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Show HN: Don't Press the Red Button (pressthebluebutton.fun)
9 points by fulco__ 894 days ago
9 comments
anonzzzies 894 days ago
F* you, I won’t do what you tell me. Following instructions is where everything that is boring and mundane lies. Kudos for the idea though.
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blitz_skull 894 days ago
Instructions not clear; I pressed the red button.
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TowerTall 894 days ago
Reminds me of one of the famous pages from the early days of www (1994)

The really big button that doesn't do anything. https://www.krystalrose.com/rosewood/library/BigButton.htm

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quickthrower2 893 days ago
Ooh, a joy looking at the source.

* htm extension

* all tags in all caps

* for some reason text is justified!

* <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

* Closing tags are for wimps!

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lazyeye 893 days ago
I like it. Please also put the percent number next to the country metrics for easy comparison. Curious to see if there is a cultural component to this.
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quickthrower2 894 days ago
I went for blue, thinking it was a game (the blue button might move away). Damn.
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KingGeedorah 894 days ago
Fun idea but it would be nice to sort countries by total number of button presses.
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dhumph 894 days ago
Ha! Need some sort of loading thing, i almost left before it had rendered
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HardwareLust 894 days ago
It would be nice if I could scroll the countries list.
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fulco__ 894 days ago
Strange, on which page can't you scroll the list?
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HardwareLust 892 days ago
Nm, it was something local. Works fine now, my bad.
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quickthrower2 894 days ago
Browser fingerprinting?
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daltonlp 894 days ago
Nope. Appears to be IP matching.
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