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

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Post by remote_phone »

SkyPuncher wrote: post #129

Tenet. Just watched it last night and found it to be absolutely incredibly well done. Dialogue audio was weirdly quiet, but that was solved by cranking the center channel up relative to other channels.

Nah. I watched this a few nights ago, and was largely confused. I didn’t hate it, but it wasn’t anywhere close to “great”.

Most people won’t like it because it gets more and more confusing, and at some point you’re like okay whatever and give up trying to understand. That’s the way it was for me.

They were trying to shove too many complex ideas into too short of a timeframe and it didn’t work. It felt very self- indulgent to me.

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

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Post by danfang »

emerged wrote: post #175
YesThatTom2 wrote: post #98

printf Man, when I first read about it I was like “whaaaaa???” A little interpreted language in my print statements? That’s crazy talk! Now it’s like ... everywhere!

I feel it’s worth giving credit to Python f-strings in that case. They blew my mind in terms of convenience vs printf.

In addition to Python format strings: Javascript template strings:

`I am ${variable.foo} ${variable.bar}.` - Life changing!

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

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Post by breakfastduck »

burlesona wrote: post #131
Shared404 wrote: post #5

You could make a case for The Mandalorian, although that didn't get as much hype due to the internets... dislike ...of the sequel trilogy. Another one I can think of is Breath of The Wild, and probably Mario Odyssey. I've also heard good things about the FF7 remake, but haven't played it.

Rogue 1 was also pretty good. It seems like the Star Wars jinx is that nobody can pull off extensions of the Skywalker story without getting hokey and weird. But the stories that explore other parts of the universe tend to be at least interesting and sometimes excellent.

Rogue 1 is my favorite star wars film overall.

Incredibly well executed and fantastic characters.

Disney dropped the ball on every single thing other than R1 and Mandalorian.

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

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Post by InTheArena »

The lord of the rings trilogy - how long we’ve been waiting for a fantasy to actually make it onto the big screen? The return of the king sweeping the Oscars with a cherry on top. Final fantasy 7 remake delivering. the Mac to Intel transition.

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

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Post by fsflover »

neogodless wrote: post #227
bloopernova wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Possibly a silly question, but does the Apple Watch work with Android? Or at least with a Mac?

https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/iqg81v/what_fu... This plus the first few Google search results tell me it's not going to work without an iPhone. This is why I do not buy into the Apple ecosystem, even if individual elements are superior to competitors. I do not want to be completely constricted to one ecosystem. My world involves Microsoft, Google, Steam, Epic, Blizzard, Logitech, Fossil, Asus, HP, Len…

Have a look at PineTime, the open-source smart watch.

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Post by baxtr »

bloopernova wrote: post #198
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…

Possibly a silly question, but does the Apple Watch work with Android? Or at least with a Mac?

Nope. You need an iPhone...

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

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Post by muzani »

rthomas6 wrote: post #186
boringg wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yeah, I didn't like it because it felt like what I already do at work.

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

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Post by breakfastduck »

leetrout wrote: post #79

I just got Disney+ to enjoy while I’m off and as someone who had to try 3 times to get through the latest Star Wars movie: the mandalorian is good.

Rogue One is worth watching if you haven't already. Miles ahead of anything else SW related Disney has put out.

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

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Post by baxtr »

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.

It’s actually no big deal for me. I charge mine 30min every morning and I’m done for the day.
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