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Ask HN: How to Reduce Time Spent Crimping?

1•pinkmuffinere•53s ago•0 comments

KV Cache Transform Coding for Compact Storage in LLM Inference

https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01815
1•walterbell•5m ago•0 comments

A quantitative, multimodal wearable bioelectronic device for stress assessment

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67747-9
1•PaulHoule•7m ago•0 comments

Why Big Tech Is Throwing Cash into India in Quest for AI Supremacy

https://www.wsj.com/world/india/why-big-tech-is-throwing-cash-into-india-in-quest-for-ai-supremac...
1•saikatsg•7m ago•0 comments

How to shoot yourself in the foot – 2026 edition

https://github.com/aweussom/HowToShootYourselfInTheFoot
1•aweussom•7m ago•0 comments

Eight More Months of Agents

https://crawshaw.io/blog/eight-more-months-of-agents
3•archb•9m ago•0 comments

From Human Thought to Machine Coordination

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-digital-self/202602/from-human-thought-to-machine-coo...
1•walterbell•10m ago•0 comments

The new X API pricing must be a joke

https://developer.x.com/
1•danver0•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: RMA Dashboard fast SAST results for monorepos (SARIF and triage)

https://rma-dashboard.bukhari-kibuka7.workers.dev/
1•bumahkib7•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Source code graphRAG for Java/Kotlin development based on jQAssistant

https://github.com/2015xli/jqassistant-graph-rag
1•artigent•16m ago•0 comments

Python Only Has One Real Competitor

https://mccue.dev/pages/2-6-26-python-competitor
3•dragandj•17m ago•0 comments

Tmux to Zellij (and Back)

https://www.mauriciopoppe.com/notes/tmux-to-zellij/
1•maurizzzio•18m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: How are you using specialized agents to accelerate your work?

1•otterley•19m ago•0 comments

Passing user_id through 6 services? OTel Baggage fixes this

https://signoz.io/blog/otel-baggage/
1•pranay01•20m ago•0 comments

DavMail Pop/IMAP/SMTP/Caldav/Carddav/LDAP Exchange Gateway

https://davmail.sourceforge.net/
1•todsacerdoti•21m ago•0 comments

Visual data modelling in the browser (open source)

https://github.com/sqlmodel/sqlmodel
1•Sean766•23m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tharos – CLI to find and autofix security bugs using local LLMs

https://github.com/chinonsochikelue/tharos
1•fluantix•23m ago•0 comments

Oddly Simple GUI Programs

https://simonsafar.com/2024/win32_lights/
1•MaximilianEmel•24m ago•0 comments

The New Playbook for Leaders [pdf]

https://www.ibli.com/IBLI%20OnePagers%20The%20Plays%20Summarized.pdf
1•mooreds•24m ago•1 comments

Interactive Unboxing of J Dilla's Donuts

https://donuts20.vercel.app
1•sngahane•26m ago•0 comments

OneCourt helps blind and low-vision fans to track Super Bowl live

https://www.dezeen.com/2026/02/06/onecourt-tactile-device-super-bowl-blind-low-vision-fans/
1•gaws•27m ago•0 comments

Rudolf Vrba

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vrba
1•mooreds•28m ago•0 comments

Autism Incidence in Girls and Boys May Be Nearly Equal, Study Suggests

https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/119747
1•paulpauper•29m ago•0 comments

Wellness Hotels Discovery Application

https://aurio.place/
1•cherrylinedev•29m ago•1 comments

NASA delays moon rocket launch by a month after fuel leaks during test

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/03/nasa-delays-moon-rocket-launch-month-fuel-leaks-a...
1•mooreds•30m ago•0 comments

Sebastian Galiani on the Marginal Revolution

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/sebastian-galiani-on-the-marginal-revol...
2•paulpauper•33m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Are we at the point where software can improve itself?

1•ManuelKiessling•33m ago•2 comments

Binance Gives Trump Family's Crypto Firm a Leg Up

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/business/binance-trump-crypto.html
1•paulpauper•34m ago•1 comments

Reverse engineering Chinese 'shit-program' for absolute glory: R/ClaudeCode

https://old.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1qy5l0n/reverse_engineering_chinese_shitprogram_for/
1•edward•34m ago•0 comments

Indian Culture

https://indianculture.gov.in/
1•saikatsg•37m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Show HN: I build one absurd web project every month

https://absurd.website
293•absurdwebsite•8mo ago
I’ve been building absurd, mostly useless web projects for fun — and I publish one every month at absurd.website.

These are deliberately non-functional, weird, sometimes funny, sometimes philosophical — and usually totally unnecessary.

Some examples:

Sexy Math — solve math problems to reveal erotic images.

Trip to Mars — a real-time simulation that takes 7 months to finish.

Add Luck to Your e-Store — add a waving cat widget to boost your conversion via superstition.

