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Pointer Pointer

149 points by KolmogorovComp 3y ago

btbuildem 3y ago
The most striking thing about this is the homogeneity of the photo set -- seems like footage drawn exclusively from college/university people partying in the first decade of the millennium.
- runlaszlorun 3y ago
  Vintage Facebook?
hliyan 3y ago
I was expecting an article on dynamically allocated arrays in C++, but this is better.
- anonymzz 3y ago
  Same here
- pavlov 3y ago
  I was thinking it would be about the old-school handle pattern like in classic Mac OS, where memory allocation APIs returned pointers to pointers so the OS can move things around behind the scenes.
ghostpepper 3y ago
It’s amazing how good phone cameras have gotten in the last 15 years
- myspy 3y ago
  Those pictures are way older. I would say early/mid 2000s. Some guy wears a lostprophets shirt which should be based on the 2001 album. They are either first generations of digital cameras or scanned analog if you ask me.
  - pixelesque 3y ago
    One of the photos has a "Dec 23 2005" date... Lots of Red Eye flash shots as well, but in fairness: with drunk people (slower response time for things like more modern anti-red-eye pre-flash) and flashes close to the eyes, it's still fairly common even with modern cameras/phones.
  - offices 3y ago
    A lostprophets shirt also puts a strong upper-bound on the date.
    - myspy 3y ago
      Couldn't be stronger. Insane.
drummojg 3y ago
Not sure if the photoset is biased, or if drunk people really like pointing.
- chris_wot 3y ago
  No, that sounds about right.
- DarkNova6 3y ago
  From my own experience I can confirm that I vastly prefer programming in dome good old C++ when I am drunk.
finnh 3y ago
love this site! was surprised to see a couple repeats in my idle tapping
ChrisArchitect 3y ago
(2012) Yes, that Show HN: earlier today. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38295535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38295535
fowl2 3y ago
cool! would be nice if there was a way to draw a path and get a little stop motion animation
renegat0x0 3y ago
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- someone7x 3y ago
  What fun links; it’s comforting to see whimsy is still alive and well online.
- scrubs 3y ago
  I have searched on and off for a similarly fun game as follows: - the splash screen says "congrats: you've been recognized for outstanding work. Click 'next' to finalize your bonus details with HR." then when the user moves the mouse to the next button, it evades the pointer so you can never click it. This joke was play on me when I was consulting at AT&T in the 90s. There are variations on the setup ... eg. won lotto ... email from wife ... won free car ... And in a couple cases I've seen the "next button" temporarily change into a Dilbert looking boss with a snide remark before going back on the run. Never found it again ...
ReactiveJelly 3y ago
I remember getting a gross image on here a few weeks ago but I can't remember what was gross about it
irishgeoff22 3y ago
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The most striking thing about this is the homogeneity of the photo set -- seems like footage drawn exclusively from college/university people partying in the first decade of the millennium.

runlaszlorun 3y ago
Vintage Facebook?

hliyan 3y ago

I was expecting an article on dynamically allocated arrays in C++, but this is better.

anonymzz 3y ago
Same here
pavlov 3y ago
I was thinking it would be about the old-school handle pattern like in classic Mac OS, where memory allocation APIs returned pointers to pointers so the OS can move things around behind the scenes.

ghostpepper 3y ago

It’s amazing how good phone cameras have gotten in the last 15 years

myspy 3y ago
Those pictures are way older. I would say early/mid 2000s. Some guy wears a lostprophets shirt which should be based on the 2001 album. They are either first generations of digital cameras or scanned analog if you ask me.
- pixelesque 3y ago
  One of the photos has a "Dec 23 2005" date... Lots of Red Eye flash shots as well, but in fairness: with drunk people (slower response time for things like more modern anti-red-eye pre-flash) and flashes close to the eyes, it's still fairly common even with modern cameras/phones.
- offices 3y ago
  A lostprophets shirt also puts a strong upper-bound on the date.
  - myspy 3y ago
    Couldn't be stronger. Insane.

drummojg 3y ago

Not sure if the photoset is biased, or if drunk people really like pointing.

chris_wot 3y ago
No, that sounds about right.
DarkNova6 3y ago
From my own experience I can confirm that I vastly prefer programming in dome good old C++ when I am drunk.

finnh 3y ago

love this site! was surprised to see a couple repeats in my idle tapping

ChrisArchitect 3y ago

(2012) Yes, that Show HN: earlier today. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38295535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38295535

fowl2 3y ago

cool! would be nice if there was a way to draw a path and get a little stop motion animation

renegat0x0 3y ago

Other interesting places http://godhatesshrimp.com/ http://godhatesshrimp.com/ https://trypap.com/ https://trypap.com/ https://hackertyper.com/ https://hackertyper.com/ https://cat-bounce.com/ https://cat-bounce.com/ http://omglasergunspewpewpew.com/ http://omglasergunspewpewpew.com/ https://eelslap.com/ https://eelslap.com/ https://findtheinvisiblecow.com/ https://findtheinvisiblecow.com/ https://theuselessweb.com/ https://theuselessweb.com/ https://ertdfgcvb.xyz/ https://ertdfgcvb.xyz/ http://make-everything-ok.com/ http://make-everything-ok.com/ https://zoomquilt.org/ https://zoomquilt.org/ https://www.zzzuckerberg.com/ https://www.zzzuckerberg.com/ https://willrobotstakemyjob.com/ https://willrobotstakemyjob.com/ https://vole.wtf/ https://vole.wtf/ https://hemansings.com/ https://hemansings.com/ https://www.webhamster.com/ https://www.webhamster.com/

someone7x 3y ago
What fun links; it’s comforting to see whimsy is still alive and well online.
scrubs 3y ago
I have searched on and off for a similarly fun game as follows: - the splash screen says "congrats: you've been recognized for outstanding work. Click 'next' to finalize your bonus details with HR." then when the user moves the mouse to the next button, it evades the pointer so you can never click it. This joke was play on me when I was consulting at AT&T in the 90s. There are variations on the setup ... eg. won lotto ... email from wife ... won free car ... And in a couple cases I've seen the "next button" temporarily change into a Dilbert looking boss with a snide remark before going back on the run. Never found it again ...

ReactiveJelly 3y ago

I remember getting a gross image on here a few weeks ago but I can't remember what was gross about it

irishgeoff22 3y ago

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