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Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by misiti3780 »

DamnInteresting wrote: post #736
function_seven wrote: post #296

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple has ditched so many cool things in the MacBook line. 1) MagSafe. I know they really want to go all in on USB-C, but the original MagSafe connector was awesome. Even the weaker 2.0 version was nice. There were two instances where that connector saved my laptop. 2) The laser-drilled power indicator. That was so cool. It looked like the light magically appeared through the aluminum. Now there's no indication whats…

I could have written this ^^^ comment myself; I've been very disappointed with my 2017 MacBook Pro. They keyboard keys feel unpleasant, and now my H key has become unreliable (about 50% of the time it works, about 25% of the time it fails to register, and 25% of the time it types 2 characters). Dealing with dongles is not worth the headache. The touchbar is a step back in UI. The new trackpad is so large I bump it al…

I have had my keyboard repaired twice on my 2017, and the last time I went in (last week) they told me 10 days for the repair, which probably makes sense (as they are getting lots of repair orders) but seems totally unacceptable to me as a developer who is only lucky enough to be able to afford a 2nd machine.

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by Dunedan »

function_seven wrote: post #296
wishinghand wrote: post #202

The Macbook Pro chassis before the OLED touchstrip. I'm a web developer and learned on MBPs. The touchpad was the right size, the keys had the right amount of travel, the form factor and weight were perfect. Right now I'm considering moving to developing on a Galaga Pro and using Windows/WSL. I've got most things setup on my desktop how I like using HyperTerm (I had too much trouble with Cmder), VS Code, and ZSH. I c…

Apple has ditched so many cool things in the MacBook line. 1) MagSafe. I know they really want to go all in on USB-C, but the original MagSafe connector was awesome. Even the weaker 2.0 version was nice. There were two instances where that connector saved my laptop. 2) The laser-drilled power indicator. That was so cool. It looked like the light magically appeared through the aluminum. Now there's no indication whats…

I thought I'd miss MagSafe. After nearly two years without it, it turns out: I don't, because USB-C cables will disconnect in a lot of situations where MagSafe would've disconnected as well and USB-C has the advantage of allowing me to choose the side to plug the charging cable in, which is pretty convenient.

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by garganzol »

corodra wrote: post #784

More mentality than product, but I’m tired of companies not focusing on solving problems well and focusing more on generating a religion around their tech. I feel like prior to the iPod, things either worked well or didn’t. Now, you can put out the most half ass tech, generate a religion and have an “argument” against well matured tech and call for its death by fire. Looking at you NoSQL-anything. Maybe it’s always b…

Yep, we are right at the middle of that craze. A group of buzz makers tries to steal the glory from the real titans under disguise of so called disruption. All without delivering the real value, but with tons of religious preaching.

The computing industry probably reached the levels of Hollywood in 1930s where every Joe and Mary were going to make it. It clearly is a fad, but at the same time we have to face the fact that computing industry had become more mature.

As a result, it started to absorb wider areas and masses of people. While the "preaching fad" will certainly fade away, we have to deal with increased technological segregation caused but the massive influx.

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by PascLeRasc »

strobe wrote: post #741
puzzlingcaptcha wrote: post #542

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using foobar2000 (win) or audacious (linux) as a replacement for winamp for close to a decade.

do you know something like foobar2000 but for mac?

Well there's Foobar for Mac in beta [1] but I really like Vox player [2].

[1] https://www.foobar2000.org/mac [2] https://vox.rocks/mac-music-player

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by diggan »

NicoJuicy wrote: post #789
tvanantwerp wrote: post #780

Come next March, I'm going to be missing Google Inbox. Completely changed how I use email for the better. I'm dreading going back to the tradition email workflow and hope to God that somebody builds something to replace Inbox in my life. I also miss StumebleUpon from years ago. I don't even know if the site still exists, but for me it died when it forced me to pick interests. The great thing about that site was that…

The content on su was too old sometimes :( 10 years was not an exception

For me that was one of the great features, it didn't try to serve "hot" (new + popular) content but just random stuff you might or might not like.

I've been thinking recently about a similar service that instead of trying to find content that it thinks you'd like and relates to your current interest, it would work the opposite, just for you to find new and interesting things that are outside your normal content-bubble.

Would require a special type of user who is fine to browse through bunch of bad content to find golden nuggets.

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by kennu »

fphhotchips wrote: post #6

Google Reader. Now I have a mix of HN, Reddit and GMail, and none of them work really how I like.

I use Feedly now but miss Google Reader. It was a great way to follow the Internet chronologically and could have been developed much further from that point of view.

Nowadays you are supposed follow the Internet randomly, based on whatever you happen to see in social media by chance or curated by algorithms. It’s not a good way to get a balanced view.

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by PascLeRasc »

lev99 wrote: post #122

Demonoid, a private torrent tracker. It had a wide range of quality files and the enforced ratio kept seeders around.

Kickass Torrents was really good too for public, there doesn't seem to be anything else like it out now.

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by Liru »

ChristianGeek wrote: post #481
Liru wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This is in contrast to google where searches return things that don't even contain your keywords. This has become so frustrating as of late, especially when you search for something like "c++ map" and it decides to completely ignore the "c++" part of your search, leaving you with pages of actual maps. Slightly exaggerated example since I can't remember any concrete ones off the top of my head, but the actual situat…

I just did a Google search on “c++ map” and didn’t see the behavior you describe.

"Slightly exaggerated example since I can't remember any concrete ones off the top of my head"
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