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Kudos
And so it begins.
jmartinpetersen
This is where globalisation really hurts. You used to have to hide 24 hours under a rock to avoid it, but with different time zones and all that jazz on the internet, it starts early and ends late.
jasonmp85
Too bad it's impossible to figure out the time zone from the browser or anything.
labster
Well, you can, but you can't trust the time. They could have the clock set a few months back to avoid silly certificate expiration errors. Though I suppose Summer Fools Day is fine too.
netsharc
At the same time it's also a cultural clash, the questioner says he lives in Dubai, so he probably just learned about this Western tradition.
archgoon
Greatly appreciate the popup that lets you disable the joke interface. Much appreciated.
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towb
Ugh. A good joke would be to have no crappy joke one year, and then tell everyone that they should look out for a good one next year. Repeat.
raverbashing
The mildly ironic fact is that those effects are created using modern CSS/JS resources and not just <table>s in true 90s way
mr_spothawk
This is so good, and really takes me back to that time.

For some context, I've recently been particularly interested in listening to CDs (I even just bought a CD-ROM burner today, wtf...), learning programming languages from books, and trying not to stream things. So, maybe I'm stuck in the past, but I'm super grateful for this particular joke. It gives me a really warm feeling in my heart :)

Thanks to those developers who put this together, and I hope that we can all take the hint and slow the f* down, study the capabilities of the technologies we've built, and figure out how to save the planet (and the human civilizations it's grown) from itself.

QuackingJimbo
I despise globocorporate April Fools pranks as much as anyone but the aesthetic here is really well done.
gpvos
Stackoverflow is hardly "globocorporate".
aasasd
It pretty much controls all programmers who read English.
village-idiot
One of the more obnoxious “pranks” I’ve seen in a while, especially since it turns itself back on on every single visit.
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darkpuma
Very similar to slashdot's pink unicorn theme 'prank' years ago.

This is the lamest holiday. I hope I live to see it retired.

dang
HN users mostly flag April 1 gags. Moderators penalize them as well.

The community is divided, but I think most people feel they stopped being interesting years ago.

Intermernet
What? You get April 1st off as a holiday? Wait a second... I see what you did there! Very meta.