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

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Post by kyleblarson »

ddek wrote: post #155

The Wire. I'd tried to watch it a few times, but only a few months ago actually got past the first two episodes. I think it helped that I quite quickly saw it as a morally ambiguous discussion of the institutional ineptitude of conservative western cultures in mitigating the effects of crime, rather than a typical 'good vs bad' cop show. With that mindset, the possibly-underwhelming finale of S1 is much more effectiv…

If you liked The Wire and haven't yet, definitely check out The Sopranos. Absolutely amazing.

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

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Post by corytheboyd »

permo-w wrote: post #786
hwestiii wrote: post #587

The Illiad. As the foundation of Western literature, it may have received the greatest amount of hype that it is possible to receive. I had attempted to read it and The Odyssey when I was much younger, in middle school, maybe too young, and failed miserably. But as it is always with cultural touchstones, references to it are inescapable, and a few years ago, in my mid 50s I overcame the reluctance accumulated in the…

Perhaps I’m misunderstanding, but I think the question was referring to things that were hyped before they came out

Yeah I thought that too, this post has gone off the rails a bit! It’s just a fun discussion thread though, no harm in that

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

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Post by Der_Einzige »

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #713

Robot Vacuum, cleaning the floors in my place used to honestly be a task that took well over an hour I used to only really do it when it started to look bad. Do it all the time now and every time it's done you walk in the room and are surprised how nice it suddenly looks.

Yeah, I was about to make a post about how nice the Roomba I got is.

Setup had issues with android, which is sad (but the iphone app is rock solid).

I love how easy they are to clean and service (compared to taking apart bulky vacuums), and they do a shockingly good job if you get the top-shelf models.

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Post by corytheboyd »

CM30 wrote: post #426

As far as video game examples go... The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. The trailers made them out to be the pinnacle of their respective franchises, and people's expectations for the two games was sky high. This plus all the changes made to the 3D Zelda and Mario formats meant there was a lot riding on these titles. But both delivered on that hype. They've both done extremely well in term…

I was actually really sad to hear that Breath of the Wild was going to be an open world game when that was announced. I was sick and tired of the same broken mechanics that come with your typical AAA open world game, and thought it would do the Zelda universe a massive disservice.

And then I played it and holy hot damn was I wrong, I think it will go down as one of my favorites of all time. So so so well executed, the world never once felt empty and pointless, as was one of my main issue with other attempts at open world. Just an amazing title.

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

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Post by scabarott »

nostrademons wrote: post #386

The WWW. It was a huge bubble when it came out, and then the dot-com crash came and a lot of people were like "Oh, it was a fad, it's over now." But it wasn't. The Web ended up changing society far more than was predicted in 1995 and remaking both the economy and likely soon the political environment.

I love this answer. You could say the same about Cloud computing. So much early hype and outlandish claims but it's kinda snuck into being a ubiquitous everyday thing we take for granted although in a different way from what the hype predicted. I wonder if the same will happen for 'blockchain' or 'VR' or other buzzy tech that look for a while like they won't live up to the hype (Looking at you IoT)

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

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Post by Der_Einzige »

remote_phone wrote: post #247
breakfastduck wrote: post #239

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

It’s the third best Star Wars movie, behind New Hope and Empire. It’s actually fantastic.

Nah, it's good but return of the jedi was better. The final fight between Luke and Vader was masterfully executed and I cannot believe that people trash on this movie just because of ewoks and the dancing at the end.

Rouge one had the most one dimensional and forgettable villain ever. We like it because it was a very pretty and unusually unique and dark war movie. It's not like the story or world building was up to the standards of the original trilogy...

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

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Post by scabarott »

webmobdev wrote: post #583
nostrademons wrote: post #386

The WWW. It was a huge bubble when it came out, and then the dot-com crash came and a lot of people were like "Oh, it was a fad, it's over now." But it wasn't. The Web ended up changing society far more than was predicted in 1995 and remaking both the economy and likely soon the political environment.

I don't know, I have mixed feelings on this - with all the captcha, cloudflare gatekeeping, amp link, Facebook "free basic" and so much tracking and ads, the internet seems to be on a downhill slope so much ...

I think that's separate from whether it has lived up to the hype or not. It's pretty much changed everything, whether you think that's good or bad or imperfect.

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

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Post by ksec »

em500 wrote: post #49

iPhone (2007) Ok, maybe not so much the original 2007 model, arguably it wasn't until the iPhone 4 (2010) until it really came into its own. But few products released in my lifetime changed modern life as the iPhone did. And unlike most other seismic tech products (world-wide-web, linux) that took years to build momentum, it had lots of pre-release hype.

Not even sure why this isn't the top comment.

>Ok, maybe not so much the original 2007 model

It was. Original iPhone was extremely hyped before it was announced in the tech / Apple circles. In case anyone arguing that is a small niche, the same argument could be used for Games as the OP used in examples. It is very rare to see Technology Announcement being used on Front Page newspaper.( Remember that thing we used to buy every day?) And this wasn't just in US alone.

Original iPhone ( 2007 ) was only available in US, and it was very expensive at the time, $499 with contract. And Apple was selling every iPhone as fast as they could make it. And around the world iPhone continue the same strategy of only contract with iPhone. Arguably it wasn't until iPhone 5 before it was readily available , I guess Steve Jobs relented on making iPhone Just in Time before passing away because it could never match the huge demand.

And yes, not only did it lived up to its hype, it was more than anyone could ever imagine.

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

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Post by 4778468d »

thekyle wrote: post #20

When the M1 chip was introduced I was a bit underwhelmed. Apple being so vague about their performance didn't exactly inspire confidence. But as more information has come out it seems like the hype has actually increased.

As far as I can tell the AMD Ryzen chips are much much faster than M1.
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