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

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Post by anonunivgrad »

st1x7 wrote: post #52
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…

> Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Man... there is way too much deus ex machina at every plot point of that book to give it any credit. If you have the end of the 6th book as a starting point and the end of series that Rowling had in mind as an end, then Deathly Hallows is just connecting those two points using plot conveniences at every single opportunity. Too many fortunate coincidences in a very short period o…

My biggest frustration with Harry Potter is that Harry never has to actually make tough decisions. All moral dilemmas are resolved by a deus ex. He never even has to murder the villain, just deflects his spell back at him. My eyes rolled straight to the back of my head.

The books deliver a fantastical, childish view of morality where the world will always save you from having to make difficult decisions.

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Post by asattarmd »

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!

What year did reaction happen? I spent my entire life taking it for granted, not realizing that it indeed is a little interpreted language in print statements.

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Post by kortex »

Type hints in python. Structured programming in general.

Rust. It took me a long time to get remotely comfortable, but once it starts to click, it's awesome how the structure guides your development. Worth the investment, but don't expect to be able to grok it immediately.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

zests wrote: post #136
dmitriid wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Most religious books that have stood the test of time have lived up to the hype. They really haven't. Not a single one of them. There is, however, organized religion around them that has twisted those book to mean whatever it is that brings the flock. Are they influential? Yes. Have they stood the test of time? Hell, no

You’re talking about the best selling book of all time (by far). Its more likely that you misunderstand it than all the readers misunderstand it. Its just one of those things that is so popular that people find any way possible to criticize.

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Post by ModernMech »

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 dunno. It was just hours and hours of violence. How long can you watch a bunch of people flying around and punching each other? I found it very boring.

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Post by woutr_be »

st1x7 wrote: post #174
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.

> Dialogue audio was weirdly quiet That's Nolan for you. His sound quality (there is probably a more precise word for this) is appalling. A lot of the music in Interstellar is too loud while the dialogue is hard to make out. Same with Dunkirk - the gunfire in the opening had me cover my ears in the cinema to protect my hearing and throughout the rest of film I was wishing there were subtitles.

The cinema I was in was literally vibrating all over the place due to the loud music, it was very distracting.

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Post by lisardo »

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.

This one. Zelda Breath of the Wild has the best meta review ever given to game. It's worth buying a Nintendo switch for this game alone.

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Post by wadkar »

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, Apple Watch requires an iPhone
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