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

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Post by BrianOnHN »

ant6n wrote: post #173
generalk wrote: post #139

I'm gonna go back a short bit and say, for me? Ruby on Rails. In 2007 I was plugging away at PHP with whatever frameworks were around at the time -- the vast majority of web dev that I saw then was pure procedural scripting down the page, maybe some `include` statements to pull in database functions. Especially in PHP, which encouraged mixing logic and HTML. The consultancy I was with had built custom stuff on top of…

Can i do Ruby in rails without having to learn Ruby? I like Python, I think.

Short answer, yes.

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

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Post by k__ »

throwaway3699 wrote: post #82

Virtual reality. Now don't get me wrong, the games ecosystem is still quite limited, but I think Half-Life: Alyx really showed what kind of phenomenal experiences the technology can provide when given a huge budget. If it ever becomes economically viable then there's going to be a ton more experiences like this on the market one day. Against all odds, these super expensive bulky headsets with only a few games has shi…

I think it didn't.

After I played multiple games and I had the impression, I just want a regular FPS, with mouse and keyboard and a VR headset as display.

Regular VR games are too tyring with all the standing, ducking, holding and aiming weapons.

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

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Post by avaldeso »

nevi-me wrote: post #147
soneca wrote: post #46

I saw contrarian opinions, but I believe Avengers: End Game pretty much delivered the insane hype cultivated for 10 years.

I second this. With so many movies in the epic, they'll still be fun to watch 30 years from now. Vision really disappointed in the penultimate. I think his character was hyped up a lot in Age of Ultron. Became disappointing seeing him go so easily. Older Thanos was a really well-thought and played villain. One which many people got to identify with (based on his goals in the movie). Captain America delivered when he…

> Vision really disappointed in the penultimate. I think his character was hyped up a lot in Age of Ultron. Became disappointing seeing him go so easily.

To be fair most overpowered characters where nerfed in Endgame. eg. Fat Thor, Dr. Strange aside of the battle containing a flood, Captain Marvel arriving last minute and being knocked out immediately, Hulk as Prof. Hulk. The stakes can't be that high if all superheroes are at their full performance.

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

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Post by wincy »

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 have the series 6 and also wish the battery life was just a little bit longer. It feels like I have very little wiggle room, and have to charge it once a day around the same time or it’ll die. I’m writing this from an iPhone 12 Pro Max that hasn’t been on a charger since yesterday morning when I got out of bed.

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

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Post by rthomas6 »

boringg wrote: post #170
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...

So I tried it for 5 minutes and didn’t get into it. How much time do I need to spend to make it to fall for it? Or am I the minority who didn’t vibe off it at the beginning?

How much did you automate before you quit? Because everything, on almost every level of abstraction, is automatable. That, to me, is a lot of the appeal. If you manually mine more than the first few minutes in the game, you are doing something wrong. It's like Minecraft but with many many more levels in the tech tree, and it is automated.

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

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Post by muzani »

mkl wrote: post #133
soneca wrote: post #46

I saw contrarian opinions, but I believe Avengers: End Game pretty much delivered the insane hype cultivated for 10 years.

Not for me. Too much quantum time travel hand-waving just magically solving problems.

Actually, I thought this was the clever part. If you pay attention, they created a lot of other problems as a side effect.

It wraps up all the existing plots, and introduces new ones. There's a lot of hints on what went wrong with time travel, and if you read up on Marvel lore, there are plenty of villains who are able to maneuver time travel better than the heroes.

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

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Post by wincy »

a254613e wrote: post #176
fsflover wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

While 18 hours is what apple says, their scenario for 18 hour usage is probably very uncommon. At least for me it is. And thus I get around 2 days battery life with a 4 year old series 2 watch. Their official test includes "45 minutes of app use, and a 60-minute workout with music playback from Apple Watch via Bluetooth"[0] - so unless you plan on doing that you can easily expect double the battery time. [0] - https:…

It does feel really good to go on a jog without bringing my phone. That’s my favorite part of my Apple Watch, upgrading from the series 0 to the Series 6 cellular. I barely wore my series 0 and got bored of it, but the 6 feels indispensable.

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

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Post by gilbetron »

dmitriid wrote: post #66
laserbeam wrote: post #9

I'd say Avengers: Endgame lived up to the decade of hype, which is no small feat. LotR sequels probably had a lot of hype prior to release. The latest God of War had a great release afaik. To be honest, it's hard to remember which things were really hyped up before release and met expectations. I keep thinking of stuff I heard was good after it was release, and things which were hyped and failed, or havr not yet full…

> I'd say Avengers: Endgame It really didn't. "Let's take a compelling villain and a nice-ish philosophical dilemma, create a world that's reeling in the aftermath of said villain's actions... and just quantum time travel kill the villain with no effort and literally exactly zero consequences for anyone involved." Oh. Right. Boohoo exactly one single character died with exactly zero consequences for anyone because hi…

Vision, Black Widow, and Iron Man. That's a pretty major trio of deaths. Plus half the population still has the trauma of five years post-snap, and the other half finds themselves suddenly in a different world.

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

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Post by city41 »

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've deleted my save on it two times now. Each subsequent play through was about 100 hours and I discovered new stuff each time. Truly one of the greatest games ever made.
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