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Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank

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258 points arnon | 2 comments | 21 Sep 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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cenamus ◴[21 Sep 25 13:07 UTC] No.45322381[source]▶
20Ah for 23 bucks? Seems like it's almost too good to be true. Wouldn't surprise me if it was just half that, would explain the price and weight.
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Timshel ◴[21 Sep 25 14:29 UTC] No.45323050[source]▶
Capacity appears to be inline with others: https://old.reddit.com/r/Ultralight/comments/1li5rxw/20000ma...
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catlikesshrimp ◴[21 Sep 25 20:44 UTC] No.45326458[source]▶
The author of tfa refers to r/ultralight, but fails to note the capacity reported there. Then he writes (or generates) an "article" that might be advertisement, making emphasis on price and fleetingly mentioning the brand products. It doesn't feel sincere.
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1. batiudrami ◴[21 Sep 25 22:36 UTC] No.45327296[source]▶
Liz is a lady, and I am confident she did not AI generate this article. Aside from it clearly having her authorial voice, here is another piece she has written:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/23/24326077/i-asked-chatgpt

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2. eru ◴[22 Sep 25 00:59 UTC] No.45328110[source]▶
> Aside from it clearly having her authorial voice, [...]

LLMs are pretty good at imitating styles, if asked to do so. It's just their default style that's easy to recognise.

(You are probably right in everything you say! I just wanted to point out that style of an article isn't necessarily a giveaway.)