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Show HN: April Fool's Pranks
Instead of saturating the frontpage with April Fool's pranks, why don't we keep all the jokes under this thread?
It works just like a subpage for just April Fool's pranks.
* Submit your link with comment.
- siong1987 14y agoFrom Google, * Google Nose: https://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/nose/help.html https://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/nose/help.html * Gmail Blue: https://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/promos/blue/index.html https://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/promos/blue/index.... Edit: Gmail Tap removed.
- sevkih 14y agohttps://www.youtube.com/theyoutubecollection https://www.youtube.com/theyoutubecollection
- timothya 14y agoGmail Tap is from last year.
- hiddenfeatures 14y agoGoogle Nose is AWESOME! Think of the possibilities. This technology has the chance to improve the lifes of thousands stressed with long-distance relationsships. Man... this will revolutionize cyber-sex as we know it!
- scottbartell 14y agoGmail Blue reminds me of a lot of startups out there.
- 5hredder 14y agoAfter seeing Gmail Blue. http://i.imgur.com/ayaqn.gif http://i.imgur.com/ayaqn.gif
- bjxrn 14y agoGmail blue made me think of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_Blue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_Blue
- schuyler2d 14y agoType 'peep' at http://www.wnyc.org/ http://www.wnyc.org/
- bhickey 14y agoI wrote a file system that gives weather reports: http://github.com/bhickey/cloudyfs http://github.com/bhickey/cloudyfs
- dbarlett 14y agoINTERCAL on Interstates http://www.intercaloninterstates.org/ http://www.intercaloninterstates.org/ Stackoverflow rolls out "Chat with an expert" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5470570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5470570
- joshguthrie 14y agoINTERCAL on Interstates looked so close to real... Almost disappointed it's an April Fools :(
- royalghost 14y agoGoogle Analytics - We were visited from International Space Station - http://www.merocampus.com/blog/2013/04/01/merocampus-visited-from-international-space-station-google-april-fool-joke http://www.merocampus.com/blog/2013/04/01/merocampus-visited...
- vrdabomb5717 14y agoYoutube on the selection of a winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H542nLTTbu0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H542nLTTbu0
- zarify 14y agoAs always, the really good stuff is in the comments. I'd like to think they're playing along, but...
- tvwonline 14y agoThe Guardian has announced 'Guardian Goggles'. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/video/2013/apr/01/guardian-goggles-video http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/video/2013/apr/01/guard...
- tkahn6 14y agoSomeone does this every year and the jokes still dominate the front page. Some people get upset about this and some people let those people know that it's not a big deal because it's only one day out of the year. This discussion is repeated on every joke submission.
- arcatek 14y agoIt will be different this year !
- sharkweek 14y ago<meta>Next year, I'm going to cite your comment in the 2014 version of this thread and say "And someone will comment ahead of time, explaining what will inevitably happen throughout the day"</meta>
- orionblastar 14y agoHeck if I know, I submit April Fool's articles like Linus joins Microsoft to develop Windows 9. The submission gets flagged and my account temporarily not allowed to submit any more. I was submitting blog posts on technologies and startups and used a bit of a sense of humor as well, but the whole blog is blocked now and appears the entries are in "the phantom zone" or whatever. I don't really think that Hacker News has a sense of humor, and if it does, a majority of the people hate me for some odd reason to flag my submissions, while upvoting on other submissions that repost what I submitted but made the front page?
- carlsednaoui 14y agoGoogle Analytics - Visits from The International Space Stations: http://carlsednaoui.com/post/46805160838/google-analytics-happy-april-fool http://carlsednaoui.com/post/46805160838/google-analytics-ha...
- paul9290 14y agoYeah i just submitted my newest startup via a Show HN and since then been watching Real Time Analytics. I had no idea what that dot in the middle of the ocean was with 41 visitors; joke was lost on me for a bit. Cute.