Microtasks for Meatbags — the future: AI gives prompts, humans execute.

Invisible Lingerie — it’s sexy. And invisible.

Artist Death Tracker — art prices spike when artists die. We track that.

Open Celebrity — one open-source face, shared by all. Together we make her famous.

I just enjoy exploring what the web can be when it doesn’t try to be “useful”.

Would love to hear what you think — and absurd ideas are always welcome.

Comments

absurdwebsite•8mo ago
You can check all my 27 absurd web projects at absurd.website
nathan_douglas•8mo ago
I almost read this in the ZOMBO.COM voice.
moritzwarhier•8mo ago
The lucky cat seems very useful. Perfect chatbot widget!
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Thanks ;)
MattSayar•8mo ago
Love it. Bringing back the "fun" part of the web
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Yeah, exactly — thanks! ;)
OrvalWintermute•8mo ago
Awesome sites! :D
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Thank you. You can subscribe to my absurd mailing list. I make one project every month. Subscribe here: http://eepurl.com/hft-U9
nathan_douglas•8mo ago
I thought you were going to say that you make one absurd mailing list every month and I thought, "somebody's really gotta stop this guy."
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Haha, that’s a great idea — I should totally make it!
hu3•8mo ago
i'm curious, did you use AI help to build it?

Any hints and favorite AI tools?

absurdwebsite•8mo ago
I don’t use AI for ideas — I love coming up with the creative part myself. It’s how I express who I am. It’s my art. I write all the texts, and then I polish them with a little help from AI. Some images and videos are AI-generated, but the core concept always comes from me.
deadbabe•8mo ago
you’re awesome
JIE007•8mo ago
Wow, your approach is worth referencing
codethief•8mo ago
Great project!

ChillyParent reminds me of this classic from Silicon Valley (the show): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wGy5SGTuAGI&t=216s

absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Thanks! Oh yes, I remember that episode!
lowercased•8mo ago
He disrupted fatherhood!
nathan_douglas•8mo ago
These are delightful. I think I like LingoPrio the best, since I'm (re)learning French. My kid and I went to a pediatrician appointment and my kid asked, "How do you say 'constipation' in French?" And I didn't have to look it up, since it ended in "ation".

> I just enjoy exploring what the web can be when it doesn’t try to be “useful”.

I have a project that's arguably strange but deeply serious. I'm building a Pi Bramble [1] and adding services with the goal of making a homelab that is continuously collapsing under the weight of its own complexity. Y'know, for education! But it's also really fun, when I have time to spend on it.

[1] https://clog.goldentooth.net/

bios444•8mo ago
Thanks — happy to see LingoPrio didn’t go unnoticed.

Yes, experimenting for fun is what I love. I will check your project.

Cogito•8mo ago
Hey bios444 if you see this your comments are not showing as you seem to have been hit by HN's shadowban hammer.

It seems like you might also be absurdwebsite which doesn't seem to be banned (but does have a hidden post from a month ago).

If you plan to use this account it's worth dropping an email to the admins, they are very responsive :)

busymom0•8mo ago
You are replying to the wrong person.

Or is that because you can't reply to bios444?

Cogito•8mo ago
bios444's comment is a sibling, and yes I can't reply to them.
bryanrasmussen•8mo ago
I can reply to them now, also checked in browser where not logged in and comment was seen
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
It's ok. My Iphone had my old account (bios444) loged in :)
90s_dev•8mo ago
Useles fun projects are useless but fun.

I made https://tellconanobrienyourfavoritepizzatoppings.com the other day.

It was fun. But useless.

90s_dev•8mo ago
Some fun entries so far

  toppings=pineapple+
  toppings=pineapple
  toppings=I+don%27t+know+wh+conan+o+brien+is%2C+but+I+want+him+to+know+that+I+can%27t+eat+pizza+at+all.
  toppings=mushrooms
  toppings=Brie
  toppings=Cheeze
  toppings=Wat
  toppings=
  toppings=peppers+and+onions
  toppings=cat+..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd
  toppings=pepperoni+is+pretty+good+usually
  toppings=More+tiny+pizzas+
  fooabar
  0x%5B%5D=DTAB
  toppings=rendang
  toppings=salami
  toppings=spinach
  toppings=Peppers
  toppings=Ham+and+Pineapple+
  toppings=french+fries
  toppings=egg
 
 toppings=usually+plain+but+i+dont+mind+putting+some+stuff+on+there.+onions+or+pepperoni+or+hawaiian+every+now+and+then.+i+dont+get+why+some+people+are+so+upset+about+pineapple%2C+it%27s+definitely+a+different+taste+but+i+think+it+works%21+although+i+will+say+sometimes+i+think+the+pineapple+slices+are+too+thick+and+so+you+just+get+pineapple+for+a+bite%2C+i+dont+like+that.+love+your+stuff+conan
bradly•8mo ago
Great job. I'm into mortality so the Artist's Death Effect was fun. I tell my kids all my ideas are terrible because if it wasn't a terrible idea someone else would have done it already.
davidblue•8mo ago
Operation D-Day: One Second of War truly delighted me more than any other video game I've ever played.

