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peapod91··on Launch HN: Channel3 (YC S25) – A database of every product on the internet
Are Amazon products available in your database?
peapod91··on Google Pixel 9 Pro
I thought the upgrade to metal/glass + new design looked great which I included in "hardware".

Beyond that https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Google-Pixel-9-vs-Pixel-8... shows:

- Much brighter screen - Next gen tensor chip - 50% ram upgrade - Better camera + battery - SOS functionality - Better ultrasonic fingerprint sensor

Holistically felt like meaningful improvements across the board to me, but I understand where you're coming from. I think maybe I have lower expectations for improvements year to year

peapod91··on Google Pixel 9 Pro
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

peapod91··on iPhones and action discoverability
I just tried this on my Pixel 6 Pro and it unexpectedly worked (by defaulted to showing the notification pane). Hidden indeed!
peapod91··on Show HN: Dassana. JSON-native,schema-less logging solution built atop ClickHouse
How do you compare to https://betterstack.com/logtail which also seems to be built on Clickhouse?
peapod91··on YDB – An open-source Distributed SQL Database
Are there any notable differences or benchmarks between YDB vs CockroachDB, Spanner, or Yugabyte?
peapod91··on Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85%
That’s correct. If a positive effect in the treatment arm of the study is found to be strong enough, it is deemed unethical to continue giving patients the placebo as control. Hence, they terminate the study and proceed to the next phase of approval
peapod91··on Andreessen Horowitz is opening an office in SF
My guess: brand/name recognition is HUGE for vc as they can get first-look to the top founders/start-ups. A16Z is one of the best VC brands and they want to perpetuate that (and being in SF paints that image). Relatedly, the start-ups A16Z funds can afford to be in SF. It's the less well-funded companies that are moving out...and are probably companies that A16Z passed on.
peapod91··on Twitter Digits
Does anyone know of any competing/more established libraries that offer similar features?
peapod91··on Applications for YC W15 are open
for this YC batch, it's not ideal. but, in the longer run, finding a good co-founder is likely worth it
peapod91··on Applications for YC W15 are open
For this to be valuable, we need more people. Would you be willing to make a independent post about this?
peapod91··on A New Codecademy
>> Thankfully I found a set of books that have been wonderful in methodically building my knowledge and skills

Would you be able to share the titles of some of these books?

peapod91··on a16z Programming Test
Will this be an ongoing opportunity or is there a deadline to submit this by?
peapod91··on I launched my weekend project 7 months ago on HN – here's CameraLends today
You should look into adding Pentax. There is tons of old Pentax gear out there with unparalleled backwards compatibility. Also, pentaxforums is a great community where I think you could easily pick up a lot of new users and gear.