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

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Post by IkmoIkmo »

cj wrote: post #215
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.

The Series 3 has better battery life than the Series 6 (from my experience owning both). I think the difference is the Series 6 screen never fully turns off. I imagine disabling "always on" mode would likely push battery life much higher, but that's just a guess

Yeah I can easily get 2 days when I turn off always-on. Sometimes I do because the watch distracts me sometimes when its always on. But the screen is also bigger, that doesn't help.

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Post by thebigspacefuck »

TehShrike wrote: post #388

The original iPod. I was a teen listening to tons of music on MP3 CD players and cheap MP3 players with 64-128MB of flash memory. The 5GB iPod cost about four weeks pay, was so far ahead of any other option. I could almost fit my entire music library onto it! I was a staunch PC+Windows supporter who thought Apple was dumb. The iPod was the only Apple product I owned, but it was obviously the best music player. There…

You might find this channel interesting https://youtube.com/c/DankPods It’s a guy taking iPods and breathing new life into them

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Post by 11thEarlOfMar »

Daishiman wrote: post #400
slumdev wrote: post #346

Mad Men. Solid to the end. Last few seasons answered a lot of questions. Don's devolution accelerated into a spectacular finale. Donald Trump. Love him or hate him, he did actually deliver on many of his promises. Some speculate he followed through because he views relationships as transactional.

Wait, what promises did he deliver on that were his headliners? I am legitimately curious. Wall? Nope, been assigned far less money, very ineffective. Jobs? The trend that started with Obama worsened and got obliterated by the pandemic. Global respect? Nope.

This piece has a list of about 60 things he signed off on. Not sure which were promises and which were carryovers. Maybe you can explain them all as not his doing, or too insignificant to give him credit:

https://medium.com/@DavisJames/making-the-decision-from-a-st...

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Post by jaegerpicker »

actf wrote: post #520

Stadia, the initial reviews were actually pretty bad, but I'm blown away by how good it is. There's something undeniably cool about playing cyberpunk on a macbook air with full graphical detail, and then switching over to play on my TV exactly where I left off. The latency is virtually imperceptible to me, and I love that I don't need a 50 GB download just to try out a new game. Everytime I use it I'm honestly impres…

I really like Stadia but I've been using GeForce Now and it's a VERY similar experience but I like the model of buying the games on libraries you already have. Stadia is a tiny bit better in the networking but GeForce Now has better graphics I feel like. Both are an amazing experience on a good internet connection. I actually think that once 5G is wide spread there is a chance it could have a MASSIVE impact on the gaming market.

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Post by ska »

peteretep wrote: post #306
patrickthebold wrote: post #261

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's very good, but the last season gets a little weird with the 'serial murder'.

We need to get better as a species at pretending certain seasons didn’t happen. Season 5 of The Wire, Season 3 of Homeland, anything after All Along the Watchtower in BSG etc

The thing about season 5 is that it doesn't stand up well to the other seasons, but it does stand up reasonably to most other television; I'm not sure it's quite in this category.

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Post by rhencke »

nanna wrote: post #180

The Sega Saturn. No I'm not kidding! Panzer Dragoon 1/Zwei and Saga, Nights (and Christmas Nights!), Radiant Silvergun, Virtua Fighter Megamix, X-Men Vs Street fighter, Burning Rangers, Guardian Heroes, Grandia, the digital and analogue pads. I got fired from a computer game shop for convincing customers to buy it instead of the PlayStation, but to this day I'll stand by that amazing underappreciated black box.

Who are you and how are you me?

I'll throw in Saturn Bomberman with 2 6-player taps for a total of 10-player mayhem on a single screen.

Also, if you haven't seen it... https://bravewave.net/panzerdragoonsaga

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Post by bps4484 »

apengwin wrote: post #3

LeBron James was touted as the Next Great Hope for basketball, was on the cover of Sports Illustrated at age 17, and his high school games were televised on ESPN. Since then he's won 4 NBA championships, opened a school in his hometown, and become arguably the greatest basketball player of all time.

I scrolled down the thread wondering if someone would mention him and if nobody did I was going to.

It's insane how much hype he had at a young age and how he's delivered again and again. The only players with similar [amount delivered] * [hype] values are peyton manning and tim duncan, but lebron's is way bigger.

Also worth mentioning in his accolades: brought a championship to his hometown, has never had any PR disasters (except for "the decision"), has many charities (scholarships, gives out bikes, etc), and elevated his friends and family to make them successful as well. He's basically done everything right.

And I say this as a long time celtics fan and lebron hater.

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Post by IkmoIkmo »

nova22033 wrote: post #443
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…

You should try the new Fitness+ app on the apple TV. Really good integration with the apple watch.

I'd like to, but the fact they required the TV was pretty crazy, to me. They've captured a huge portion of the smartphone market, but apple tv is only 1-2% of the market, and in many countries much less than that.

They don't allow your phone to show Fitness+ on the TV through HDMI, nor through airplay. The phone screen is just way too small.

So what's left are iPads, which can be a really great experience, particularly on the 12 inch pro, but it's a shame they don't allow Macbooks... I'm okay with the buy-in to some extent but man... A watch, phone and an apple tv is necessary, all from the same company, plus a subscription just to do a video-assisted workout that shows your heartrate on the screen? That's a pretty insane proposition. Would've been great if they allowed more options or third-party stuff. Just casting from my iPhone would've been a good start, or casting on my macbook... Honestly it's pretty ridiculous.

Happy Macbook, iPhone, Apple Watch and Airpod Pro user, otherwise.

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