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Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there a Rotten Tomatoes for consumer electronics? on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @01:22PM (#39444766)
They do amazing first party research, but that's not quite the same thing as an aggregator like Rotten Tomatoes.
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there a Rotten Tomatoes for consumer electronics? on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @01:19PM (#39444724)
They do first party reviews though. That's a bit different i'd think.
Re:Why can't AI shopping chatbots just tell me the right price? on Thursday February 08, 2024 @05:12PM (#39308506)
I didn’t look into that since I was getting hung up on the more fundamental issue of the chat copy saying “here is a link to Amazon, the price is X” and then the link saying something very different.
Re:Is it time to concede Apple was right to eliminate the headphone jack? on Monday November 27, 2023 @01:31PM (#38436157)
The rest of the market largely followed suit though, despite the fact that at times Google tried to specifically market a 3.5mm jack as a feature. If the presence of a headphone jack was really critical, wouldn't some premium handset maker have capitalized on it?
Re:Is it time to concede Apple was right to eliminate the headphone jack? on Monday November 27, 2023 @01:09PM (#38435812)
My take is that I was cranky about it at first, but now that i've finally lost all of my legacy wired Apple earbuds I'm happy to have the 1-2% extra battery.
Re:My Startup Sabbatical Led Me to Update My Berkeley CS Class on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:11PM (#38194437)
What do you think of this lab proposal for a data structures class?