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April Fool's day links

79 points by msoad 11y ago

Let's collect all of April Fool's day links here instead of polluting the home page.

msoad 11y ago
* Google Cardboard Plastic[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOuShXpoKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOuShXpoKc
mohsen1 11y ago
* The next major python version will be Python 8 [1] [1] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-March/143603.html https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-March/1436...
- hoverbear 11y ago
  The linked commit includes what seems to be code to check code against pep 8. Neat.
msoad 11y ago
Lyft Prank Mode[1] [1] http://blog.lyft.com/posts/prank-mode http://blog.lyft.com/posts/prank-mode
mehhmehh 11y ago
RecruiterZapper - Automatically hide all recruiters on LinkedIn https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recruiterzapper/hiebaljcpdhijhkadjdaiijkjmnbcjho https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recruiterzapper/hi...
- bettyx1138 11y ago
  I wish this were real.
  - neoCrimeLabs 11y ago
    I'd almost consider re-joining. Almost.
    - mehhmehh 11y ago
      It is real!
  - mehhmehh 11y ago
    This is real! Check it out. Give it an install!
markkurt 11y ago
LineSquid - for your stock 1D needs http://linesquid.com/ http://linesquid.com/
- austinjp 11y ago
  The demo on that site is cute. Mobile device required.
- austinjp 11y ago
  The demo on that site is cute. Mobile device required.
JamilD 11y ago
From earlier today, Virgin America's New Logo, parodying AirBnB: http://blog.virginamerica.com/blog/a-labor-of-love-reimagining-our-iconic-logo/ http://blog.virginamerica.com/blog/a-labor-of-love-reimagini...
siriniok 11y ago
Ruby 2.1.10 Released. It includes compatibility tests with two-digit version numbers. https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2016/04/01/ruby-2-1-10-released/ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2016/04/01/ruby-2-1-10-rel...
- midgetjones 11y ago
  That's not a joke is it?
  - siriniok 11y ago
    Of course, it is not a joke, today not the 1st of April!
frabrunelle 11y ago
Apple’s Mac OS X Is Open Source Now http://itsfoss.com/apples-mac-os-open-source/ http://itsfoss.com/apples-mac-os-open-source/
- gcatalfamo 11y ago
  "Even bigger than the Apple Pencil" ahahahah.
jwise0 11y ago
Google's April Fool's day prank with Gmail -- the "mic drop" button, which replaces a normal button with a button that attaches a GIF to sent mail -- seems to have gone wrong: https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/715752594551869440 https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/715752594551869440
- bbcbasic 11y ago
  This deserves it's own HN thread.
shahzeb 11y ago
Yahoo! news posted an article saying that all Trader Joe's are closing: https://www.yahoo.com/style/trader-joe-close-stores-2017-104416136.html https://www.yahoo.com/style/trader-joe-close-stores-2017-104... People on twitter actually bought it.
- vortico 11y ago
  Seems to be a redirect to the Yahoo homepage now.
bbcbasic 11y ago
Looks like this one slipped through: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11402321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11402321
- fphhotchips 11y ago
  golf clap
- basicplus2 11y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
- sargas 11y ago
  Turtles all the way down indeed.
frabrunelle 11y ago
Certified Dogecoin Professional http://blog.cryptoconsortium.org/certified-dog/ http://blog.cryptoconsortium.org/certified-dog/
rzimmerman 11y ago
Planet Labs has released "Esoterra": https://www.planet.com/pulse/esoterra/ https://www.planet.com/pulse/esoterra/ With some interesting images of Area 51, among other things: https://www.planet.com/gallery/groom-lake-april1/ https://www.planet.com/gallery/groom-lake-april1/
siriniok 11y ago
The leftpad() system call added to Linux kernel https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/31/1108 https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/31/1108
- pzone 11y ago
  Love the reference to http://left-pad.io http://left-pad.io, hahaha
- anonbanker 11y ago
  A combination Node.js jab and kdbus joke. LKML is in rare form here.
rkwz 11y ago
RedMart - Get your groceries delivered yesterday http://timetravel.redmart.com/ http://timetravel.redmart.com/
vette982 11y ago
Google Photos emoji search: https://youtu.be/HQtGFBbwKEk https://youtu.be/HQtGFBbwKEk
qu1mby 11y ago
Google Maps iOS - "Funky Town" destination when searching. Pegman dresses up and dances as a 70s nightclub-goer.
niktrix 11y ago
http://www.happilyunmarried.com/ustraa/rascals-guide/ustraa-razor/ http://www.happilyunmarried.com/ustraa/rascals-guide/ustraa-...
deleted 11y ago
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barsonme 11y ago
Go's April Fool's, courtesy bratfiz. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-codereviews/HnnXT2Sx9zs https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-codereviews/H...
vytautask 11y ago
YouTube SnoopaVision (Beta): https://www.youtube.com/snoopavision?v=F0F6SnbqUcE https://www.youtube.com/snoopavision?v=F0F6SnbqUcE
- hobarrera 11y ago
  404. Has it been taken down already?
anonfunction 11y ago
https://gifs.com https://gifs.com introduces the .potato file format https://medium.com/@gifs/gifs-com-has-created-a-budding-new-file-format-6a59b677cac8#.m462egl74 https://medium.com/@gifs/gifs-com-has-created-a-budding-new-...
- timlyo 11y ago
  > You say potato, I say potato Amazing
Doctor_Fegg 11y ago
OpenStreetMap driverless cars: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2016/04/01/osm-driverless-cars/ https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2016/04/01/osm-driverless-car...
- breakingcups 11y ago
  "Following in the footsteps of other map-providers-cum-car-manufacturers [...]"
vortico 11y ago
Redox OS is now commercial. http://redox-os.org/ http://redox-os.org/
miloc_c 11y ago
CERN Higgs Music: http://home.cern/about/updates/2016/03/sonified-higgs-data-show-surprising-result http://home.cern/about/updates/2016/03/sonified-higgs-data-s...
rurban 11y ago
New elliptic curve attack. New recommended keysize went from 256 to 3072 bits. "ECDLP can be solved in 24-th root time" https://t.co/v29zE9S6v7 https://t.co/v29zE9S6v7
Nr47 11y ago
The best way to manage your country in the 21st century https://countryos.com/ https://countryos.com/
lucideer 11y ago
Self-driving bikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSZPNwZex9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSZPNwZex9s
swalsh 11y ago
Wayfair has a new Toilet of the month club! http://www.wayfair.com/Toilets-C1789951.html http://www.wayfair.com/Toilets-C1789951.html
breakingcups 11y ago
Dutch VPS-host TransIP introduces CommunityVPS (X plays Debian): https://www.transip.nl/communityvps/ https://www.transip.nl/communityvps/ reply
wlkr 11y ago
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Coffee Break: Make Any Photo Look Like an Ansel Adams Masterpiece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YquFtGZk4-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YquFtGZk4-c
rckmnt 11y ago
http://getfuct.io/ http://getfuct.io/ Finally, get a horseshoe and a deflated basketball in one easy place.
halv01122 11y ago
Introducing Teamder - Swipe right to create teams at work. https://www.atlassian.com/teamder https://www.atlassian.com/teamder
datashovel 11y ago
Netflix Original Series: John Stamos: a Human, Being. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGUkiuXhAzE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGUkiuXhAzE
rymohr 11y ago
Kumu's automation mode: Insight within complexity, without effort. https://kumu.io/automation-mode https://kumu.io/automation-mode

