List of April Fools' Day Announcements • Hacker News Board

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by will_walker » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 2:47 PM UTC

Glitter resin launched by Formlabs:

http://formlabs.com/company/blog/2015/04/01/introducing-glit...

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by a_c_s » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 2:48 PM UTC

polemic wrote: post #88

Double bluff in today's New Zealand Herald: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objecti... The "April Fools' Day special" promised a new BMW to the first person who took their car and the front-page coupon to the dealership. Ms Marsh was first at the Newmarket car dealership this morning, arriving in her 15-year-old Nissan Avenir. She was swiftly rewarded with a new BMW 1 Series worth almost $50,000…

The image of the newspaper front page in this article is completely unreadable (specifically the BMW coupon): is a legible version available somewhere?

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by ikeboy » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 2:48 PM UTC

codecondo wrote: post #53

BetaMechazawa wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it me or does everyone and their mother have a gTLD these days? I would not take any company that uses a gTLD serious at all.

http://try.everyone/ http://and.theirmother/

I was so hoping for that to be a thing.

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by tomjhill » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 2:49 PM UTC

http://www.wiffi.co.uk - The Scent of Connection

Scented Wi-Fi that lets you know if a connection is secure or not. If it smells bad, don't connect.

The best thing is... It's not an April Fools!

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by blparker » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 2:50 PM UTC

Uber Shop

Uber's trademark innovation and convenience have revolutionized the way you move. Starting today, we're revolutionizing the way you shop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bECYvHkDrMo&feature=youtu.be

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by SilasX » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 2:50 PM UTC

polemic wrote: post #88

Double bluff in today's New Zealand Herald: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objecti... The "April Fools' Day special" promised a new BMW to the first person who took their car and the front-page coupon to the dealership. Ms Marsh was first at the Newmarket car dealership this morning, arriving in her 15-year-old Nissan Avenir. She was swiftly rewarded with a new BMW 1 Series worth almost $50,000…

How is that April Fools? The offer was serious and they honored it. It's not like e.g. offering all of YouTube on DVDs.

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by MikeTV » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 2:53 PM UTC

AgLiAn wrote: post #170

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

A fitting riposte, given that the site was hacked by Islamic jihadists earlier this year http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/32248/hacking/notepad-si...

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by kevinoconnor7 » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 2:54 PM UTC

just150e wrote: post #198

pimlottc wrote: post #121

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They've certainly gone to a lot of trouble writing support docs if it's not real: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_b...

Did you read those docs? > Note: You may need to increase your iPhone volume, since Dash Button uses ultrasonic tones to sync with your iPhone during setup. If prompted, drag the volume slider to the recommended level, at or above where it says Best. Ultrasonic tone sync?