April Fools 2022
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@PleegWat said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Hardly the silliest crypto scheme I've seen.
Friday Facts #369 - To the moon 🚀🌘 | Factorio
This post was written as a joke for April Fools' day. Nothing written here should be taken seriously. No doubt you have heard about NFTs, the latest Blockchain innovation. With some big gaming companies exploring NFTs, where does Factorio stand? We have received many offers. Some of the offers...
@PleegWat said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@Medinoc Yes, that's an april fools. But we don't have an april fools joke collection thread and it fit here.
RESOLVED FIXED
The std::invoke function does more than invoke functions - The Old New Thing
Inspiring a new level of code obfuscation.
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I'd actually just decided to create one as well but you beat me to it.
The Isla Nublar Incident | A Short "Documentary" | Fascinating Horror – 10:07
— Fascinating Horror
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Linus Tech Tips has a pretty good one this year:
This Review Gets Stranger and Stranger (April Fools 2022) – 11:19
— Linus Tech Tips
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@boomzilla said in April Fools 2022:
While ambitious, I have a feeling that any such interpretations of Tolkien's work would be tarnished by the new author. Perhaps bordering on fanfiction, the kind of which you might see penned by maidenless basement-dwellers.
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@Groaner said in April Fools 2022:
@boomzilla said in April Fools 2022:
While ambitious, I have a feeling that any such interpretations of Tolkien's work would be tarnished by the new author. Perhaps bordering on fanfiction, the kind of which you might see penned by maidenless basement-dwellers.
Would that be more or less tarnished than the screenplay of the "original series"?
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Factslowrio Ep#7: Interesting Times – 20:32
— MangledPork GamingKind of a running gag 7 years running.
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Meanwhile on Stack Overflow...
They announced the release of "FILTERS for stack overflow" with this meme-filled blog post:
Meanwhile some people are complaining that one of the filters ("3D glasses") makes them physically ill:
Aww, snap! We’ve got Filters now
How do you do, fellow Stackers? If there’s anything that Stack Overflow is known for, it’s being hip to the latest trends in every field. Gaming? We created StackEgg. Security? We invented Dance Da...
I have no idea why.
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@JBert said in April Fools 2022:
I have no idea why.
That's their own fault for not wearing the old-fashioned red-green 3d glasses with it.
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@PleegWat said in April Fools 2022:
@JBert said in April Fools 2022:
I have no idea why.
That's their own fault for not wearing the old-fashioned red-green 3d glasses with it.
I just tried and it still looks trippy. The +150 does seem to float a bit though.
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@JBert said in April Fools 2022:
Meanwhile some people are complaining that one of the filters ("3D glasses") makes them physically ill:
Yeah, I was "lucky" to have caught that one.
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@djls45 said in April Fools 2022:
@Groaner said in April Fools 2022:
@boomzilla said in April Fools 2022:
While ambitious, I have a feeling that any such interpretations of Tolkien's work would be tarnished by the new author. Perhaps bordering on fanfiction, the kind of which you might see penned by maidenless basement-dwellers.
Would that be more or less tarnished than the screenplay of the "original series"?
Debatable. In general, though, such reimaginations are a risky endeavor and any who want to attempt it should put these foolish ambitions to rest.
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Wait, so,
's new status isn't some kind of April Fools joke? 
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@aitap said in April Fools 2022:
Wait, so,
's new status isn't some kind of April Fools joke? No, he decided to leave the website and was worried he wouldn't have enough self control to stay away, so he requested the ban.
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I guess people interested in machining videos have already seen it. To those new to the genre, he's using a very unconventional technique here, because normally you keep your hands far away from the workpiece:
Turn a CUBE on a LATHE?! – 08:55
— This Old Tony
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@JBert I'd seen it show up in my subscription list, but I hadn't actually watched it, yet.
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I actually think Ron Gilbert pulled the best one.
Basically announcing on 1st April, on a day he regularly points out he doesn't do jokes, that he's coming back to make the third canonical game in the series he created - after thirty years.
And then
OH NO HE DIDUNT
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300 Drones Formed a QR Code That Rick Rolled Dallas on April Fools' Day
Internet fads come and go faster than a hiccup, but one that's somehow lasted almost as long as the Internet itself is the "Rick roll."
If a QR code is in the sky and no one follows it, is it a rick roll?
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The other one I liked was Heardle - it's another inspired-by-Wordle game, only this time the gimmick is to identify the song by its intro. You're given 6 guesses and up to the first 16 seconds of a song to identify it.
April 1st was Never Gonna Give You Up.
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@Arantor
My best Name That Tune exploit was at a church youth group event. They were doing it in a "quizzing" style format - three people sitting up front ready to guess, when you thought you knew you would jump from your chair, they'd stop the music and you'd guess. If you were wrong, you were out.First song that came on, I identified within 1 second of starting to play. Well, I jumped after one second, but they took like 5 seconds to actually see that I had jumped and stop it.
That said, it only got me one additional note: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc_0ii3SLp0
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@izzion Some years back, we were at a missions conference (where a bunch of missionaries from all over the western USA would get together for several days of fellowship, encouragement, and general updates), and during one of the mealtimes or free times where people were just standing around talking to each other, they had the pianist play a number of songs for background music. After some time, they asked for people's attention and asked who noticed which songs they had selected.
Now, to explain a little bit first, there's a certain style that many church pianists play traditional hymns, with full chords, arpeggios, grace notes, and other flourishes, and all the songs had been in this style. Most people had expected something like "Rock of Ages" or "Amazing Grace" or "Blessed Assurance" or "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God", and I think there some guesses along those lines. Then my mom (a church pianist) raised her hand and offered the names of some kids' songs like "Old MacDonald", "London Bridge", and "Rock-a-Bye Baby".
She was right, and was the only person who wasn't in on it who had noticed the song choices.
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@Boner I wanted to upvote this, but I think this should go in the Evil Ideas Thread instead.
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@JBert ... but your reply should also be in the Evil Ideas thread.
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