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Re: HN Spoof

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Post by wyclif »

Swizec wrote: post #39
trotsky wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was pretty burnt out with my current venture too, until i built a standing desk out of $17 worth of ikea parts.

I can't tell if this is part of the satire or not ...

I inadvertently created an email black hole. MY STOMACH WAS IN KNOTS.

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Post by KC8ZKF »

ANTSANTS wrote: post #46

Amusingly accurate, but you forgot to include an article about the US Patent system, and a few Marco/Daring Fireball/etc articles on the latest event or rumor in Apple Land. Oh, and those Elon Musk and Tim Cook articles could use a few more zeroes tacked to the end of their comment counts. While we're at it, a parody of the average HN comment thread would have to include: When will people get the message about grey t…

The title is misleading. Every story has a complaint about the title not conveying enough information, thereby forcing the reader to RTFA (or at least click on the link).

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Post by batgaijin »

edw519 wrote: post #8

I know these kinds of things aren't the best for HN, but every once in a while, you gotta have some fun. Great job, OP. On 12/31/09, I did one of these as a 10 year prediction. Funny how some things change and some don't: Hacker News 12/31/2019 new | comments | leaders | jobs | submit login 1. Tell HN: Congratulations Patio11 - first to reach 1,000,000 karma 4 points by iamelgringo 1 hour ago | discuss 2. Ask HN: Any…

"I don't widely support what you're saying, but I've already said it."

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Post by rachelbythebay »

ANTSANTS wrote: post #46

Amusingly accurate, but you forgot to include an article about the US Patent system, and a few Marco/Daring Fireball/etc articles on the latest event or rumor in Apple Land. Oh, and those Elon Musk and Tim Cook articles could use a few more zeroes tacked to the end of their comment counts. While we're at it, a parody of the average HN comment thread would have to include: When will people get the message about grey t…

Every one of those things should be in a dropdown box next to the "comment" link on a story. Then you could just register yourself as being in one of those buckets instead of posting a message which says as much. It would save time and maybe even reduce the comments to those which don't fall into one of those categories.

Well, I can dream...

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Post by kmfrk »

jerf wrote: post #50
nicholasjbs wrote: post #3

Some background, since I helped write this and don't actually think this is a great thing to be on HN: My friend Dave and I started the LinkedList a while ago as a weekly events newsletter for programmers in New York. After 70+ issues, we got burnt out on meetups ( http://www.linkedlistnyc.org/archive/issue_075.html ), and have been experimenting with other formats for the past few months. We write the List exclusive…

Contrary to popular belief, HN does not have an informal "no humor" policy; HN has an informal "no cheap humor" policy. We (if I may presume to speak for the general community) don't want links to meme images or cheap recitations of popular quotes from TV or movies or something, but if you put some work into it to good result, it's great. Be not ashamed. This was pretty funny at several points. I especially enjoyed t…

There is an anti-Christmas policy, however: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3364516. :)

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Post by scoot »

jamesbritt wrote: post #49
ANTSANTS wrote: post #46

Amusingly accurate, but you forgot to include an article about the US Patent system, and a few Marco/Daring Fireball/etc articles on the latest event or rumor in Apple Land. Oh, and those Elon Musk and Tim Cook articles could use a few more zeroes tacked to the end of their comment counts. While we're at it, a parody of the average HN comment thread would have to include: When will people get the message about grey t…

You omitted my fav hn cliche: "This."

This.

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Post by edanm »

Hilarious. For anyone that didn't notice the first time, look at the text of the "YY comments", there's another mini joke there.

I have to echo edw519's sentiment, btw - Humor on HN is usually misplaced, but this was just totally worth it!

Re: HN Spoof

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Post by StavrosK »

Couto wrote: post #26
edw519 wrote: post #8

I know these kinds of things aren't the best for HN, but every once in a while, you gotta have some fun. Great job, OP. On 12/31/09, I did one of these as a 10 year prediction. Funny how some things change and some don't: Hacker News 12/31/2019 new | comments | leaders | jobs | submit login 1. Tell HN: Congratulations Patio11 - first to reach 1,000,000 karma 4 points by iamelgringo 1 hour ago | discuss 2. Ask HN: Any…

As a portuguese... Zuckerberg buying Portugal would be the best thing ever! =D

Too bad it's Mark Zuckerman, a little-known cheese manufacturer. After the depression, Portugal was going for $3,000.

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Post by daeken »

edw519 wrote: post #8

I know these kinds of things aren't the best for HN, but every once in a while, you gotta have some fun. Great job, OP. On 12/31/09, I did one of these as a 10 year prediction. Funny how some things change and some don't: Hacker News 12/31/2019 new | comments | leaders | jobs | submit login 1. Tell HN: Congratulations Patio11 - first to reach 1,000,000 karma 4 points by iamelgringo 1 hour ago | discuss 2. Ask HN: Any…

#21 made me laugh out loud, something which rarely happens on HN. I've been writing for years about how I could take Belize and turn it into Silicon Valley part 2, so that struck a chord with me. Well done.
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