7->T and 6->G is pushing it too far, imho.
i agree, 9 would be better suited as G
Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words
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#43This is the kind of quirky, brilliant link I crave from Hacker News. If I was near you creator, I would garland you and rub your feet.
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I think you're both right. It's a fun little page that doesn't actually serve any purpose, like... comedic art?
The practical solutions to this opinion divide are to somehow categorize entries like this as [funny] or whatever so people can skip them informedly, or to simply accept that HN aggregates content that appeals to different minds.
Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words
#44Hexspeak[0] is a time-honoured tradition, with constants like 0xDEADBEEF used to mark uninitialised memory. Fun to see it applied to colours. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak
Yeah B16B00B5 and CAFEBABE are 2 of my favorite funnier ones Ive used a bunch of times. They make for more interesting placeholder values than "foo" and "bar" anyway.
Shouldn't that be B16?
I'd make a joke about beware of the woke crowd coming for you, but I think even joking about that causes offense nowadays.
Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words
#45Hexspeak[0] is a time-honoured tradition, with constants like 0xDEADBEEF used to mark uninitialised memory. Fun to see it applied to colours. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak
Yeah B16B00B5 and CAFEBABE are 2 of my favorite funnier ones Ive used a bunch of times. They make for more interesting placeholder values than "foo" and "bar" anyway.
Without commenting on the reasonability of it, you may want to be aware that a growing population of vegetarian and female tech workers may find these offensive.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah B16B00B5 and CAFEBABE are 2 of my favorite funnier ones Ive used a bunch of times. They make for more interesting placeholder values than "foo" and "bar" anyway.
Shouldn't that be B16? I'd make a joke about beware of the woke crowd coming for you, but I think even joking about that causes offense nowadays.
No 6 looks like a 'b'. I think closest to 'g' is 9.
Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words
#47You many want to consider a naughty words filter. https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and...
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#48Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah B16B00B5 and CAFEBABE are 2 of my favorite funnier ones Ive used a bunch of times. They make for more interesting placeholder values than "foo" and "bar" anyway.
Without commenting on the reasonability of it, you may want to be aware that a growing population of vegetarian and female tech workers may find these offensive.
Beef dies in the wild too so DEADBEEF should not, I do not care if they want to use B16D1CC instead :) I can't see why CAFEBABE would be offensive though.
...And honestly I guess I don't care? If people are that mad about some levity then I probably do not want to work with them.