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Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Post by ultimatedelman » Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 3:01 AM UTC

if_by_whisky wrote: post #6

This is already over? DAMN. Now what am I going to do with my idea to build a payment gateway on top of snapchat...

i really really hope that you didn't know what they just released today...

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

#12

Post by andrewstuart » Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 3:02 AM UTC

Aren't we all participating in this hackathon on a global scale except for a very small number of us who build something people want?

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

#13

Post by StavrosK » Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 3:05 AM UTC

Aw, I should have entered my rotary mobile phone...:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSkdWQswpc8

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

#14

Post by snarkyturtle » Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 3:07 AM UTC

Yeah... might want to mark this NSFW

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Post by jbaudanza » Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 3:12 AM UTC

That "Focus Tools" chrome extension looks like it could potentially help me from getting distracted. Disqualified!

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Post by anigbrowl » Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 3:13 AM UTC

saaaam wrote: post #4

[deleted] wrote: post #2

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Well, I organized the hackathon. Does that count?

You should do one in SF next. I found this 2.74 times more amusing than most hackathon post mortems.

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Post by cheepin » Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 3:18 AM UTC

I wish I knew about this. I wrote a file server that serves your webroot directory over League of Legends chat. Any time you request a file that is more than a few bytes, your chat gets flooded with base64 strings... The extraslow web.

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Post by dmix » Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 3:19 AM UTC

Where is the "Intellectual Babes Calendar" I'd like to buy this...

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 3:19 AM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

#20

Post by percentcer » Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 3:23 AM UTC

ultimatedelman wrote: post #11

if_by_whisky wrote: post #6

This is already over? DAMN. Now what am I going to do with my idea to build a payment gateway on top of snapchat...

i really really hope that you didn't know what they just released today...

What a coincidence!