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HN Spoof

681 points by norswap 14y ago

manojlds 14y ago
How come there is nothing about Python dying in there!
- Narretz 14y ago
  At this point, it is already dead.
- beering 14y ago
  I thought Ruby was dead. Or was that, "Java is dead"? Or maybe it was "C++ is dead." I also vaguely remember reading: * "JavaScript will never be dead" * "Dart arrived dead" * "PHP should be dead" * "Lisp is back from the dead" * "D stands for 'dead'" * "SELECT FROM NOSQL WHERE STATUS IS DEAD" * "COBOL still isn't dead" * "Haskell Maybe dead"
  - dredmorbius 14y ago
    Death is dead.
nicholasjbs 14y ago
Some background, since I helped write this and don't actually think this is a great thing to be on HN: My friend Dave and I started the LinkedList a while ago as a weekly events newsletter for programmers in New York. After 70+ issues, we got burnt out on meetups (http://www.linkedlistnyc.org/archive/issue_075.html http://www.linkedlistnyc.org/archive/issue_075.html), and have been experimenting with other formats for the past few months. We write the List exclusively for our own fun, and lately it's mostly been satire (e.g., http://www.linkedlistnyc.org/archive/issue_076.html http://www.linkedlistnyc.org/archive/issue_076.html) Mods, feel free to delete the post if you see fit.
- deleted 14y ago
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- rexreed 14y ago
  I think it's great to be able to poke fun at one's self and also not to take things so seriously. Thank you much for the few minutes of hilarity and humor - I appreciated it!
- trotsky 14y ago
  I was pretty burnt out with my current venture too, until i built a standing desk out of $17 worth of ikea parts.
  - Swizec 14y ago
    I can't tell if this is part of the satire or not ...
    - wyclif 14y ago
      I inadvertently created an email black hole. MY STOMACH WAS IN KNOTS.
    - Tloewald 14y ago
      Perhaps I should write a long explanation...
- jerf 14y ago
  Contrary to popular belief, HN does not have an informal "no humor" policy; HN has an informal "no cheap humor" policy. We (if I may presume to speak for the general community) don't want links to meme images or cheap recitations of popular quotes from TV or movies or something, but if you put some work into it to good result, it's great. Be not ashamed. This was pretty funny at several points. I especially enjoyed the adjectives on the comment counts.
  - kmfrk 14y ago
    There is an anti-Christmas policy, however: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3364516 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3364516. :)
athesyn 14y ago
I lost it at "Impressive thing in Pure CSS". Those are probably the most redundant submissions.
EzGraphs 14y ago
I actually clicked #30 out of curiosity.
jamesbritt 14y ago
Nothing about headlines that include blatant, "editorialized", personal opinions? :)
edw519 14y ago
I know these kinds of things aren't the best for HN, but every once in a while, you gotta have some fun. Great job, OP. On 12/31/09, I did one of these as a 10 year prediction. Funny how some things change and some don't: Hacker News 12/31/2019 new | comments | leaders | jobs | submit login 1. Tell HN: Congratulations Patio11 - first to reach 1,000,000 karma 4 points by iamelgringo 1 hour ago | discuss 2. Ask HN: Any Predictions for the Year 2029? 11 points by DanielBMarkham 37 minutes ago | 8 comments 3. The Apple Tablet to Launch 1st Quarter 2020 (cnet.com) 210 points by vaksel 20 hours ago | 122 comments 4. President-Elect Graham to Appoint Sam Altman to Cabinet (msnbc.com) 14 points by muriithi 4 hours ago | 2 comments 5. Trevor Blackwell's Robot Collects Rocks on Mars (science.com) 143 points by ojbyrne 18 hours ago | 81 comments 6. Tell HN: Hacker News is getting too much like reddit 17 points by jamesjones 6 hours ago | 3 comments 7. Last Land Line Disconnected at Midnight (cnn.com) 6 points by chickamade 3 hours ago | discuss 8. Mark Zuckerman buys Portugal (worldnews.com) 51 points by larryz 14 hours ago | 16 comments 9. How Half Our Staff Telecommutes from Space (joelonsoftware.com) 45 points by jspolsky 13 hours ago | 2 comments 10. No Deadlines Needed After Singularity is Reached (wired.com) 44 points by bxgame 14 hours ago | 28 comments 11. Ask pg: Why do YC teams only get $1,000,000? 