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"family's house catches fire, dad uses iphone to call 911"
by there 18y ago
"family's house catches fire, dad uses iphone to call 911"
- smanek 18y agoWhat does that have to do with anything? The article is about a guy who made an iPhone app (iShoot) that made enough money to help his family out of their tough financial situation ... Am I missing something? Although, his app saved his house in the exact same sense any other paying job does - so the headline is kind of silly.
- smanek 18y agoNevermind - I'm an idiot. I just came back to HN, and looked at there's [my god, typing "there's" feels so wrong, even though it's actually right] comment again. It was clearly satirizing the sort of inane iPhone-centric articles that get voted up. Don't know how I missed that ...