ComcastifyJS – Sometimes images just load too damned fast (theonion.github.io)

76 points by dlubarov 11y ago ↗ HN

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Love that the onion uses humor to recruit. Too bad it's not something that's actually useful somehow as well!

It could be useful for people campaigning for net neutrality if they want a "This is what downloads may become like:" with an image on their site.

It's friday, just one last push to add comcastifyjs.fixMyImagesLoadingSoFast() to the build process before the weekend...

Yeah if developers could keep their protests within US - that would be great.

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vdnkh 11y ago ↗

Because net neutrality is an issue only faced in the US, right?

Factually - yes?

eck 11y ago ↗

It needs a whitelist of giant corporations like Netflix that acquiesce to Comcast's fees. Images should only load slowly on poor websites.

elwell 11y ago ↗

Comcast is a trademark. Perhaps it could be exempted as a parody, but if this got popular I would expect a DMCA takedown.

kentonv 11y ago ↗

DMCA covers copyrights, not trademarks.

Anyway, I'm sure The Onion would love to get a C&D from Comcast. They'd have a field day with that.

hoers 11y ago ↗

This just took me back deep into memories of looking at porn in the 90s.

kentonv 11y ago ↗

This appears to be the code behind "These Koalas Are Refusing To Load In Support Of Net Neutrality": http://www.clickhole.com/article/these-koalas-are-refusing-l...