The 1960’s series, specifically (and only) the two seasons with Diana Rigg as Mrs. Peel. It appeared on Amazon and I started watching out of nostalgia, but—wow.

Julia (the programming language). The power of the type system and its version of multiple dispatch lives up to the hype.