19 points by abcklm 9 hours ago | 5 comments 12. KidneyExchange.com has 10,000th successful transplant (yahoo.com) 23 points by phsr 10 hours ago | 7 comments 13. Walmart Acquires Microsoft (wallstreetjournal.com) 76 points by francis24 20 hours ago | 17 comments 14. Baby Communicates from Womb via usb23.7 (scientificamerican.com) 13 points by johnson 8 hours ago | 7 comments 15. Mark Bao Starts 1,000th Start-Up (startupnews.com) 4 points by MarySmith 3 hours ago | discuss 16. unalone accepts Pulitzer for blog (cnn.com) 20 points by bootload 10 hours ago | 11 comments 17. Ask HN: Review my app: NoMoreAds.com (nomoreads.com) 17 points by fred 10 hours ago | discuss 18. Poll: Favorite Language, Ruby 92.7 or C++++++++ 37 points by uafes 17 hours ago | 5 comments 19. Feds Force Google to Divest its Apps Business (news.com) 38 points by pete 17 hours ago | 5 comments 20. Burrito Tunnel Between Calif & NYC Finally Completed (onion.com) 50 points by jose 20 hours ago | 20 comments 21. In 2020 Belize will become the world’s second-largest economy (economist.com) 30 points by pg 16 hours ago | 23 comments 22. Ask HN: What was Microsoft Office? 63 points by yahfsh 23 hours ago | 6 comments 23. Wikipedia Available on Gumwrapper (abc.com) 3 points by lapenne 3 hours ago | discuss 24. Boeing Dreamliner Delayed Until 2022 (airlinenews.com) 4 points by mitchel 5 hours ago | discuss 25. Ted Williams becomes 1st to win MVP with 2 different bodies (mlb.com) 5 points by johnson 6 hours ago | 2 comments 26. Ask HN: Review my app (virtualsex.com) 125 points by ghpoa 1 day ago | 13 comments 27. Science: Cigarettes Were Healthy After All (science.com) 43 points by woodyallen 20 hours ago | 14 comments 28. Broadband Finally Reaches Flint, Michigan (cbs.com) 133 points by johnguest 1 day ago | 20 comments 29. GO TO Added to Python, 27 Programmers Jump Out Windows (python.org) 149 points by swert 1 day ago | 20 comments 30. Wipe The Slate Clean For 2020, Commit Web 9.0 Suicide (techcrunch.com) 2 points by nreece 2 hours ago | discuss More Lists | RSS | Bookmarklet | Guidelines | FAQ | News News Feature Requests | Y Combinator | Apply | Library (Original link and discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1025798 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1025798)
Swizec 14y ago
This is exactly accurate. I would like this as a Chrome plugin.
gojomo 14y ago
Dinner is overdue for disruption.
- matthewowen 14y ago
  That was definitely my favourite :).
madrona 14y ago
Hilarious. Some suggestions: "Stop doing XXXX now", "YYYY is dead", and "Google's I'm Feeling Lucky button disappears: the beginning of the end?" Here's a similar spoof from 13 years ago. Wow, Slashdot really hasn't changed much, has it? http://www.suck.com/daily/99/12/13/daily.html http://www.suck.com/daily/99/12/13/daily.html
- ImprovedSilence 14y ago
  zzzz is broken....
mhb 14y ago
What about: Fascinating Article I Submitted - 1 month ago - 1 point Month-Old Fascinating Article with '?' Appended to URL - 15 minutes ago - 1,421 points
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ytadesse 14y ago
I'm actually in tears laughing right now. Lol. Well done. Well done...
adgar2 14y ago
My favorite: > 30. A Legitimately Interesting Technical Blog Post > 3 points by happy4crazy 5 hours ago | flag | discuss
- happy4crazy 14y ago
  That's my favorite too :)
  - anthonyb 14y ago
    It should really be marked 'unflag' though
atomical 14y ago
I'm tired of reading articles or e-mails that begin with, "This one tip could increase conversions 250% if you put it in practice." This one tip spans four pages and yet could be condensed into one sentence. The funny thing is that the bulk of the four pages have nothing to do with the tip and everything to do with sounding hip. I see more and more articles like this on HN from so-called business geniuses. It really makes me crave boring business books.
