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Ask HN: What's your favorite site for comparing laptops specs?
2 points by nowooski 3y ago|4 comments
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by nowooski 3y ago
The headline doesn't quite capture the human expert part, which is probably the most interesting aspect.
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Fusion fever: A reality check on the multibillion-dollar race to reinvent energy(geekwire.com)
2 points by nowooski 3y ago|0 comments
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by nowooski 3y ago
I ticker arrows could use explanation. I assume green is good and red is bad, but it's not immediately clear what the units are ect.
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by nowooski 3y ago
I don't imagine investors can be pleased that Apple has largely held iPhone prices constant since 2020 despite high inflation. Charts showing the inflation-adjusted price of iPhones declining: https://www.perfectrec.com&#x2F
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by nowooski 3y ago
Wasn't there an entire ride share company predicated on this idea a few years ago?
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by nowooski 3y ago
Hey Sean! Hope all is well. Glad the take was at least memorable enough you did a double take. :-)
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by nowooski 3y ago
It's pretty wild that Apple has held prices down the last few years in the face of elevated inflation. I decided to calculate the inflation-adjusted price of every iPhone ever, and the 15 line are some of the most affordable (in 2023 d
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by nowooski 3y ago
The FTC is actually in the process of finalizing new regulations that would target abuses like these. Unfortunately, they only apply to the united states so will likely have little effect. This post goes into why the FTC's proposed reg
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by nowooski 3y ago
I really don’t see how a plan without international reach has any chance of being effective.
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by nowooski 3y ago
I'll take it.
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by nowooski 3y ago
And what are your go-to alternatives aside from Reddit?
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What Happened to the Wirecutter?(theatlantic.com)
12 points by nowooski 3y ago|3 comments
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by nowooski 3y ago
What's your biggest wirecutter fail? I remember when they recommended Cisco Webex for pandemic era work-from-home newbies looking for easy video confrencing.
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Ask HN: What temperature do you keep your home office for maximum productivity?
3 points by nowooski 3y ago|9 comments
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by nowooski 3y ago
The visual aspect is a bit annoying, but in an era of insane reputation inflation, I think 5 star % makes more sense than average rating.
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by nowooski 3y ago
How would you view a reviewer who monetized with ads rather than affiliates? Do you see that as a distinction?
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by nowooski 3y ago
Interesting distinction. Would they have earned your trust from a pre-affiliate era, or just from other non-review content you’ve consumed (assuming all of their review posts / YouTube videos have affiliate links?)
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Ask HN: Do you trust reviews with affiliate links?
2 points by nowooski 3y ago|14 comments
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by nowooski 3y ago
For sure. The garbage in, garbage out problem is quite real for ecommerce applications.
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Bing’s AI Is Hallucinating in Microsoft’s Own Marketing Materials(perfectrec.com)
3 points by nowooski 3y ago|0 comments
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by nowooski 3y ago
I agree. Apple is making an extraordinary claim and we think they should share their methodology.
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by nowooski 3y ago
Hey - I'm the post author. Thank you sharing these details on the Watch survey.
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by nowooski 3y ago
I do think there is something to the idea that people want to satisfied by something they spend a lot of money on. Though, 99% is a bit much.
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by nowooski 3y ago
Hey - I'm the post author. Apple may use NetPromoter internally, but on the earnings calls they are citing satisfaction surveys from 451 Research. In 2018, they shared some of the response categories from the survey. They are customer
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by nowooski 3y ago
Hey - I'm the post author. Thank you for reading! I don't think they are manipulating the data, rather that they are surveying an unrepresentative population of tech enthusiasts, and presenting it as if representative of the entir
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by nowooski 3y ago
I'm the post author. I suspect aside from conducting extremely unrepresentative surveys, they are also aggressively filtering out respondents. I didn't include that since it is purely speculative on my part, but I'd guess tha
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by nowooski 3y ago
Hey - I'm the author of the post. Thanks for reading. I included the Google reviews as a secondary example since it is public information. Google reviews are actually more positive on the iPhone than the third party surveys, which foun
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Is Apple making implausible iPhone satisfaction claims?(perfectrec.com)
121 points by nowooski 3y ago|102 comments