parametrek

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by parametrek 12y ago
If you are looking for a flashlight I maintain the largest and most complete databases of flashlight specifications: http://flashlights.parametrek.com/ Feedback appreciated if you think this has potential. UI is a little b
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by parametrek 13y ago
Sure. http://parametrek.com I should probably re-shoot the demo video. It is seriously dated.
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by parametrek 13y ago
Bounced a few emails around. I was turned down. A few months later I went and put it together myself anyway. The beta test has been well recieved and I am looking for clients.
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by parametrek 13y ago
> Simply posting with the "Show HN: " prefix puts you on a couple of twitter feeds/meta-sites. Very true. I announced a new javascript storefront the other month with Show HN. It got four upvotes and 1400 unique visitors in the first
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by parametrek 13y ago
> Start with files, iterate from there. I agree so much with this. I run a small service that looks like it would be a perfect use-case for a database. Even though all the data is beautifully normalized and instantly searchable, using
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by parametrek 13y ago
> First, a arithmetic error: it's $0.74 per CFL, not $1.74. So so the LED costs 17x as much as the CFL. Sorry, what? The linked four pack of CFLs costs $6.97. You must have been doing some very interesting taxes this week if you think
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by parametrek 13y ago
> The energy efficiency of LEDs still doesn't beat CFL, except for really really expensive LEDs. Not at all! CFLs cost $1.74 per bulb with an efficacy of 64 lumens/watt [1]. LEDs cost $12.47 per bulb with an efficacy of 84 lumens/watt
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by parametrek 14y ago
This has been my side project for the past month-ish. The concept was spawned by a friend's observation that most online stores looked the same, and that perhaps they were climbing towards a mere local optima. I hacked together a prototyp
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Show HN: Parametrek product search(parametrek.com)
7 points by parametrek 14y ago|2 comments