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

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Post by jjoonathan »

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…

There are two parts to the story: architecture and process. On architecture, AMD deserves praise. On process, not so much. They didn't "git gud," they gave up. Which clearly was the right move for them, don't get me wrong, but I think all this partying in the streets about the TSMC monoculture is... shortsighted.

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Post by SilasX »

hshshs2 wrote: post #73
arkitaip wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Mandalorian has restored the faith in the future of the franchise in millions of fans. Most of us thought Star Wars was over considering how mediocre the last six movies have been but along comes this well-written, fun adventure that manages to tie together the previous movies, animated series and books. Imagine a new trilogy made by Filoni and Favreau - they would absolutely kill it.

is it really well written? “can you help me?” “only if you complete this task that makes you look like a bad ass” repeated 8 times

I agree in that I wouldn't say it meets the standards of great writing. However, unlike the Sequel trilogy, it:

1) Thematically feels like Star Wars and ties into the established world, and

2) Meets the minimal standard for good writing/storytelling.

"I'll allow it."

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

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Post by webmobdev »

kungito wrote: post #415
st1x7 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

I'd say a big thing is how old you are when reading HP. I loved all the books and loved the ending. Over time I started reading Asimov and Vinge and became repulsed by the quality of the whole HP story. One lucky boy doing dumb things and getting away with it, all happening in a world where magic is done in the worst balance between mystic and explained. If I recall correctly, they tried to make the most sense of the…

Yeah, Eragon did get the "magic world" right in its fantasy series. But then it lost track of the story in its reams of pages ...

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

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Post by mucholove »

gordon_freeman wrote: post #526
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…

Surprised to see Harry Potter discussion on HN. I thought it is a book series for Kids and Teens. Do Adults (30+ age) find it interesting too?

Well. I was 10-12 when Harry Potter was released and it’s been 20 or so years...

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Post by egypturnash »

gordon_freeman wrote: post #526
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…

Surprised to see Harry Potter discussion on HN. I thought it is a book series for Kids and Teens. Do Adults (30+ age) find it interesting too?

2007 was thirteen years ago, Gordon. Have the Men in Black stolen time from you again?

Someone who was a teenager when it came out could easily be in their thirties now. So could someone who started in on the series when they were a kid, and kept up with it as they grew.

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Post by egypturnash »

oefrha wrote: post #391
chrisin2d wrote: post #217

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I’m an avid Factorio player. It is rare to see such commitment to craftsmanship that the Factorio developers demonstrate. Every aspect of the game is continually refined and improved. The game is very performant even when there tens of thousands of entities moving around at any moment. The multiplayer gameplay also reveals a lot of fundamental truths about collaborative engineering as the player must debate architect…

> The game is very performant even when there tens of thousands of entities moving around at any moment. You factory isn’t big enough if the game is still very performant ;) The factory must grow.

This isn't a metaphor for the essential problems of capitalism at all.

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Post by gbjw »

throckmortra wrote: post #480
muststopmyths wrote: post #382

Cormac McCarthy. Finally started "bingeing" his books from the local library and not since Virginia Woolf has a writer's use of words to paint pictures made such an impression on me.

Blood Meridian is a top 3 book for me. Just fantastic. With one of those endings that takes the book from a 4.5/5 to a 5/5

I also love Blood Meridian -- curious what your other two would be? Mine are probably Moby-Dick and The Brothers Karamazov.

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Post by no_one_ever »

sayyss wrote: post #294
swyx wrote: post #230

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I'll call out Silicon Valley as having a great finale too. I still watch the final documentary every now and then. one of the greatest satires I will probably ever see.

True, silicon valley had a great finale but kinda rushed.

It probably felt rushed because of the rinse/repeat of all preceding seasons (group experiences success only to have it dissolve before their very eyes)
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