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Post by octodog »

eks391 wrote: post #676
scottyah wrote: post #607

I fell for the Google Home, and it has gotten significantly worse over time. My only hypothesis is they found ways to reduce the cost of running the server-side, and it does not benefit the consumer. My Consumer Report: Do not fall for hardware backed by software that costs the seller money to keep running.

I have a smart home gym that does not run unless it successfully reaches the servers first (I found out after the return period was over, while my WiFi was down for a week). This really shoved this issue to the forefront of my mind and I am now trying to understand the packets it sends and receives with the hope of running a fake host on my home server, redirecting the traffic to a local destination and returning fak…

What does a smart home gym actually do?

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Post by dataflow »

mminer237 wrote: post #457
elromulous wrote: post #294

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Zenfone 10 traded height for depth. It was very thick.

That's 100% fine. I've never cared how thick my phone is in the least.

For a single phone you don't care, but for folks with a separate work phone, this suddenly matters a fair bit.

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Post by modeless »

The price is higher for two reasons, I think. One, so they can offer ridiculous incentives and trade-in values and discounts all over the place right away. Sadly, this strategy probably performs better than simply lowering the price without incentives. Two, because Pixel 10 is going to be more expensive (TSMC chip, maybe Qualcomm modem?) and they're trying to move the brand upmarket in preparation.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by peapod91 »

The dominance of the negativity in these comments is noteworthy. Personally, I thought it was a exciting update with major hardware improvements, some compelling AI demos and use cases at a similar price point as the past. Top tech reviewers e.g. MKBHD has similar impressions.

Mostly just curious as to why there are ~0 positive comments here. I suspect could be:

1) anti-google HN bias - perhaps deserved? 2) it's simply more tempting/satisfying/rewarding to complain about rather than to praise big companies 3) any other ideas?

I'm guessing the 95% negative comment proportion isn't representative though so I was curious if anyone had any explanations for the HN skew

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by oneshtein »

peapod91 wrote: post #786

The dominance of the negativity in these comments is noteworthy. Personally, I thought it was a exciting update with major hardware improvements, some compelling AI demos and use cases at a similar price point as the past. Top tech reviewers e.g. MKBHD has similar impressions. Mostly just curious as to why there are ~0 positive comments here. I suspect could be: 1) anti-google HN bias - perhaps deserved? 2) it's simp…

You see «negative comments» where we see «constructive criticism» and «helpful reviews». It's not a «happy news» site.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by jmole »

kaba0 wrote: post #588
jmole wrote: post #401

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is what happens when your phone and all it's apps are written in a garbage collected language.

That’s a gross misrepresentation, and far from the whole truth. (Besides, ref counting is also a garbage collection algorithm) A huge chunk of the OS runs native stuff. Add to it that android is less strict at putting apps/processes to sleep, it’s become a much less black and white question.

You are missing the point here – garbage collected languages (the "allocate it and forget about it" style, not refcounting like Objective-C) require much more memory to perform at the same level as a language where memory is explicitly allocated and deallocated.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by alanbernstein »

tlhunter wrote: post #567
alanbernstein wrote: post #390

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is the problem with upper snake case? That seems like a bizarre complaint to me.

I think the point is that grandma shouldn't see "ERR_INVALID_USRN" instead of "Error: Invalid Username" when logging into an account.

I read "debug strings" as something more hidden than "user-facing error messages", but perhaps you're right. Of course, a snake case error code is more searchable, so objectively more useful in at least one sense.
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