samjanis

For a 40-something guy I only had ICQ/Yahoo!/MSN/AOL messager popups during the internet of '99, which would of been a few times per minute.

So yeah, I guess we're actually not that different after all.

Just did 2+ hours of fascinated clicking as if I found a new part of Wikipedia, mainly because I assumed the "one way trip" to the ocean was a euphemism for what happened to the Titan submersible.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with re-using an expired domain.

I'd even go as far as recommending it for hosting similar content to the previous owner's; in the same concept as cafes closing and re-opening under new ownership.

It's the site-squatters, domain-traders and link-farmers that shouldn't be allowed to take over existing URIs.

That test is actually funny, in a good way; like how you said you got those links in the first place on the about page is pretty much what any experienced web dev finds out day-to-day.

Most sites I sent to it came back with plenty of false positives, mainly because htaccess rewrites resolve the URIs as query string IDs and returned empty pages with "Sorry, but the information you're looking for doesn't exist..."

Certainly!

WARNING:

I clicked the above link and had to chase a growing population of 10+ popups.

Hilarious.

p.s. I do have a popup/JS blocker, but disabled it last night to test something else.

Video taken down.

Got a lot of attention when it was up.

Nice list. Some hit the spot, others miss. Not sure if the author is trying to be funny with points 7 and 8:

> Anything you say before the word “but” does not count.

> When you forgive others, they may not notice, but you will heal. Forgiveness is not something we do for others; it is a gift to ourselves.

That made me rofl. XD I just had to reply.

+1 Thunderbird, however I also use it for handling a collection of IMAP inboxes and importing iCal events.

"Time you enjoyed wasting, wasn't wasted" ... Well, that's my excuse. What's yours?

Yup. Looks like I'm not the only one seeing this.

I dropped out 2 years ago despite being on there since 2015 which in my opinion was its peak. It was a great place to chat with others about what everyone is building, with their own hands, but now there are too many solutions looking for a problem.

At least hacker news has managed to keep somewhat neutral, despite having its own share of criticisms.

Nope. No where near weak. You quit. How much more control over your time could you have?