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

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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

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

I think Yo sponsors lots of hackathons.

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

  > They're following the VC model

Just a little more honest about the labelling.

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

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.

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.

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

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!

Ha! HipChat is on the list.

Watch the video — you might be surprised.

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