- Trezoid 14y agodeviantART launches deviantHEART, a dating site for artists: http://www.deviantart.com/deviantheart/ http://www.deviantart.com/deviantheart/
- arseniclifeform 14y agoiRoll - create fake iPhone apps to rickroll others. http://iroll.co/ http://iroll.co/
- miorel 14y agoI was expecting your link to be a rickroll.
- tonystubblebine 14y agoWe did Goal Tracking by Mail and we're actually honoring these. http://blog.lift.do/post/46554731666/v0-1-goal-tracking-by-mail http://blog.lift.do/post/46554731666/v0-1-goal-tracking-by-m... People seem to want an Android version of Lift, but we thought a nice, high-res paper version would do more to increase our reach.
- hayksaakian 14y agostereotypical job ad for a startup probably by 500 startups http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/sof/3715368374.html http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/sof/3715368374.html saw it posted on YC jobs
- josephpmay 14y agoAre you sure this isn't real?
- hayksaakian 14y agoOn second thought it could be real, but the notion of a startup needing a VP of engineering with 5 years of rails 3 experience seems absurd given how long rails 3 has been in existence. edit: there are several articles about this company since 2011, so I guess it is real... edit2: it's hard to take seriously with this line from the ad: "Yes, we realize that the best technology leaders are highly sought after. So why should you join us over that sexy social - local - mobile - sharing start-up?"
- drstewart 14y agoIt's definitely real. I've seen it long before today.
- justinY 14y agoWe specifically ask for, "5+ years of experience building and managing strong engineering organizations," not "5+ years of rails 3..." lol re: "edit2" - we're basically trying to convey that we're solving a real and serious problem (helping retailers compete with amazon). it's actually resonated with potential candidates since smart and motivated engineering leaders don't want to just be part of "the next groupon..."
- hayksaakian 14y agoThanks for the response. You know your metrics better than I do -- the ad just stood out to me because the tone conflicted with the message.
- EmilRehnberg 14y agoTwitter's pretty good: http://blog.twitter.com/2013/03/annncng-twttr.html http://blog.twitter.com/2013/03/annncng-twttr.html
- josephpmay 14y agoThis is great. I get the impression that they are mocking app.net.
- mayankj08 14y agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_qFFHC0eIUc http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_... Google's Find Treasure Mode Prank
- arcatek 14y agoApril Fools on the Python bugtracker #17587 Have all core library modules imported by default http://bugs.python.org/issue17587 http://bugs.python.org/issue17587
- joshguthrie 14y agoOkay, that one made me laugh :D
- pyvek 14y agoEven though I know its a joke, a part of me still raged inside. And can we put an & and a $ somewhere in Python? I think these feel very cool to use, and are easily one of >the best things I miss from more advanced languages like C and PHP. Let's be honest, doesn't this: $item->method(); Look a lot more professional than: item.method()
- sidwyn 14y agoGoogle Nose http://www.google.com/nose http://www.google.com/nose
- dbarlett 14y agoAtlassian JIRA Jr. http://www.atlassian.com/jirajr http://www.atlassian.com/jirajr
- sveiss 14y agoThis is slightly tempting for the teenagers I wrangle -- mostly for the embarrassment factor.
- nitins 14y agohttp://itsfoss.com/linus-torvalds-to-join-microsoft/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ItsFoss+%28Its+FOSS!+An+Open+Source+Blog%29 http://itsfoss.com/linus-torvalds-to-join-microsoft/?utm_sou...
- invdevm 14y agoN Korea nukes US mainland. China supports the move.
- maguay 14y agoSome awesome CSS for messing up your colleagues' browsing experience for April Fool's day: https://github.com/wesbos/aprilFools.css https://github.com/wesbos/aprilFools.css
- hkuo 14y agoIf you can get access to someone's iPhone for 30 seconds you can install a web app that looks just like the iPhone interface but with various surprises when anything is pressed. http://www.iphoneception.com http://www.iphoneception.com
- TallboyOne 14y agoGMail Blue... http://www.gmail.com/blue http://www.gmail.com/blue
- andrewchoi 14y agoJust found this thanks to a late night diff eq. problem set: http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2013/04/01/introducing-the-wolframalpha-handwritten-knowledge-engine/ http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2013/04/01/introducing-the-wolf...
