Projects from the Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas Hackathon West

[bahro]

http://stupidhackathon.github.io/index.html

[AceJohnny2]

One of the projects, GNU Pricing, made the front page last earlier this week:

https://github.com/diafygi/gnu-pricing

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9521177

[brianwillis]

I'm so happy that Yo sponsored this. I can't think of anyone more fitting.

[GFK_of_xmaspast → brianwillis]

I think Yo sponsors lots of hackathons.

[jkestner → GFK_of_xmaspast]

They're following the VC model - spreading their cash around, just needing one hit reason for people to use Yo.

[api → jkestner]

I heard they're working on Yo Enterprise. It'll have features to collaborate and listen.

[stavros → api]

I can't tell if this is a joke, therefore I'm coining Stavros' law:

Without a clear indicator of an author's intention, it is often impossible to tell the difference between a startup direction and a parody of one.

[api → stavros]

I'll raise you my law of circular credulity.

When I was young and naive, I believed a lot more silly and bizarre things. Then I got older and wiser and more cynical and learned to dismiss them as nutty, jokes, satire, etc.

But...

As I got older still, I accumulated so many bizarre experiences with the real world that I wrapped back around. I now have trouble again picking up on satire or easily debunking wacko theories, since I learned from experience that the world actually is that crazy. I've seen many things and met numerous characters that a fiction editor would reject for sheer implausibility.

[joshu → stavros]

Poe's law. Can't tell the difference between something and it's perfect parody.

[kps → jkestner]

  > They're following the VC model

Just a little more honest about the labelling.

[_csoo]

What's funny is that these ideas are all better than the typical projects and ideas proposed within a company. Hell they're excellent in that their scope is limited, their budget is limited and the time to build them is limited. Successful projects by any measure!

[shenanigoat]

Ha! HipChat is on the list.

[dcre → shenanigoat]

Watch the video — you might be surprised.