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Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by mindcrime » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:44 AM UTC

joshu wrote: post #47

Is it just me or is none of this stuff any funny?

No, it's not just you. I despise this crap. I particularly hate the way /. always became "nothing but AFD jokes" on April 1, and I really, really hope the HN crowd never jumps on that particular bandwagon.

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by njonsson » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:46 AM UTC

“What’s new in htty v1.3.4: Rails view emulation — PUT and DELETE are sent as POST requests with form data of ‘_method=put’ or ‘_method=delete’.”

http://twitter.com/get_htty/status/53649180652093440

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by borland » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:56 AM UTC

gammarator wrote: post #11

(Internet Annoyance Day is even more annoying when it starts at UTC-12.)

UTC+13, even. We're still on daylight savings time in NZ

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by geuis » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:57 AM UTC

tokenadult wrote: post #29

For historical interest, an all-time classic from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/new...

Australian follow up, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fACJ22ixzhg

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by lylejohnson » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:59 AM UTC

csarva wrote: post #41

Google Romance: http://www.google.com/romance/

From 2006...

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by duck » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 3:01 AM UTC

I turned Hacker Newsletter (http://www.hackernewsletter.com) upside down for the day and started offering a new faxed edition for a small fee.

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by spicyj » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 3:14 AM UTC

uvdiv wrote: post #40

NZ_Matt wrote: post #33

Air New Zealand have introduced "pay what you weigh" http://promos.airnz.co.nz/payweigh/

Is fair pricing such an obscure concept that this is a credible April Fool's joke? Why shouldn't people get discounts for losing weight and saving the airline fuel expenses? Is there a implicit moral norm that those who consume less should subsidize those who consume more ("to each according to his need"), or is mentioning an awkward truth like "heavy people take more energy to lift" a social taboo, or do people just…

I doubt that a few dozen pounds is significant relative to the weight of the aircraft.

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by dasil003 » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 3:17 AM UTC

uvdiv wrote: post #40

NZ_Matt wrote: post #33

Air New Zealand have introduced "pay what you weigh" http://promos.airnz.co.nz/payweigh/

Is fair pricing such an obscure concept that this is a credible April Fool's joke? Why shouldn't people get discounts for losing weight and saving the airline fuel expenses? Is there a implicit moral norm that those who consume less should subsidize those who consume more ("to each according to his need"), or is mentioning an awkward truth like "heavy people take more energy to lift" a social taboo, or do people just…

Yes, but what is the marginal difference in fuel costs based on people's weight? I'm guessing it's dwarfed by the subsidization of empty seats.

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by elliottcarlson » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 3:20 AM UTC

http://notes.envato.com/news/the-future-of-envato-is-here%E2...

Envato unveils 3DOcean - The world's first stereoscopic anaglyph online marketplace.

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by elliottcarlson » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 3:22 AM UTC

moeffju wrote: post #43

We're pretty B2B, so we just subtly rotate the whole page by -2.5 to +2.5 deg. https://www.toptranslation.com/ (Supports the DNF protocol, btw.)

While I love the idea, I think that the shift is too subtle and somewhat causes the page to look out of focus and amateurish. Sorry - just pointing out how it looks to me with the effect on.

(Edit: After a few refreshes I see the more skewed pages and that makes more sense - I guess if the degrees is just slightly off 0 it doesn't look right)