79 points by msoad 11y ago

Let's collect all of April Fool's day links here instead of polluting the home page.

msoad 11y ago

* Google Cardboard Plastic[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOuShXpoKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOuShXpoKc

mohsen1 11y ago

* The next major python version will be Python 8 [1] [1] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-March/143603.html https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-March/1436...

hoverbear 11y ago
The linked commit includes what seems to be code to check code against pep 8. Neat.

msoad 11y ago

Lyft Prank Mode[1] [1] http://blog.lyft.com/posts/prank-mode http://blog.lyft.com/posts/prank-mode

mehhmehh 11y ago

RecruiterZapper - Automatically hide all recruiters on LinkedIn https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recruiterzapper/hiebaljcpdhijhkadjdaiijkjmnbcjho https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recruiterzapper/hi...

bettyx1138 11y ago
I wish this were real.
- neoCrimeLabs 11y ago
  I'd almost consider re-joining. Almost.
  - mehhmehh 11y ago
    It is real!
- mehhmehh 11y ago
  This is real! Check it out. Give it an install!

markkurt 11y ago

LineSquid - for your stock 1D needs http://linesquid.com/ http://linesquid.com/

austinjp 11y ago
The demo on that site is cute. Mobile device required.
austinjp 11y ago
The demo on that site is cute. Mobile device required.

JamilD 11y ago

From earlier today, Virgin America's New Logo, parodying AirBnB: http://blog.virginamerica.com/blog/a-labor-of-love-reimagining-our-iconic-logo/ http://blog.virginamerica.com/blog/a-labor-of-love-reimagini...

siriniok 11y ago

Ruby 2.1.10 Released. It includes compatibility tests with two-digit version numbers. https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2016/04/01/ruby-2-1-10-released/ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2016/04/01/ruby-2-1-10-rel...

midgetjones 11y ago
That's not a joke is it?
- siriniok 11y ago
  Of course, it is not a joke, today not the 1st of April!

frabrunelle 11y ago

Apple’s Mac OS X Is Open Source Now http://itsfoss.com/apples-mac-os-open-source/ http://itsfoss.com/apples-mac-os-open-source/

gcatalfamo 11y ago
"Even bigger than the Apple Pencil" ahahahah.

jwise0 11y ago

Google's April Fool's day prank with Gmail -- the "mic drop" button, which replaces a normal button with a button that attaches a GIF to sent mail -- seems to have gone wrong: https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/715752594551869440 https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/715752594551869440

bbcbasic 11y ago
This deserves it's own HN thread.

