collypops

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by collypops 13y ago
That was my point, as subtly as I hinted it. Some people just don't have a sense of humour though. Or maybe I'm not funny. Or maybe they're too attached to what I'm poking at. Who knows. https://news.ycombinat
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by collypops 13y ago
That's what I call disruption
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by collypops 13y ago
This was buried ridiculously quickly. It fell from the front page to position 153 in a matter of minutes. Can anyone think of an explanation why? I know there were special rules in place for NSA stories. If the same rule applies to stories
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25 Headlines(medium.com)
1 points by collypops 13y ago|0 comments
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by collypops 13y ago
That's definitely something I'm interested in doing. The way I see it is, you'd provide all the actors (people, places, objects), actions, and it would generate a maybe 4 or 5 to get you started by mixing in different styles
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by collypops 13y ago
Yeah, it's in early stages, so I've not gone as far as writing hints/instructions into it to set expectations. It's based on the TodoMVC apps, so you can double-click an existing headline to edit it, but I'm still w
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by collypops 13y ago
Clickable link: http://colin-gourlay.com/25headlines/
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Show HN: Write the best headline for your content with this simple app
7 points by collypops 13y ago|5 comments
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We can do better(gist.github.com)
2 points by collypops 13y ago|0 comments
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I love you(realityhacking.net)
1 points by collypops 13y ago|0 comments
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by collypops 13y ago
You can't have all the shades. Surely there's a few you don't mind the internet killing?
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Name That Blue(namethatblue.com)
7 points by collypops 13y ago|2 comments
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by collypops 13y ago
I don't know how I feel about promotion, but I's be silly to rule anything out at this stage. Thanks for your comments.
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by collypops 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback. The app is already in the works!
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by collypops 13y ago
Every time someone tries to convince me they've found some awesome way to live their life (or do anything) and hints that they've tapped into something undiscovered, or something we'd all be doing if we weren't so blinde
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by collypops 13y ago
The pebble that starts an avalanche of long-overdue awesomeness for consumers
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by collypops 13y ago
Clickable link: http://colin-gourlay.com/namethatblue/
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Show HN: Name That Blue - How well do you know your digital brand colors?
12 points by collypops 13y ago|8 comments
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by collypops 13y ago
"Stop it, JavaScript. Stop it. Stop being used for application programming. Stop." Your bar for 'proper criticism' is low.
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by collypops 13y ago
Why?
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by collypops 13y ago
"I’m doing what I love, and it makes me completely miserable". I've got a suspicion that he's not actually doing what he loves, only what he loved once, or hoped he'd learn to love.
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I want the NBN(iwantthenbn.com)
83 points by collypops 13y ago|63 comments
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by collypops 13y ago
Someone is hacking Twitter accounts to defend TitStare: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23titstare%20is%20awesome&src=... "#TitStare is awesome. Stop hating you feminazis (or whiteknights) and take a joke"
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Twitter. A Digital Experience(behance.net)
3 points by collypops 13y ago|0 comments
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The puzzle structure of Ocarina of Time [2004](garethrees.org)
1 points by collypops 13y ago|0 comments
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by collypops 13y ago
I'd be interested to know how you'll decide which threads to pilot this feature on. If it isn't random, I think it may give us more insight into what topics/biases you feel draw out this kind of behaviour.
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by collypops 13y ago
Retired people are the fastest growing demographic in every city. We're living longer.
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by collypops 13y ago
Of course they could validate the product to the best of their ability through user testing. I'm not disputing that. I'm sure they validated the iPhone 4's exterior antenna before it launched too. There's just so much yo
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by collypops 13y ago
I may be looking too much into it, but I'll post my thoughts anyway for the sake of discussion... "There is a deep intellectual rigor to the design of iOS 7" ...sounds like he's validating his own intelligence by noticin
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by collypops 13y ago
I look forward to Apple literally rolling them out in the near future

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