Collect HN: Aprils Fools

Post by bostonvaulter2 » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 6:53 PM UTC

rsoto wrote: post #214

kevbin wrote: post #105

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I read that as "Adblock Freemium", i.e. Ad-supported ad-blocking.

that would be a pretty cool idea

Post by wanderr » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 7:30 PM UTC

cowpewter wrote: post #83

Here at Grooveshark, we've harnessed the power of HTML5™ to provide you with a full 3D experience... http://listen.grooveshark.com/ If you have a paid account, it won't change your theme automatically though. You should get a notification in the corner to turn it on.

Post by fwenzel » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 8:54 PM UTC

cstuder wrote: post #179

yread wrote: post #147

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It is in the noscript tag, Opera shows it

As does Chrome.

Post by mcdonc » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 9:28 PM UTC

philikon wrote: post #227

http://zodb.ws is one of the more impressive April Fools hacks I've seen this year. It runs the ZODB, a pure Python NoSQL database that's been around for a while and originated in the Zope project, on top of CPython -- in the browser! Uses emscripten which compiles LLVM bytecode to JS. Complete with a localStorage backend for ZODB.

Post by maayank » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 10:41 PM UTC

ascendant wrote: post #177

colinyoung wrote: post #123

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Love this one. Best part is the hidden dialup sound and tags.

It's the slow-loading, grainy pictures that really take me back.