Ask YC: Innocuous news?

#1

Post by andr » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 3:44 PM UTC

Did HN get hacked? Screenshot here: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/10731/Snapshot%202009-04-23%2016-45-32.png

Re: Ask YC: Innocuous news?

#2

Post by mattyb » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 3:46 PM UTC

No. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575487

Re: Ask YC: Innocuous news?

#3

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 3:46 PM UTC

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Re: Ask YC: Innocuous news?

#4

Post by pg » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 3:47 PM UTC

No, I just changed the name for a bit.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575487

Re: Ask YC: Innocuous news?

#5

Post by pedalpete » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 3:47 PM UTC

I rather liked the strange looks I got from reading Hacker News, but at least I learned a new word today

Innocuous - 1. not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy. 2. not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark. 3. not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid: an innocuous novel.

Re: Ask YC: Innocuous news?

#6

Post by andr » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 3:49 PM UTC

mattyb wrote: post #2

No. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575487

I hope it's not permanent.

Why not encode "Hacker" using HTML entities so content blockers don't catch it?

Re: Ask YC: Innocuous news?

#7

Post by jgrahamc » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 3:54 PM UTC

pg wrote: post #4

No, I just changed the name for a bit. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575487

Perhaps I could have that as an entry possible in my settings. With sufficient karma you get to rename the site.

Re: Ask YC: Innocuous news?

#8

Post by thorax » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 3:55 PM UTC

andr wrote: post #6

mattyb wrote: post #2

No. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575487

I hope it's not permanent. Why not encode "Hacker" using HTML entities so content blockers don't catch it?

It was more of an issue for people looking over people's shoulders.

Re: Ask YC: Innocuous news?

#9

Post by okeumeni » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 3:58 PM UTC

Innocuous News; Even creepier than Hacker news : )

Re: Ask YC: Innocuous news?

#10

Post by tptacek » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 3:59 PM UTC

pg wrote: post #4

No, I just changed the name for a bit. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575487

Can you do me a favor and change the word "News" to "Important Work Site".