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

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Post by mhb »

101008 wrote: post #38

Two finales: - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. When the seventh book came out in 2007 there was this fear among the fandom that JK Rowling couldn't deliver a great ending. I think most people agreed she did very well (even more than expected, considering the complexity of the story in the prior six books). - Breaking Bad last season / last episode: there aren't many tv shows that can end in a high note (check G…

I thought that the Homeland series finale was in the same class. After a meandering few middle seasons, the last one was surprisingly satisfying.

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

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Post by woodrowbarlow »

DonHopkins wrote: post #37

Factorio!!! (It wasn't really hyped, but if it was, it would have lived up to it.) Actual video from the game doesn't qualify as hype! And the code is rock solid and wicked efficient. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR01YdFtWFI&ab_channel=Facto... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVvXv1Z6EY8&ab_channel=Facto... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqaAjgpsoW8&ab_channel=Facto...

coffee stain studios in general are phenomenal at delivering exactly what they promise. whether that's a balanced, fun factory automation sim or a game where goats lick stuff for no reason.

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

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Post by ploika »

gxqoz wrote: post #57
neetrain wrote: post #18

How about Radiohead's 2007 album In Rainbows? Maybe OK Computer too, but I don't know how much hype there were because I was too young then...

Wasn't In Rainbows famously released as a surprise and thus had no real hype built up to it?

I was a particularly anxsty teenager at the time, but I do remember there being plenty of hype and speculation about "LP7" in Radiohead fan circles before In Rainbows finally arrived.

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Post by yabones »

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

Of course, if ARM or RISCV really is the future this is just a blip. Honestly, I don't see x64 going anywhere for at least 15 years - though hope I can look back at this and roll my eyes someday...

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