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3. Increase my confidence that the article is actually real. I have no way of verifying anything in this article so as far as I'm concerned it's fake. I need a

3. Increase my confidence that the article is actually real. I have no way of verifying anything in this article so as far as I'm concerned it's fake. I need a picture or at least a make and model so I know the alarm clock in question actually exists.

BoiledCabbage 7y ago
And maybe Raymond Chen is completely fine with 'choward' of Hacker News not believing him.
- cgrealy 7y ago
  Yeah... he's Raymond goddamn Chen. He's not even aware of our existence. :)
  - choward 7y ago
    Doesn't ring a bell. Am I supposed to know who he is?
    - cgrealy 7y ago
      He's the author of The Old New Thing... he was heavily involved in the development of Windows and he's generally highly regarded in software development circles. He's been around for a long time.
  - perl4ever 7y ago
    I thought the name sounded familiar, but looking on Wikipedia, there are two Ray(mond) Chens (one is a Federal judge) and neither of them seems to be this guy.
kempbellt 7y ago
Why would someone create a fake post explaining a frustrating situation and intentionally not share the make and model? I actually find it more valuable that it's written this way. Rather than pointing out one brand of product as the problem, it encourages readers to keenly review a product's "features" before purchasing. Even if it is fake, it's a simple post explaining a completely feasible, frustrating situation.
moonbug 7y ago
really? is itreally beyond belief that bullshit doodads exist?
kalleboo 7y ago
Google "wifi projection alarm clock" and one product shows up, with universally poor reviews that for the most part have trouble with the Wi-Fi not connecting, Wi-Fi stops working after 6 weeks, etc. You have the world's largest database of consumer products at your fingertips, it's easy to verify his claims.
- RichardCA 7y ago
  Thanks. Well spotted. It was annoying me that I couldn't find the extant product. https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/c82929-connected-projection-alarm-clock https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/c82929-connected-projecti... A lot of devices have a hard requirement for 2.4ghz and 802.11n and the need for awareness of this is not trivial. I have been reduced to keeping track of each mac address on my network and it seems like all the IOT devices use the same group of generic Chinese chipsets.

BoiledCabbage 7y ago

And maybe Raymond Chen is completely fine with 'choward' of Hacker News not believing him.

cgrealy 7y ago
Yeah... he's Raymond goddamn Chen. He's not even aware of our existence. :)
- choward 7y ago
  Doesn't ring a bell. Am I supposed to know who he is?
  - cgrealy 7y ago
    He's the author of The Old New Thing... he was heavily involved in the development of Windows and he's generally highly regarded in software development circles. He's been around for a long time.
- perl4ever 7y ago
  I thought the name sounded familiar, but looking on Wikipedia, there are two Ray(mond) Chens (one is a Federal judge) and neither of them seems to be this guy.

kempbellt 7y ago

Why would someone create a fake post explaining a frustrating situation and intentionally not share the make and model? I actually find it more valuable that it's written this way. Rather than pointing out one brand of product as the problem, it encourages readers to keenly review a product's "features" before purchasing. Even if it is fake, it's a simple post explaining a completely feasible, frustrating situation.

moonbug 7y ago

really? is itreally beyond belief that bullshit doodads exist?

kalleboo 7y ago

Google "wifi projection alarm clock" and one product shows up, with universally poor reviews that for the most part have trouble with the Wi-Fi not connecting, Wi-Fi stops working after 6 weeks, etc. You have the world's largest database of consumer products at your fingertips, it's easy to verify his claims.

RichardCA 7y ago
Thanks. Well spotted. It was annoying me that I couldn't find the extant product. https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/c82929-connected-projection-alarm-clock https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/c82929-connected-projecti... A lot of devices have a hard requirement for 2.4ghz and 802.11n and the need for awareness of this is not trivial. I have been reduced to keeping track of each mac address on my network and it seems like all the IOT devices use the same group of generic Chinese chipsets.