I hope you like my Let's Play: https://youtu.be/iUnbD8xp0f0

absurdwebsite•8mo ago
I like it :)
AnnaPali•8mo ago
> Microtasks for Meatbags — the future: AI gives prompts, humans execute

That's close to how many companies, plans etc. work today. We manage big groups of people and systems, as syncretic holes. Sometimes a human, sometimes a computer is better at one task.

avandekleut•8mo ago
You may be interested in reading Manna, a short story about AI that operates exactly this way.
nine_k•8mo ago
That's great.

The One Second of War and the Dark Mandala are not even absurd, but merely surface the reality, of sorts.

keyle•8mo ago
It's good to see that, sometimes, the old internet still peeks through. All the best!
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Tnx.
filoleg•8mo ago
This is my favorite type of HN posts by far. Seeing just some out there single-minded proof of concept projects, which are both ridiculous but, also, not really, is awesome.
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Thank you! Some are real, some are MVPs, and some are pure fake-it-’til-you-make-it. You never know — that’s how the internet works these days. :)
Lerc•8mo ago
I feel like LingoPrio needs pineapple.
hinkley•8mo ago
This reminds me a little of Simone Giertz, a YouTube DIY person who started out long ago making shitty robots and has settled into fringe mainstream - usable items but not quite the way you would expect, like folding coat hooks, a gaming table with a roll top, a chair from a satellite dish, and a prosthetic leg for her three legged dog.
fibbery_•8mo ago
This is awesome. I like to make similar projects - is there a community where you like to share work and collaborate with others?

I put a few of mine on /r/baduibattles but not everything fits well in that bucket. Part fun, part absurdist art, part technological and political critique (examples: a login system that requires the user to sing the same song to log in, or a captcha that asks people to prove they're not robots by taking pictures of others in live surveillance video from unsecured CCTV cameras).

melagonster•8mo ago
maybe r/internetisneautiful
imhoguy•8mo ago
"neautiful" made me curious, that is absurd :)
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
They banned my post :) r/internetisbeautiful is not beautiful.
vovavili•8mo ago
Nonsense like this is why I hate reddit.
conception•8mo ago
Brush your teeth is mis-linked. :)
r0b05•8mo ago
It's hilarious! Well done :)
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Thank you.
ketedrum•8mo ago
the moment i realized what this is i burst out into laughter. congratulations. its so absurd!
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Thank you.
cess11•8mo ago
I like this game mechanic:

    Your score: <span style='color:red'>1."+Math.floor(Math.random() * 39)+"</span> seconds.
I've done similar sometimes in my own microprojects.
XetiNA•8mo ago
Loving this. One second of war and offsetting co2 emissions by buying you a Tesla are my favorites.

I wonder what a good UI is for a website like this. I was thinking maybe infinite scroll would work well for a more museum-like experience.

bios444•8mo ago
Thank you. Good idea about infinite scroll. I am also thinking about UI.
mateioprea•8mo ago
The "Add luck to your e-store" last description line should say "That’s marketing meow" :)
pingou•8mo ago
As someone who had his dog stolen when waiting for me in front of the supermarket, I love the easy Pet Drop Box idea.
Percnopterus•8mo ago
This already exists in Norway and Sweden. It's illegal to leave your dog in front of a shop tied to anything. So there is boxes that are climatised and are operated with any debit or credit card. (They are not very popular however)
bios444•8mo ago
Idea that you can drop them here for ever.
eightturn•8mo ago
just added waving cat to my website
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Can you post a link?
BiraIgnacio•8mo ago
Things like this give me hope for human creativity. Made my day, thanks
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Thanks ;)
cldwalker•8mo ago
Fun stuff. Got a good laugh out of https://absurd.website/dday/game.php and https://absurd.website/microtasks-for-meatbags/ . Thanks!
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Thank you.
westondeboer•8mo ago
I think the Artist's Death Effect Data Base is hilarious. We talk about this in my circle about which artist isn't doing well and we all secretly buy up some work.

Sort of like a dead pool.

BOOKHOUSEUK•8mo ago
All these things are relevant to my interests. Thank you for sharing.
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
Thanks.
jfil•8mo ago
Great stuff!
landgenoot•8mo ago
https://theuselessweb.com/
kxter•8mo ago
Ok the lucky cat got me! I just had to install and see it for myself. So cute. Made me smile. :)
skapi_api•8mo ago
Love your maneki neko project so much!
absurdwebsite•8mo ago
I launched new absurd project: https://absurd.website/sync2kill/