Official Hacker News T-Shirt • Hacker News Board

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by mkrecny » Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 7:27 PM UTC

antirez wrote: post #78

scoot wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And by the same token raises visibility of Teespring, a current YC startup. The question was raised in the HN DDoS thread about what value YC derives from HN, so there are two examples right there - discovery and promotion of investment opportunities.

That's not bad per-se IMHO, after all still HN even with the "ghost news" appearing and all the rest is a decent place. What is a big issue IMHO is that, given it's starting to be obvious how important is to have a completely neutral HN-style news site for hackers world-wide, nobody tried to do a serious no-profit to create a replacement that is able to guarantee a more democratic and not interested management. So YC…

lamer news?

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by eumenides1 » Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 7:28 PM UTC

To everyone who doesn't like the shirt design, but agrees with the idea:

Just donate 13 dollars to Watsi.

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by jkaljundi » Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 7:29 PM UTC

Is the price the same shipped anywhere in the world? Its starts asking for your credit card details before shipping information.

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by xauronx » Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 7:30 PM UTC

waxjar wrote: post #53

jug6ernaut wrote: post #12

I don't really get this T, i understand its going for minimalism, but would someone who frequents HN recognize it if they did not already know its affiliation?(i wouldn't) & if the answer is no, then whats the point of the T? Edit for clarity: Not knocking the cause, it is great. Just the design really, maybe im missing something.

I think the reasoning behind it is that people might not want to walk around with "Hacker News" on a t-shirt.

"Hacker huh? So like, my facebook totally got hacked because someone knew my password was hunter2... can you hack them back?"

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by baby » Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 7:32 PM UTC

In the middle? Seems a bit tacky. Especially with the black color.

I'd see something like this would be better : http://i.imgur.com/vURo089.png

EDIT: I'm not fan of the design at all. Here's an idea (I suck at photoshop): http://i.imgur.com/EqhulyO.png

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by xauronx » Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 7:33 PM UTC

jkaljundi wrote: post #123

Is the price the same shipped anywhere in the world? Its starts asking for your credit card details before shipping information.

To the right it shows shipping cost, with a question mark next to it that explains the fee.

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by xauronx » Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 7:37 PM UTC

SkittlesNTwix wrote: post #24

I'd love to donate to Watsi + proudly wear a Hacker News shirt, but this design doesn't really do it for me.

It's plain and simple. My first instinct was "ugh, really?" because I don't like the design of the site to begin with. But then I realized... no one would ever ask me a question about the t-shirt, which is a big plus. Only people who frequent HN would recognize it, and where I'm from that's like zero people.

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by justplay » Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 7:42 PM UTC

pg you are very kind .

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by arasmussen » Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 7:44 PM UTC

cijdl584 wrote: post #56

This is ugly. I was shocked to Ctrl-f "ugly" and come up with nothing, but that's exactly what this shirt is.

That's funny because Ctrl-f "ugly" is the first thing I did after seeing the shirt, which is how I came across your post.

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by nym » Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 7:44 PM UTC

jessaustin wrote: post #94

avgarrison wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What color do you see? I never realized that the bar changes color.

With sufficient karma (trying to remember: was it 300? 400?), you can set the color you prefer.

Mine is #bada55.