- dredmorbius 14y ago
  The self-help / self-improvement literature has a default form that was established well over a century ago. Pick up and read Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People. Page through Eugen Sandow's Strength and How To Obtain It. Each starts with a personal biography that is in sum: once I was weak / ineffective / socially awkward, now I am not, here's my story of transformation. It's eerie how similar contemporary works are in following the same formula.
fhars 14y ago
That caps lock thing does actually sound intriguing ... except that I already use it as Super.
jere 14y ago
I've noticed that all the communities I follow have a tendency toward self hatred.
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]
- irollboozers 14y ago
  It's the more fun version of humility?
  - jere 14y ago
    It's definitely entertaining. I like to think it's a sign that dogma won't be tolerated, but perhaps I'm being naive.
    - mbrock 14y ago
      It's the recognition that we humans are tedious creatures.
davewasthere 14y ago
Cracked me up seeing the 'same shoe' posts having just written something similar myself (http://davebeer.com/posts/wearing-the-same-shoes/ http://davebeer.com/posts/wearing-the-same-shoes/). Not that I'd submit it as a story to HN. But it did make me thing I'm closer to a parody than not.
madrona 14y ago
XOR, “The Tricky One”: advanced Boolean logic for nontechnical founders (scribd) Make Fucking Linkbait With a Punchy Expletive I learned how to program the HTML this weekend. Here’s what I learned How to defeat procrastination using Chrome plugins
- mlvljr 14y ago
  Not last weekend, last 15 mins :)
- Tloewald 14y ago
  As an aside, I think it's logical OR that's tricky for non technical/math types since XOR more closely matches common usage.
  - lmm 14y ago
    What? No it doesn't. When people say "No bare ankles or shoulders", that doesn't mean it's ok if you bare both of them.
    - bvdbijl 14y ago
      I think he means when it is used like "coffee or tea?"
      - lmm 14y ago
        The answer to that when one wants both coffee and tea is "yes" rather than "no".
    - philwelch 14y ago
      "No food or drink" is a good one, so many possible misinterpretations between or vs. XOR, and how you scope the "not".
    - deleted 14y ago
      [deleted]
wyclif 14y ago
Needs at least one submission titled: How I Built a Standing Desk In Three Easy Steps
blacksmythe 14y ago
Now we just need clickable links, and ability for readers to submit the stories behind the headlines!
ojiikun 14y ago
Oh, how I am yearning for the inclusion of a "Discussion of Language Design As If Ruby and Python Were The Only Two Languages Ever Made" article followed by some article with a snarky title about Java and C++ devs quietly making hillariously large stacks of cash and ignoring new languages. :D
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eranation 14y ago
<sarcasm prevent-downvote="true">I don't get the joke, what so funny in an exact copy of hacker news in the past few months, only the links not working</sarcasm>
Fando 14y ago
Hahaha finally someone called it!
austenallred 14y ago
The beautiful part of this is that this isn't just a spoof about "things that tend pop up on the HN front page." I'm pretty sure they took the front page at one point in time and turned it into satire post by post, perhaps injecting a couple stereotypical links after the fact.
- TeMPOraL 14y ago
  It looks like it was yesterday's front page.
ANTSANTS 14y ago