shahzeb 11y ago

Yahoo! news posted an article saying that all Trader Joe's are closing: https://www.yahoo.com/style/trader-joe-close-stores-2017-104416136.html https://www.yahoo.com/style/trader-joe-close-stores-2017-104... People on twitter actually bought it.

vortico 11y ago
Seems to be a redirect to the Yahoo homepage now.

bbcbasic 11y ago

Looks like this one slipped through: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11402321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11402321

fphhotchips 11y ago
golf clap
basicplus2 11y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
sargas 11y ago
Turtles all the way down indeed.

frabrunelle 11y ago

Certified Dogecoin Professional http://blog.cryptoconsortium.org/certified-dog/ http://blog.cryptoconsortium.org/certified-dog/

rzimmerman 11y ago

Planet Labs has released "Esoterra": https://www.planet.com/pulse/esoterra/ https://www.planet.com/pulse/esoterra/ With some interesting images of Area 51, among other things: https://www.planet.com/gallery/groom-lake-april1/ https://www.planet.com/gallery/groom-lake-april1/

siriniok 11y ago

The leftpad() system call added to Linux kernel https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/31/1108 https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/31/1108

pzone 11y ago
Love the reference to http://left-pad.io http://left-pad.io, hahaha
anonbanker 11y ago
A combination Node.js jab and kdbus joke. LKML is in rare form here.

rkwz 11y ago

RedMart - Get your groceries delivered yesterday http://timetravel.redmart.com/ http://timetravel.redmart.com/

vette982 11y ago

Google Photos emoji search: https://youtu.be/HQtGFBbwKEk https://youtu.be/HQtGFBbwKEk

qu1mby 11y ago

Google Maps iOS - "Funky Town" destination when searching. Pegman dresses up and dances as a 70s nightclub-goer.

niktrix 11y ago

http://www.happilyunmarried.com/ustraa/rascals-guide/ustraa-razor/ http://www.happilyunmarried.com/ustraa/rascals-guide/ustraa-...

deleted 11y ago

[deleted]

barsonme 11y ago

Go's April Fool's, courtesy bratfiz. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-codereviews/HnnXT2Sx9zs https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-codereviews/H...

vytautask 11y ago

YouTube SnoopaVision (Beta): https://www.youtube.com/snoopavision?v=F0F6SnbqUcE https://www.youtube.com/snoopavision?v=F0F6SnbqUcE

hobarrera 11y ago
404. Has it been taken down already?

anonfunction 11y ago

https://gifs.com https://gifs.com introduces the .potato file format https://medium.com/@gifs/gifs-com-has-created-a-budding-new-file-format-6a59b677cac8#.m462egl74 https://medium.com/@gifs/gifs-com-has-created-a-budding-new-...

timlyo 11y ago
> You say potato, I say potato Amazing

Doctor_Fegg 11y ago

OpenStreetMap driverless cars: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2016/04/01/osm-driverless-cars/ https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2016/04/01/osm-driverless-car...

breakingcups 11y ago
"Following in the footsteps of other map-providers-cum-car-manufacturers [...]"

vortico 11y ago

Redox OS is now commercial. http://redox-os.org/ http://redox-os.org/

miloc_c 11y ago

CERN Higgs Music: http://home.cern/about/updates/2016/03/sonified-higgs-data-show-surprising-result http://home.cern/about/updates/2016/03/sonified-higgs-data-s...

rurban 11y ago

New elliptic curve attack. New recommended keysize went from 256 to 3072 bits. "ECDLP can be solved in 24-th root time" https://t.co/v29zE9S6v7 https://t.co/v29zE9S6v7

Nr47 11y ago

The best way to manage your country in the 21st century https://countryos.com/ https://countryos.com/

lucideer 11y ago

Self-driving bikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSZPNwZex9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSZPNwZex9s

swalsh 11y ago

Wayfair has a new Toilet of the month club! http://www.wayfair.com/Toilets-C1789951.html http://www.wayfair.com/Toilets-C1789951.html

breakingcups 11y ago

Dutch VPS-host TransIP introduces CommunityVPS (X plays Debian): https://www.transip.nl/communityvps/ https://www.transip.nl/communityvps/ reply

wlkr 11y ago

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Coffee Break: Make Any Photo Look Like an Ansel Adams Masterpiece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YquFtGZk4-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YquFtGZk4-c

rckmnt 11y ago

http://getfuct.io/ http://getfuct.io/ Finally, get a horseshoe and a deflated basketball in one easy place.

halv01122 11y ago

Introducing Teamder - Swipe right to create teams at work. https://www.atlassian.com/teamder https://www.atlassian.com/teamder

datashovel 11y ago

Netflix Original Series: John Stamos: a Human, Being. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGUkiuXhAzE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGUkiuXhAzE

rymohr 11y ago

Kumu's automation mode: Insight within complexity, without effort. https://kumu.io/automation-mode https://kumu.io/automation-mode