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Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

#31
Not sure if it's available in other countries, but in France you have Dealabs which allows you to vote on deal and offers a bit like on reddit, allowing the community to highlight the best bargains.

It's also used as a commercial device by companies directly nowadays but the good deals there are usually worth checking out.

https://www.dealabs.com/

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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I've gotten two great "deals" this week.

The first: I bought "unlimited" worldwide maps from Osmand, which I use a TON for offline maps when I bike. It's $9.99 for unlimited worldwide offline map downloads right now. Great deal if you'd like to move away from Google Maps for navigation (not so great for business search, but it's slowly getting there!)

The second: not actually a Black Friday deal, but I recently switched to https://purelymail.com/ for email. It's a one-man show, significantly cheaper than the competition because... it's not bootstrapping some massive startup or running off VC capital. If you just want IMAP for desktop/mobile for cheap, but can't self-host because Google will throw all of your emails into spam, this is a great option. $10/year or less estimated cost. And it's fully encrypted on their servers, not used for advertising, pretty much exactly what you want if you JUST want mail.

Oh, and the Gigabyte M28U 144hz 4k 28" monitor that I use is now down to an all-time-low cost of $450. If you're looking for a beautiful monitor for your home office, this is it.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Someone compiled a big list of deals on apps, SaaS software, utilities, books, courses, etc and seems to be taking PRs: https://github.com/trungdq88/Awesome-Black-Friday-Cyber-Mond...

$80 software 50% off to take screenshots and that's a deal? Mac app economy is truly crazy.

Just mind blowing to me when we have FOSS software like ShareX which pretty much does the same and more https://getsharex.com/

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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An Anker Power Bank (24,000mAh) has a £40 discount right now on Amazon UK. This is a really nice piece of tech that has helped me to work outside the house with peace of mind. Can keep my phone charged (which I use for tethering) for over a week, no problem. Drains way quicker when charging my M1, but that one has far less battery issues when compared to my phone. The discount is real, as well. I know because I bough…

If anyone is thinking of buying a power bank, I strongly recommend those ones that can also start a car. Way less hassle than jumper cables

Can you give an example of one? It blows my mind that this is possible - I mean not the technology exactly, that makes sense, but just that something reasonably portable that I would carry around in case my phone dies can also have the level of utility of jumping my vehicle in a pinch.

The future is pretty cool.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Someone compiled a big list of deals on apps, SaaS software, utilities, books, courses, etc and seems to be taking PRs: https://github.com/trungdq88/Awesome-Black-Friday-Cyber-Mond...

$80 software 50% off to take screenshots and that's a deal? Mac app economy is truly crazy. Just mind blowing to me when we have FOSS software like ShareX which pretty much does the same and more https://getsharex.com/

If you think that’s wild, wait until you hear about Dropbox and rsync.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

#39

Bought myself a Razer Core X (Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure) for CAD$109.99 a few days ago. Was a discount of 71% off from an original price of CAD$389.99. Not sure if the US site reflects the same kinds of savings. https://www.razer.com/ca-en/gaming-egpus/Razer-Core-X/RC21-0...

What's the use case for a device like this? E: Thanks for all the replies. I have a XPS 15 that was, maybe 5 years ago occasionally reliable for playing Doom 2014 at 1080p for half an hour before the gpu would shut itself down, maybe I could have benefited from one of these + a desktop GPU...

I'm considering moving from a desktop with powerful GPU to a laptop + external GPU using a device like this. Would be nice working from a single machine both at home and away.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

$80 software 50% off to take screenshots and that's a deal? Mac app economy is truly crazy. Just mind blowing to me when we have FOSS software like ShareX which pretty much does the same and more https://getsharex.com/

If you think that’s wild, wait until you hear about Dropbox and rsync.

Honestly I understand Dropbox more than a $80 screenshot app
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