Amusingly accurate, but you forgot to include an article about the US Patent system, and a few Marco/Daring Fireball/etc articles on the latest event or rumor in Apple Land. Oh, and those Elon Musk and Tim Cook articles could use a few more zeroes tacked to the end of their comment counts. While we're at it, a parody of the average HN comment thread would have to include: When will people get the message about grey text on light backgrounds? WHY DID THE MODS CHANGE THE TITLE IT WAS PERFECTLY DESCRIPTIVE BEFORE AND NOW IT ISN'T Separate comment thread discussing Stack Overflow's moderation. Helpful link to Wikipedia article explaining some concept explicitly mentioned in story or parent comment. Is this site down for anyone else? viewtext.org mirror Does not work in my browser. jbigglesworth48, I just wanted to let you know, you've been hellbanned. Ugh, Flash video/bootstrap/touch gestures? Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Tim Cook Steve Jobs Can we stop talking about Steve Jobs already? I mean, he did XYZ but he wasn't exactly Q. Steve Jobs How is this even relevant to the story? Steve Jobs I don't mean to be pedantic, but you made a spelling or grammatical error. Well, actually... This story is *Not HN Worthy*, any Freshman CS student should have learned this within seconds of stepping into his first lecture. Actually, there are a lot of non-programmer HN readers who are interested in this, you need to check your programmer/college educated/computer loving/ first world/middle class/white/male/young/old privilege. Insightful and relevant comment containing a subtle joke. Please excuse me while I completely misunderstand this joke and write a fervent argument against something the author never argued. Please excuse me while I explain the joke in excruciating detail. I think the author meant X. It was a joke. I think the author was joking. I should know better, but I'm going to argue with you anyways. Guy who didn't get the joke here, I saw your comment before the ones explaining the joke, let's have a giant flamewar. I don't get this joke. Can someone explain? Another excruciatingly detailed explanation of the joke. Zero responses to the actual comment. This comment is *what's Wrong with HN* Recent Apple decision is bad, and I am saying this *as a guy who owns APPLE_PRODUCT* EDIT: How could I forget: I didn't actually read the article, but I'm going to start arguing about what I *thought* the article was about, based on the title. EDIT: Why am I being downvoted? and of course, my personal favorite: Ok, go ahead and downvote, me, assholes, see what I care!
ck2 14y ago
I was disappointed a few of those didn't actually click to articles.
ryjm 14y ago
11. Twitter is down (2010) 67 points by retrothrowback 6 hours ago | flag | 140 short comments Clever.
- sgt 14y ago
  That one had me cracking up.
edanm 14y ago
Hilarious. For anyone that didn't notice the first time, look at the text of the "YY comments", there's another mini joke there. I have to echo edw519's sentiment, btw - Humor on HN is usually misplaced, but this was just totally worth it!
antihero 14y ago
Not nearly enough Steve Jobs.
mnemonicsloth 14y ago
A parody that funny means it's time to leave. I'll be back in 30,000 minutes to show off what I built instead of reading HN. You're all invited to do the same. Drop me a line on twitter if you need some moral support.
mcantor 14y ago
I like the different adjectives for comments. Almost didn't notice that at all.
Groxx 14y ago
"Linked List" is brilliant xD Excellent stuff! Does anyone know if this: 22. Things I Learned Writing an HN Parody 4 points by nicholasjbs 6 minutes ago | flag | discuss refer to the creator? Or did norswap make it?
- Evbn 14y ago
  Nich confessed to helping write it.
karl_gluck 14y ago
ctrl+f app.net ...I am disappoint...
tadhg 14y ago
Excellent, and only made better by my reading it shortly after remapping my Caps Lock key to be both Esc and Ctrl…
jiggy2011 14y ago
I liked the "A Legitimately Interesting Technical Blog Post" being at the bottom. I've seen that happen a few times, seeing an promising sounding article that might have some actual code and explanations in it on the front page. Then refresh the page and it's gone replaced with "Scrutinisation and speculation based on one sentence from an Apple press statement". I suppose these articles will find it difficult to get to the top because they are more niche. I know there are other more programming focused places like proggit but they tend to focus more on "How I implemented SNES emulator in pure Haskell" type articles than practical ones for business.

