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It's down already. What could I find on this site?
It was slow here but eventually loaded. You will find Jony Ive's voice.
A soundboard where you could click buttons and hear him say 20-30 prerecorded phrases.
This is quite possible the best descriptive domain name ever. And we think we you're going to love it.
Someone needs Cloudflare.
or just Varnish :P
So unique. Very powerful. Very capable.

Sounds so much like a doge meme.

Oh wow! I made this last night just for fun. It's going a bit nuts the last hour. I have just upgraded hosting, so it should be live and well!
Timeout on the first try but it loaded on the second. Nothing playing yet but it's trying...
About 1300 people actively on the site right now. Maybe why.
Have you used Varnish before? Should solve your problem almost instantly.
Honestly. I put this together in about 25 mins. Didn't think too hard haha. Thanks for the link though, shall check it out.
Someone claiming to be the site's creator is replying to these comments, but for some reason his (pretty new) account is dead, so nobody can see his comments unless they have showdead on :\
I have never used Hacker News before hence only just creating an account. My twitter handle is @dylankbuckley - Same as one on site obviously :)
(I'm a moderator here.) Sorry! Your comments got hit by a spam filter. Those are more restrictive for new accounts. We've restored all your comments and marked your account legit so this should all be fixed now. Welcome to Hacker News.
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Page not loading.

Edit: there we go. Now loaded. Ha ha.

He sounds like Simon Cowell but with a lothario sensibility. This guy should be narrating romantic novels for chicks.

The most efficient ambient sound generator :

    setInterval(function(){$('#btn'+(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*21))).trigger('click');},1000)
Very powerful, remarkably simple to use.
Got too much on my hand

  var OVERLAP = 2500;
  var RECENTLY_PLAYED_NODES_LENGTH = 21;
  var recentlyPlayedNodes = [];
  var audioDurationFix = function(audio) {
    if ($(audio).attr('id') === 'ive-13') {
      return 3.0;
    }
    return audio.duration;
  }
  
  var randomNode = function() {
    var newNode = $('#ive-'+(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*$('audio').length)))[0];
    if (recentlyPlayedNodes.indexOf(newNode) === -1) {
      recentlyPlayedNodes.push(newNode);
      if (recentlyPlayedNodes.length > RECENTLY_PLAYED_NODES_LENGTH) {
        recentlyPlayedNodes.shift();
      }
      return newNode;
    } else {
      return randomNode();
    }
  }
  
  var playNext = function() {
    var audioNode = randomNode();
    $(audioNode).on('timeupdate', function() {
      if (audioNode.currentTime * 1000 > audioDurationFix(audioNode) * 1000 - OVERLAP) {
        $(audioNode).off('timeupdate');
        playNext();
      }
    });
    audioNode.play();
  }
  
  playNext();
Jony Ive is a great designer. I admire the work he has done, I have 2 macbook pros sitting on my desk right now next to the iPhone 6+ I own. Now that I have established my "apple credentials", I ABSOLUTELY HATE the apple propaganda videos describing their products with his voice. It may have played 5-10 years ago, but now I just think its pompous and superficial. Of course its just my opinion, but I really wish apple would revamp their whole showcase format. It really turns me off to hear things like "This is the most advanced iDevice we have ever produced, it truly is an amazing, magical device". Shit, it better be, you spent the year iterating on it!!!
I completely agree with you. I like their technical explanations at times and other times they just feel so contrived and forced.
Their entire show plays like a polished infomercial.
I don't know anything about audio engineering but is it possible to remove, or at least tone down, the background music in these? It really prevents me from making product videos with them :)
Haha I tried for like 3 mins but only had GarageBand (which j don't know how to use) so sorry :(