- EmilRehnberg 14y agoGoogle Japan has one on character input methods: http://googlejapan.blogspot.jp/2013/04/google-patapata.html http://googlejapan.blogspot.jp/2013/04/google-patapata.html And Kotaku is not late to the party either: http://kotaku.com/tiny-nintendo-consoles-made-out-of-lego-464803244 http://kotaku.com/tiny-nintendo-consoles-made-out-of-lego-46...
- walt74 14y agoKotakus Posting is real.
- ak0s 14y agoLambda the Ultimate is moving to Facebook: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4709 http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4709
- YokoZar 14y agoLast year I uploaded an empty package to Ubuntu titled "Free Launchpad Karma" -- the idea was that whenever an Ubuntu developer wanted more Launchpad karma points, they could easily file a bug against it, close a bug against it, upload a new version, provide a translation, and so on.
- jaredsohn 14y agoOkCupid Labs Date Courier (find dates via snail mail): http://www.okcupidlabs.com/blog/2013/03/30/Date-Courier.html http://www.okcupidlabs.com/blog/2013/03/30/Date-Courier.html
- Urgo 14y agoI've been keeping a list of every website that puts up an april fools' day joke since 2004. Here's the 2013 list (submit to here if you like too) http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/2013.html http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/2013.html
- moxon 14y agoEverest launches a startup within a startup, code named: Project Pink Elephant http://everest.com/about http://everest.com/about
- jtomasz 14y agoHopefully they've figured out limbo.
- nirvanatikku 14y agoAndroid Dev Portal "Add New Awesome Application" http://nirvanatikku.tumblr.com/post/46785199420/add-new-awesome-application http://nirvanatikku.tumblr.com/post/46785199420/add-new-awes...
- nirvanatikku 14y agoGoogle Analytics: Visitors from the International Space Station - Control Room http://nirvanatikku.tumblr.com/post/46833558732/google-analytics-april-fools-day-visitors http://nirvanatikku.tumblr.com/post/46833558732/google-analy...
- elamadej 14y agoSupposedly "Wearing Unerdwear can solve EVERY SINGLE problem you can imagine" https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.293334650798987.1073741827.212072642258522&type=3 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.293334650798987.10...
- dbarlett 14y agoImgur upload via Snail Mail: http://imgur.com/blog/2013/04/01/upload-via-snail-mail/ http://imgur.com/blog/2013/04/01/upload-via-snail-mail/
- dbarlett 14y agoWolfram|Alpha Handwritten Knowledge Engine: http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2013/04/01/introducing-the-wolframalpha-handwritten-knowledge-engine/ http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2013/04/01/introducing-the-wolf...
- milkmiruku 14y agoCharlie Stross goes into movie production http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/04/press-release-stross-uncloaks-.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/04/press-re...
- pawn 14y agoI put this one together. I tried to be pretty blatantly obvious but some people still bought it. http://www.cnn.com.2013.04.01.supreme.court.settles.marriage.debate.ausaliwvpqqervzubufoolahahaiamwaxon.viewthesource.org/index.html http://www.cnn.com.2013.04.01.supreme.court.settles.marriage...
- Justsignedup 14y agoMay I say, a brilliant use of domain names.
- pawn 14y agoYou may good sir! Fooled several friends with my use of the subdomain. Even after I told them I wrote it, "how'd you get an article on cnn?"
- 1123581321 14y agoMy favorite is Craigslist's new mobile site: http://Chicago.craigslist.org http://Chicago.craigslist.org
- lunita 14y agoGoogle Play - http://www.fortechiesonly.com/2013/04/google-android-developer-april-fools.html http://www.fortechiesonly.com/2013/04/google-android-develop...