HN Spoof

681 points by norswap 14y ago

manojlds 14y ago

How come there is nothing about Python dying in there!

Narretz 14y ago
At this point, it is already dead.
beering 14y ago
I thought Ruby was dead. Or was that, "Java is dead"? Or maybe it was "C++ is dead." I also vaguely remember reading: * "JavaScript will never be dead" * "Dart arrived dead" * "PHP should be dead" * "Lisp is back from the dead" * "D stands for 'dead'" * "SELECT FROM NOSQL WHERE STATUS IS DEAD" * "COBOL still isn't dead" * "Haskell Maybe dead"
- dredmorbius 14y ago
  Death is dead.

nicholasjbs 14y ago

Some background, since I helped write this and don't actually think this is a great thing to be on HN: My friend Dave and I started the LinkedList a while ago as a weekly events newsletter for programmers in New York. After 70+ issues, we got burnt out on meetups (http://www.linkedlistnyc.org/archive/issue_075.html http://www.linkedlistnyc.org/archive/issue_075.html), and have been experimenting with other formats for the past few months. We write the List exclusively for our own fun, and lately it's mostly been satire (e.g., http://www.linkedlistnyc.org/archive/issue_076.html http://www.linkedlistnyc.org/archive/issue_076.html) Mods, feel free to delete the post if you see fit.

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rexreed 14y ago
I think it's great to be able to poke fun at one's self and also not to take things so seriously. Thank you much for the few minutes of hilarity and humor - I appreciated it!
trotsky 14y ago
I was pretty burnt out with my current venture too, until i built a standing desk out of $17 worth of ikea parts.
- Swizec 14y ago
  I can't tell if this is part of the satire or not ...
  - wyclif 14y ago
    I inadvertently created an email black hole. MY STOMACH WAS IN KNOTS.
  - Tloewald 14y ago
    Perhaps I should write a long explanation...
jerf 14y ago
Contrary to popular belief, HN does not have an informal "no humor" policy; HN has an informal "no cheap humor" policy. We (if I may presume to speak for the general community) don't want links to meme images or cheap recitations of popular quotes from TV or movies or something, but if you put some work into it to good result, it's great. Be not ashamed. This was pretty funny at several points. I especially enjoyed the adjectives on the comment counts.
- kmfrk 14y ago
  There is an anti-Christmas policy, however: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3364516 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3364516. :)

athesyn 14y ago

I lost it at "Impressive thing in Pure CSS". Those are probably the most redundant submissions.

EzGraphs 14y ago

I actually clicked #30 out of curiosity.

jamesbritt 14y ago

Nothing about headlines that include blatant, "editorialized", personal opinions? :)

