I thought the Google Skynet was funny, and there's potential for a few more jokes there. FYI, we check out at the checkout (first story).
DeadBeef News: Like the Onion but for Programming and Startups
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Re: DeadBeef News: Like the Onion but for Programming and Startups
#12I'd describe these four published so far as moderately funny - slight smile inducing, no LOL, no meh. So keep them coming. The jokes are something that many comedians develop through iterations :)
Re: DeadBeef News: Like the Onion but for Programming and Startups
#13In case it's not obvious... D E A D B E E F Those are all valid hexadecimal characters. Much like C A F E B A B E for Java class files.
One of many other examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak
Re: DeadBeef News: Like the Onion but for Programming and Startups
#14We already have techcrunch.
And /r/programmingcirclejerk ;)
Re: DeadBeef News: Like the Onion but for Programming and Startups
#15One of the first sites I've seen in the wild on a new TLD. Interesting choice.
Re: DeadBeef News: Like the Onion but for Programming and Startups
#16Someone made a TechCrunch parody site like this called TrapCrunch[1] a while back as well.
Re: DeadBeef News: Like the Onion but for Programming and Startups
#17I'd describe these four published so far as moderately funny - slight smile inducing, no LOL, no meh. So keep them coming. The jokes are something that many comedians develop through iterations :)
To be fair, I get a proper LOL from Onion maybe once in 15 days (not counting their videos, which are always hilarious). Onion's stories are always smart though and the satire biting.
Plus, it's always easier to satirize politicians than programmers.
Re: DeadBeef News: Like the Onion but for Programming and Startups
#18In case it's not obvious... D E A D B E E F Those are all valid hexadecimal characters. Much like C A F E B A B E for Java class files.
And antagonist to freshmeat.net?
Re: DeadBeef News: Like the Onion but for Programming and Startups
#19Someone made a TechCrunch parody site like this called TrapCrunch[1] a while back as well. [1] http://trapcrunch.com/
That site is actually funny. Haven't seen any updates in months.
Any idea what happened?
Re: DeadBeef News: Like the Onion but for Programming and Startups
#20We already have techcrunch.
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