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      1. Seeking examples of products with which everyone’s familiar but most people don’t realize how amazing recent tech progress has been Like, you could honestly say to almost anyone “You would barely BELIEVE how cheaply you can get an AMAZING _______ these days (I have one in mind)
    1. …in reply to @lukestein
      Not like TVs or laptops. Everyone knows how great cheap ones can be now. Not like video production switchers. Amazing stuff, but only @aaronpk cares. (Like flashlights. If you haven’t bought a modern flashlight, you’ll be amazed.)
  1. …in reply to @lukestein
    Something amazing’s going on with flashlights, maybe a combo of improvements in off-the-shelf parts (LED emitters, batteries, chips) and an enthusiast community driving enough sales to keep developers📈 reddit.com/r/flashlight/comments/o5cltd/arbitrary_list_of_popular_lights_summer_solstice/ Some of the characteristics of open source software