edw519 14y ago

I know these kinds of things aren't the best for HN, but every once in a while, you gotta have some fun. Great job, OP. On 12/31/09, I did one of these as a 10 year prediction. Funny how some things change and some don't: Hacker News 12/31/2019 new | comments | leaders | jobs | submit login 1. Tell HN: Congratulations Patio11 - first to reach 1,000,000 karma 4 points by iamelgringo 1 hour ago | discuss 2. Ask HN: Any Predictions for the Year 2029? 11 points by DanielBMarkham 37 minutes ago | 8 comments 3. The Apple Tablet to Launch 1st Quarter 2020 (cnet.com) 210 points by vaksel 20 hours ago | 122 comments 4. President-Elect Graham to Appoint Sam Altman to Cabinet (msnbc.com) 14 points by muriithi 4 hours ago | 2 comments 5. Trevor Blackwell's Robot Collects Rocks on Mars (science.com) 143 points by ojbyrne 18 hours ago | 81 comments 6. Tell HN: Hacker News is getting too much like reddit 17 points by jamesjones 6 hours ago | 3 comments 7. Last Land Line Disconnected at Midnight (cnn.com) 6 points by chickamade 3 hours ago | discuss 8. Mark Zuckerman buys Portugal (worldnews.com) 51 points by larryz 14 hours ago | 16 comments 9. How Half Our Staff Telecommutes from Space (joelonsoftware.com) 45 points by jspolsky 13 hours ago | 2 comments 10. No Deadlines Needed After Singularity is Reached (wired.com) 44 points by bxgame 14 hours ago | 28 comments 11. Ask pg: Why do YC teams only get $1,000,000? 19 points by abcklm 9 hours ago | 5 comments 12. KidneyExchange.com has 10,000th successful transplant (yahoo.com) 23 points by phsr 10 hours ago | 7 comments 13. Walmart Acquires Microsoft (wallstreetjournal.com) 76 points by francis24 20 hours ago | 17 comments 14. Baby Communicates from Womb via usb23.7 (scientificamerican.com) 13 points by johnson 8 hours ago | 7 comments 15. Mark Bao Starts 1,000th Start-Up (startupnews.com) 4 points by MarySmith 3 hours ago | discuss 16. unalone accepts Pulitzer for blog (cnn.com) 20 points by bootload 10 hours ago | 11 comments 17. Ask HN: Review my app: NoMoreAds.com (nomoreads.com) 17 points by fred 10 hours ago | discuss 18. Poll: Favorite Language, Ruby 92.7 or C++++++++ 37 points by uafes 17 hours ago | 5 comments 19. Feds Force Google to Divest its Apps Business (news.com) 38 points by pete 17 hours ago | 5 comments 20. Burrito Tunnel Between Calif & NYC Finally Completed (onion.com) 50 points by jose 20 hours ago | 20 comments 21. In 2020 Belize will become the world’s second-largest economy (economist.com) 30 points by pg 16 hours ago | 23 comments 22. Ask HN: What was Microsoft Office? 63 points by yahfsh 23 hours ago | 6 comments 23. Wikipedia Available on Gumwrapper (abc.com) 3 points by lapenne 3 hours ago | discuss 24. Boeing Dreamliner Delayed Until 2022 (airlinenews.com) 4 points by mitchel 5 hours ago | discuss 25. Ted Williams becomes 1st to win MVP with 2 different bodies (mlb.com) 5 points by johnson 6 hours ago | 2 comments 26. Ask HN: Review my app (virtualsex.com) 125 points by ghpoa 1 day ago | 13 comments 27. Science: Cigarettes Were Healthy After All (science.com) 43 points by woodyallen 20 hours ago | 14 comments 28. Broadband Finally Reaches Flint, Michigan (cbs.com) 133 points by johnguest 1 day ago | 20 comments 29. GO TO Added to Python, 27 Programmers Jump Out Windows (python.org) 149 points by swert 1 day ago | 20 comments 30. Wipe The Slate Clean For 2020, Commit Web 9.0 Suicide (techcrunch.com) 2 points by nreece 2 hours ago | discuss More Lists | RSS | Bookmarklet | Guidelines | FAQ | News News Feature Requests | Y Combinator | Apply | Library (Original link and discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1025798 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1025798)

Swizec 14y ago

This is exactly accurate. I would like this as a Chrome plugin.

gojomo 14y ago

Dinner is overdue for disruption.

matthewowen 14y ago
That was definitely my favourite :).

madrona 14y ago

Hilarious. Some suggestions: "Stop doing XXXX now", "YYYY is dead", and "Google's I'm Feeling Lucky button disappears: the beginning of the end?" Here's a similar spoof from 13 years ago. Wow, Slashdot really hasn't changed much, has it? http://www.suck.com/daily/99/12/13/daily.html http://www.suck.com/daily/99/12/13/daily.html

ImprovedSilence 14y ago
zzzz is broken....

mhb 14y ago

What about: Fascinating Article I Submitted - 1 month ago - 1 point Month-Old Fascinating Article with '?' Appended to URL - 15 minutes ago - 1,421 points

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ytadesse 14y ago

I'm actually in tears laughing right now. Lol. Well done. Well done...

