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Yes, the thing in iOS that automatically clips SMS verification codes sent to you. It saves me from going to my messages and finding the code.
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Sorry, but that one is 4x at best.
4x? 1x at best - saves my brain from memorizing a small thing very infrequently. Might be detrimental to my brain over the long run.:)
(Thiel actually quantifies it in the examples he offers in the original text, if I remember correctly)
To my chagrin: 1) Robinhood for normal stocks 2) Disney+ vs AmazonPrime/Netflix -> HDR for no additional fee, remastered exclusive content, a very full non region-locked (AFAIK) library, consistent streaming quality, straight-to-VOD shows, and premium movies. ->Some might argue not 10x, I can be convinced to agree. It's a solid 1.5x at a minimum though. 3) AWS Workspaces vs RDP -> Ease of use out of the box is just u…
> HDR for no additional fee The first thing I turn off when I get a new TV is motion smoothing. The second thing is HDR.
It could visualize what is the actual architecture (not what we think it is) and show which connections are laggy, or more used, when it should be round robin.
It discovered undocumented connections and could show us laggy requests even if remote system was not monitored by APM - purely based on data from one side.
I could report to developers a particular line of code that is problematic from performance perspective (like "this takes 40% of time of the request, even though it's the simplest task in the process) without knowing much about that program or even coding in general (I'm more of an admin).
- Wolt (vs. Lieferando, Germany)
- Hey (vs. Gmail, Fastmail)
Gmail. Using web-based email clients was a nightmare before Gmail. They had limited storage space, and the UX was pretty bad, they were hard to search, etc. You spent all your time figuring out what you wanted to delete, or seeing your emails bounce when people had full inboxes. If you didn't log in for a while, your account would disappear. And then suddenly, you got a GB of storage. For free. No questions asked. An…
For those who don't remember: That was around the time when Yahoo offered 6MB, some others only 2MB.
I think clipboard managers (like flycut for mac) are under rated. I regularly use the last 3-5 clips. Heck, it'd be great if clipboard history was baked into the OS.
I would also mention flight tracking and package tracking, which felt like sci-fi the first time you used them.
Gmail. Using web-based email clients was a nightmare before Gmail. They had limited storage space, and the UX was pretty bad, they were hard to search, etc. You spent all your time figuring out what you wanted to delete, or seeing your emails bounce when people had full inboxes. If you didn't log in for a while, your account would disappear. And then suddenly, you got a GB of storage. For free. No questions asked. An…