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Collect HN: Aprils Fools

294 points| daleharvey | 15 years ago | reply

Given the propensity of april fools jokes among the tech sites, I figured its probably a good idea to collect them in one thread as opposed to being individually submitted.

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[+] mbrubeck|15 years ago|reply
Opt out of April Fools Day with the "DNF" HTTP header:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/do-not-fool/

If you are planning an April Fools joke on your web site, I urge you to support this important new web standard. :)

[+] brlewis|15 years ago|reply
Where's the spec for the header?
[+] random42|15 years ago|reply
I like how it is released, just one day before April 1. You know the day people are made fools.
[+] moeffju|15 years ago|reply
We're pretty B2B, so we just subtly rotate the whole page by -2.5 to +2.5 deg. https://www.toptranslation.com/

(Supports the DNF protocol, btw.)

[+] DanI-S|15 years ago|reply
Every good startup knows when to pivot.
[+] elliottcarlson|15 years ago|reply
While I love the idea, I think that the shift is too subtle and somewhat causes the page to look out of focus and amateurish. Sorry - just pointing out how it looks to me with the effect on.

(Edit: After a few refreshes I see the more skewed pages and that makes more sense - I guess if the degrees is just slightly off 0 it doesn't look right)

[+] wdewind|15 years ago|reply
Whoa, trippy, when i came back HN looked like it was off for a few seconds in comparison. haha
[+] Garbage|15 years ago|reply
I specially upvoted for (Supports the DNF protocol, btw.)
[+] cowpewter|15 years ago|reply
Here at Grooveshark, we've harnessed the power of HTML5™ to provide you with a full 3D experience...

http://listen.grooveshark.com/

If you have a paid account, it won't change your theme automatically though. You should get a notification in the corner to turn it on.

[+] omnivore|15 years ago|reply
Yeah, I saw this last night. I'm not a subscriber anymore and it was really annoying and I was confused. I didn't even think of April Fools though. Good one.
[+] wanderr|15 years ago|reply
We're also auto-suggesting Justin Bieber no matter what users type in to the search bar. :)
[+] nphrk|15 years ago|reply
You got me there I got to be honest. It took me a while to realize it's April Fools' :).
[+] th|15 years ago|reply
xkcd is 3D: http://xkcd.com/

Randall is accepting user-submitted 3D versions of each comic: http://xkcd.com/xk3d/

Unfortunately, it looks like there is no title text for 3D comics yet.

[+] robin_reala|15 years ago|reply
Search for Helvetica on Google: https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=helvetica
[+] ch0wn|15 years ago|reply
Searching for "Comic Sans MS" has the same effect.
[+] dwwoelfel|15 years ago|reply
If I wasn't so scared of being tarred and feathered by the anti-fools brigade, I'd submit this self-post for April Fools:

    DAE think Hacker News is turning into Reddit?
[+] yesbabyyes|15 years ago|reply
Adblock releases Adblock Freedom - augmented reality eyewear that detects and removes ads from the world in realtime. http://chromeadblock.com/freedom/
[+] kevbin|15 years ago|reply
I read that as "Adblock Freemium", i.e. Ad-supported ad-blocking.
[+] joshu|15 years ago|reply
Is it just me or is none of this stuff any funny?
[+] mindcrime|15 years ago|reply
No, it's not just you. I despise this crap. I particularly hate the way /. always became "nothing but AFD jokes" on April 1, and I really, really hope the HN crowd never jumps on that particular bandwagon.
[+] vog|15 years ago|reply
There are many different kinds of humor spread over the world - starting from creative deviations from the (perceived) norm, up to classical jokes.

I'm pretty sure anyone will find some stuff he likes, and lots of other stuff he doesn't account to be funny.

With a little more tolerance, appreciating all those different types of humor will become a fun in itself, even when most of it doesn't suit your personal taste.

Creativity, not mere laughing, is the key ingredient for humor.

[+] barrkel|15 years ago|reply
With any luck, this post can act as flypaper to attract all related discussion etc., thereby preventing pollution spreading.
[+] cema|15 years ago|reply
Well, the DNF header is funny. The rest, not so much.

But let's not fool ourselves, wait until the end of the day.