adgar2 14y ago

My favorite: > 30. A Legitimately Interesting Technical Blog Post > 3 points by happy4crazy 5 hours ago | flag | discuss

happy4crazy 14y ago
That's my favorite too :)
- anthonyb 14y ago
  It should really be marked 'unflag' though

atomical 14y ago

I'm tired of reading articles or e-mails that begin with, "This one tip could increase conversions 250% if you put it in practice." This one tip spans four pages and yet could be condensed into one sentence. The funny thing is that the bulk of the four pages have nothing to do with the tip and everything to do with sounding hip. I see more and more articles like this on HN from so-called business geniuses. It really makes me crave boring business books.

dredmorbius 14y ago
The self-help / self-improvement literature has a default form that was established well over a century ago. Pick up and read Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People. Page through Eugen Sandow's Strength and How To Obtain It. Each starts with a personal biography that is in sum: once I was weak / ineffective / socially awkward, now I am not, here's my story of transformation. It's eerie how similar contemporary works are in following the same formula.

fhars 14y ago

That caps lock thing does actually sound intriguing ... except that I already use it as Super.

jere 14y ago

I've noticed that all the communities I follow have a tendency toward self hatred.

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irollboozers 14y ago
It's the more fun version of humility?
- jere 14y ago
  It's definitely entertaining. I like to think it's a sign that dogma won't be tolerated, but perhaps I'm being naive.
  - mbrock 14y ago
    It's the recognition that we humans are tedious creatures.

davewasthere 14y ago

Cracked me up seeing the 'same shoe' posts having just written something similar myself (http://davebeer.com/posts/wearing-the-same-shoes/ http://davebeer.com/posts/wearing-the-same-shoes/). Not that I'd submit it as a story to HN. But it did make me thing I'm closer to a parody than not.

madrona 14y ago

XOR, “The Tricky One”: advanced Boolean logic for nontechnical founders (scribd) Make Fucking Linkbait With a Punchy Expletive I learned how to program the HTML this weekend. Here’s what I learned How to defeat procrastination using Chrome plugins

mlvljr 14y ago
Not last weekend, last 15 mins :)
Tloewald 14y ago
As an aside, I think it's logical OR that's tricky for non technical/math types since XOR more closely matches common usage.
- lmm 14y ago
  What? No it doesn't. When people say "No bare ankles or shoulders", that doesn't mean it's ok if you bare both of them.
  - bvdbijl 14y ago
    I think he means when it is used like "coffee or tea?"
    - lmm 14y ago
      The answer to that when one wants both coffee and tea is "yes" rather than "no".
  - philwelch 14y ago
    "No food or drink" is a good one, so many possible misinterpretations between or vs. XOR, and how you scope the "not".
  - deleted 14y ago
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wyclif 14y ago

Needs at least one submission titled: How I Built a Standing Desk In Three Easy Steps

blacksmythe 14y ago

Now we just need clickable links, and ability for readers to submit the stories behind the headlines!

ojiikun 14y ago

Oh, how I am yearning for the inclusion of a "Discussion of Language Design As If Ruby and Python Were The Only Two Languages Ever Made" article followed by some article with a snarky title about Java and C++ devs quietly making hillariously large stacks of cash and ignoring new languages. :D

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eranation 14y ago

<sarcasm prevent-downvote="true">I don't get the joke, what so funny in an exact copy of hacker news in the past few months, only the links not working</sarcasm>

Fando 14y ago

Hahaha finally someone called it!

austenallred 14y ago

The beautiful part of this is that this isn't just a spoof about "things that tend pop up on the HN front page." I'm pretty sure they took the front page at one point in time and turned it into satire post by post, perhaps injecting a couple stereotypical links after the fact.

TeMPOraL 14y ago
It looks like it was yesterday's front page.

