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103 points by siong1987 ↗ HN
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.

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siong1987
From Google,

* Google Nose: https://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/nose/help.html

* Gmail Blue: https://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/promos/blue/index....

Edit: Gmail Tap removed.

timothya
Gmail Tap is from last year.
hiddenfeatures
Google 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
Gmail Blue reminds me of a lot of startups out there.
tkahn6
Someone 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
It will be different this year !
sharkweek
<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
Heck 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?

ibotty
sorry to say that, but i saw your submission and it was not that funny...
hayksaakian
stereotypical job ad for a startup

probably by 500 startups

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/sof/3715368374.html

saw it posted on YC jobs

josephpmay
Are you sure this isn't real?
hayksaakian
On 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
It's definitely real. I've seen it long before today.
justinY
We 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
Thanks 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.
justinY
that's a good point...thinking of some edits...
arcatek
April Fools on the Python bugtracker

#17587 Have all core library modules imported by default

http://bugs.python.org/issue17587

pyvek
Even 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()
[dead] invdevm
N Korea nukes US mainland. China supports the move.
hkuo
If 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