Ask YC: Innocuous news?

Post by tokenadult » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 7:45 PM UTC

vaksel wrote: post #11

jgrahamc wrote: post #7

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

submit that here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363

Post by icey » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 8:26 PM UTC

javanix wrote: post #21

pedalpete wrote: post #5

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.

You really hadn't heard it before today?

Post by Xichekolas » Thu, Apr 23, 2009, 9:44 PM UTC

edw519 wrote: post #14

tptacek wrote: post #10

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

Why stop there? How about "User Acceptance Testing - Phase III Results". I won't have to alt-tab so much. Hell, maybe pg can make the whole site look like an IDE.

Post by pasbesoin » Fri, Apr 24, 2009, 12:40 AM UTC

ableal wrote: post #24

pedalpete wrote: post #5

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.

Mostly harmless. Or '42'. Just plain '42'. (if you need to ask, you can't afford it ;-)

Post by eru » Fri, Apr 24, 2009, 1:27 PM UTC

JabavuAdams wrote: post #29

eru wrote: post #26

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What did you think it meant? (Just curious - I am a native German speaker.)

Bittersweet joy, rather than joy in someone else's misfortune.