ANTSANTS 14y ago

Amusingly accurate, but you forgot to include an article about the US Patent system, and a few Marco/Daring Fireball/etc articles on the latest event or rumor in Apple Land. Oh, and those Elon Musk and Tim Cook articles could use a few more zeroes tacked to the end of their comment counts. While we're at it, a parody of the average HN comment thread would have to include: When will people get the message about grey text on light backgrounds? WHY DID THE MODS CHANGE THE TITLE IT WAS PERFECTLY DESCRIPTIVE BEFORE AND NOW IT ISN'T Separate comment thread discussing Stack Overflow's moderation. Helpful link to Wikipedia article explaining some concept explicitly mentioned in story or parent comment. Is this site down for anyone else? viewtext.org mirror Does not work in my browser. jbigglesworth48, I just wanted to let you know, you've been hellbanned. Ugh, Flash video/bootstrap/touch gestures? Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Tim Cook Steve Jobs Can we stop talking about Steve Jobs already? I mean, he did XYZ but he wasn't exactly Q. Steve Jobs How is this even relevant to the story? Steve Jobs I don't mean to be pedantic, but you made a spelling or grammatical error. Well, actually... This story is *Not HN Worthy*, any Freshman CS student should have learned this within seconds of stepping into his first lecture. Actually, there are a lot of non-programmer HN readers who are interested in this, you need to check your programmer/college educated/computer loving/ first world/middle class/white/male/young/old privilege. Insightful and relevant comment containing a subtle joke. Please excuse me while I completely misunderstand this joke and write a fervent argument against something the author never argued. Please excuse me while I explain the joke in excruciating detail. I think the author meant X. It was a joke. I think the author was joking. I should know better, but I'm going to argue with you anyways. Guy who didn't get the joke here, I saw your comment before the ones explaining the joke, let's have a giant flamewar. I don't get this joke. Can someone explain? Another excruciatingly detailed explanation of the joke. Zero responses to the actual comment. This comment is *what's Wrong with HN* Recent Apple decision is bad, and I am saying this *as a guy who owns APPLE_PRODUCT* EDIT: How could I forget: I didn't actually read the article, but I'm going to start arguing about what I *thought* the article was about, based on the title. EDIT: Why am I being downvoted? and of course, my personal favorite: Ok, go ahead and downvote, me, assholes, see what I care!

ck2 14y ago

I was disappointed a few of those didn't actually click to articles.

ryjm 14y ago

11. Twitter is down (2010) 67 points by retrothrowback 6 hours ago | flag | 140 short comments Clever.

sgt 14y ago
That one had me cracking up.

edanm 14y ago

Hilarious. For anyone that didn't notice the first time, look at the text of the "YY comments", there's another mini joke there. I have to echo edw519's sentiment, btw - Humor on HN is usually misplaced, but this was just totally worth it!

antihero 14y ago

Not nearly enough Steve Jobs.

mnemonicsloth 14y ago

A parody that funny means it's time to leave. I'll be back in 30,000 minutes to show off what I built instead of reading HN. You're all invited to do the same. Drop me a line on twitter if you need some moral support.

mcantor 14y ago

I like the different adjectives for comments. Almost didn't notice that at all.

Groxx 14y ago

"Linked List" is brilliant xD Excellent stuff! Does anyone know if this: 22. Things I Learned Writing an HN Parody 4 points by nicholasjbs 6 minutes ago | flag | discuss refer to the creator? Or did norswap make it?

Evbn 14y ago
Nich confessed to helping write it.

karl_gluck 14y ago

ctrl+f app.net ...I am disappoint...

tadhg 14y ago

Excellent, and only made better by my reading it shortly after remapping my Caps Lock key to be both Esc and Ctrl…

jiggy2011 14y ago

I liked the "A Legitimately Interesting Technical Blog Post" being at the bottom. I've seen that happen a few times, seeing an promising sounding article that might have some actual code and explanations in it on the front page. Then refresh the page and it's gone replaced with "Scrutinisation and speculation based on one sentence from an Apple press statement". I suppose these articles will find it difficult to get to the top because they are more niche. I know there are other more programming focused places like proggit but they tend to focus more on "How I implemented SNES emulator in pure Haskell" type articles than practical ones for business.