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Google's April Fool's day prank with Gmail -- the "mic drop" button, which replaces a normal button with a button that attaches a GIF to sent mail -- seems to have gone wrong: https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/715752594551869440

This deserves it's own HN thread.

From earlier today, Virgin America's New Logo, parodying AirBnB: http://blog.virginamerica.com/blog/a-labor-of-love-reimagini...

* The next major python version will be Python 8 [1]

[1] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-March/1436...

The linked commit includes what seems to be code to check code against pep 8. Neat.

The leftpad() system call added to Linux kernel

https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/31/1108

Love the reference to http://left-pad.io, hahaha

A combination Node.js jab and kdbus joke. LKML is in rare form here.

Ruby 2.1.10 Released. It includes compatibility tests with two-digit version numbers.

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2016/04/01/ruby-2-1-10-rel...

That's not a joke is it?

Of course, it is not a joke, today not the 1st of April!

* Google Cardboard Plastic[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOuShXpoKc

RecruiterZapper - Automatically hide all recruiters on LinkedIn

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recruiterzapper/hi...

I wish this were real.

I'd almost consider re-joining. Almost.

It is real!

This is real! Check it out. Give it an install!

Yahoo! news posted an article saying that all Trader Joe's are closing: https://www.yahoo.com/style/trader-joe-close-stores-2017-104...

People on twitter actually bought it.

Seems to be a redirect to the Yahoo homepage now.

Go's April Fool's, courtesy bratfiz.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-codereviews/H...

Planet Labs has released "Esoterra": https://www.planet.com/pulse/esoterra/

With some interesting images of Area 51, among other things: https://www.planet.com/gallery/groom-lake-april1/

LineSquid - for your stock 1D needs http://linesquid.com/

The demo on that site is cute. Mobile device required.

https://gifs.com introduces the .potato file format https://medium.com/@gifs/gifs-com-has-created-a-budding-new-...

> You say potato, I say potato

Amazing

Apple’s Mac OS X Is Open Source Now

http://itsfoss.com/apples-mac-os-open-source/

"Even bigger than the Apple Pencil" ahahahah.

OpenStreetMap driverless cars: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2016/04/01/osm-driverless-car...

"Following in the footsteps of other map-providers-cum-car-manufacturers [...]"

Google Photos emoji search:

https://youtu.be/HQtGFBbwKEk

YouTube SnoopaVision (Beta): https://www.youtube.com/snoopavision?v=F0F6SnbqUcE

404. Has it been taken down already?

Certified Dogecoin Professional

http://blog.cryptoconsortium.org/certified-dog/

Lyft Prank Mode[1]

[1] http://blog.lyft.com/posts/prank-mode

Google Maps iOS - "Funky Town" destination when searching. Pegman dresses up and dances as a 70s nightclub-goer.

CERN Higgs Music: http://home.cern/about/updates/2016/03/sonified-higgs-data-s...

New elliptic curve attack. New recommended keysize went from 256 to 3072 bits. "ECDLP can be solved in 24-th root time" https://t.co/v29zE9S6v7

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Coffee Break: Make Any Photo Look Like an Ansel Adams Masterpiece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YquFtGZk4-c

The best way to manage your country in the 21st century https://countryos.com/

http://getfuct.io/

Finally, get a horseshoe and a deflated basketball in one easy place.

Redox OS is now commercial. http://redox-os.org/

Dutch VPS-host TransIP introduces CommunityVPS (X plays Debian): https://www.transip.nl/communityvps/ reply

Wayfair has a new Toilet of the month club! http://www.wayfair.com/Toilets-C1789951.html

Introducing Teamder - Swipe right to create teams at work. https://www.atlassian.com/teamder

Netflix Original Series: John Stamos: a Human, Being.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGUkiuXhAzE

Kumu's automation mode: Insight within complexity, without effort.

https://kumu.io/automation-mode

Self-driving bikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSZPNwZex9s

Looks like this one slipped through: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11402321

golf clap

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down

Turtles all the way down indeed.

April Fool's day links