Show HN: Bananalert • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Bananalert

#41

Post by volent » Thu, Jun 04, 2015, 3:54 PM UTC

Here is the github repo : https://github.com/singerbj/bananalert

Re: Show HN: Bananalert

#42

Post by mattdeboard » Thu, Jun 04, 2015, 3:54 PM UTC

Where's the kickstarter

Re: Show HN: Bananalert

#43

Post by JonnieCache » Thu, Jun 04, 2015, 3:55 PM UTC

rplnt wrote: post #11

click170 wrote: post #6

This appears to be running on port 4567, just FYI many firewalls won't allow nonstandard ports. Perhaps port forwarding or a DNAT rule could help you reach a larger audience?

Having a domain name would help too.

The IP address makes it funnier for some reason.

Re: Show HN: Bananalert

#44

Post by SimplyUseless » Thu, Jun 04, 2015, 4:03 PM UTC

Hey! I got it! You build it to get ads from "Despicable Me".

Re: Show HN: Bananalert

#45

Post by gidan » Thu, Jun 04, 2015, 4:03 PM UTC

JonnieCache wrote: post #29

What's missing here is that old animated gif of the dancing banana.

http://www.sherv.net/banana-emoticons.html

Re: Show HN: Bananalert

#46

Post by glass- » Thu, Jun 04, 2015, 4:04 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #23

lucb1e wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I don't get these corporate firewalls, as a cyber security student I've yet to see a single occasion where blocking a port has helped block an attack rather than annoy powerusers (or normal users also, occasionally). So that's why I use https://torproject.org/download the whole day and never have any trouble with blocked sites (e.g. Pastebin; Slideshare) or blocked ports (e.g. :8080 was used today by some random…

If you're studying security and you think TOR will work to get you past corporate firewalls... good luck out there. Keep studying.

Tor with a bridge on port 443 (or even 80) will get past anything that only blocks non-standard ports.

Re: Show HN: Bananalert

#47

Post by pluma » Thu, Jun 04, 2015, 4:06 PM UTC

gidan wrote: post #45

JonnieCache wrote: post #29

What's missing here is that old animated gif of the dancing banana.

http://www.sherv.net/banana-emoticons.html

Thanks. Now I have that song stuck in my head. I didn't even need to hear it -- the visuals were enough of a trigger.

Re: Show HN: Bananalert

#48

Post by dignick » Thu, Jun 04, 2015, 4:06 PM UTC

I won't be happy until the banana can wirelessly notify my Apple Watch that it is now ripe.

Re: Show HN: Bananalert

#49

Post by bliti » Thu, Jun 04, 2015, 4:10 PM UTC

Nice! I went bananas when I saw the page. Started to monkey around with the settings. And I went baboom when I saw that it would text me.

/* Engage HN filter /

How do you plan to monetize this? This is clearly ripe for disrupting the fuits/supermarket economy. Like an Uber but for fruits.

I think you should email, tweet, instagram, like, share, deck and meet Paul Graham in order to get into Y combinator. This will be bigger than AirBnB.

Ryan from Product Hunt will be contacting you in shortly!

/ Filter off */

Re: Show HN: Bananalert

#50

Post by nsxwolf » Thu, Jun 04, 2015, 4:12 PM UTC

dignick wrote: post #48

I won't be happy until the banana can wirelessly notify my Apple Watch that it is now ripe.

I would not be surprised at all if the little Chaquita stickers will someday contain chemical sensors and a mote computer, and will do just that.