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Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by JadeNB »

ffggffggj wrote: post #38
haunter wrote: post #33

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.

I always thought that, with Dropbox, you weren't paying so much for the tech as for the storage space. I'm on a free Dropbox plan, which is presumably using essentially the same tech as a paid plan, just with less storage.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by brunobrito »

Some apps I really like are on sale. Here are some suggestions:

Web Development:

- ProxyMan - https://proxyman.io/ — web debugging proxy (30% off the first year)

- Tower - https://www.git-tower.com/ — powerful Git Client (50% off the first year)

- DevUtils - https://devutils.com/ — set of small developer tools (50% off)

For overall productivity:

- BetterTouchTool - https://folivora.ai/ — customize input devices (50% off)

- Trickster - https://www.apparentsoft.com/trickster — handy to access recent files (50% off)

For images/screen capturing:

- Affinity Suite - https://affinity.serif.com/ — (40% off for the Universal License)

A great alternative to Adobe's suite. Version 2 is fresh from the oven. Affinity Photo = Photoshop, Affinity Designer = Illustrator, Affinity Publisher = InDesign. The Universal License includes Mac, Windows, and iPadOS apps.

- Xnapper - https://xnapper.com — Screenshot tool (50% off)

- ScreenFlow - https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm — Screencast tool (20% off)

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by jcims »

namdnay wrote: post #26
joaodlf wrote: post #12

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

I've jump started lots of cars over the past 30 years and was super skeptical of these at first. They are pretty incredible. 3-4 starts off of one charge easily and make for a hell of a battery pack.

Just mind the size because they are quite a bit chunkier than average power packs.

edit: I’ve bought a few of these as gifts. I *strongly* prefer the ones with a molded softshell case to manage the jumpers. I haven’t found any from a well-known brand that weren’t just re-badged noname products with a big mark up. Project Farm on YouTube has some of the best product reviews out there, it looks like he’s done a bit of a bake off, might be worth your while watching if you’re looking at these.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by hellcow »

cholantesh wrote: post #21
SirGiggles wrote: post #4

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...

You can get a lightweight laptop with great battery life, then when you're home, connect it to a desktop GPU for gaming.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS »

hedora wrote: post #34

Ambient Weather's weather stations are on sale (20% off some components, and some base stations). That never happens.

They're good, too. Accurate and good battery life.

I have mine feeding to Ambient Weather, but also a custom API endpoint that feeds the data into a local database, so I can use my own software/scripts to do as I please without having to make external API calls.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by [deleted] »

namdnay wrote: post #26
joaodlf wrote: post #12

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

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Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by gexaha »

I'm developing microtonal algorithmic music, leaning towards chiptune sound, and for sounds/timbres/instruments I found the Plogue synthesisers to be the best - https://www.plogue.com/index.html - they have 3 great FM-synthesizers/emulators of Yamaha chips: OPL2, OPN from megadrive, and DX7. Bought 2 of them on this black friday.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by shkkmo »

agentwiggles wrote: post #37
namdnay wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The battery packs for jumping cars (at least the ones I've seen) are generally more of a size appropriate for putting in a trunk than a backpack or pocket.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by vulcan01 »

Majestic121 wrote: post #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/

Slickdeals is the (American?) equivalent https://slickdeals.net/ .
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