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Aardwolf · 1h ago
I like the throwback 1998 design while it's created in 2025. They got it down even to the colored grain on the photographs and text with jpeg artifacts on them - even though that is something that actually did improve in 2025 :)
atomic_cowprod · 1h ago
Theo: I'm not sure if you still read this echo, but I've been trying to call you about my pre-order, but it looks like your BBS is still down. If you can get back to me, send me netmail. I'm at 1:342/76 for Fido and 11:420/69 for MJNet.
Dang...sure would like some thnickels of my own. After that tree fell on my house it is really windy here. I could use something heavy to hold down my punch cards.
CoastalCoder · 6h ago
I suggest buying a Three Wolves t-shirt.
I once saw a guy in a similar predicament. To address this, he donned his Three Wolves shirt and stood in an empty meadow by his house. Within 15 minutes there were 10-12 attractive women (some single, some not) circling him in a tight formation.
He returned to his house and sat near the pile of punch cards (or coupons, I forget). His ad hoc harem sat as well so they could study his chiseled features, which kept the coupons safe from blowing away.
I've heard that although the coupons have long-since expired, the women happily remain.
Chant-I-CRW · 1h ago
Legend. I could use a harem too. These punch cards aren't going to punch themselves.
Mtinie · 1h ago
Your unexpected anecdote perfectly encapsulates why I love HN!
jcattle · 5h ago
I love where he describes his minting facility:
"My new state of some art facility is equipped with several tools and a powerful workhorse (me)!"
waltbosz · 9h ago
I think this is a joke by Alan Wagner who goes by the handle truewagner. https://truewagner.com/ . You'll have to Google his socials to find his art.
n2d4 · 7h ago
Almost — it was made by Legboot, who makes similarly weird stuff, but to my knowledge is not the same person https://x.com/LegbootLegit
pierrec · 7h ago
I could not find any direct evidence but it's a good theory. Legboot and Wagner sometimes comment on each other's (uniquely similar) stuff. This also seems like an evolution of Wagner's "Williamcoin". Compare:
You know it’s old school when it’s not “built with love”. :)
schoen · 6h ago
Since there's no specific verb in the Latin motto, perhaps it should be in the nominative ("nummi crassiores omnibus")?
Freak_NL · 6h ago
Romanes eunt domus!
naikrovek · 18m ago
This is one of the best things I have ever seen.
IAmGraydon · 8h ago
I miss this web.
rambambram · 1h ago
No you don't. The web misses you.
patates · 5h ago
Start something in neocities and join a webring!
komali2 · 5h ago
Apparently it still exists! My friend keeps trying to get me to join his webring, whatever that is, sounds like a potential way to connect together websites like this though.
1oooqooq · 45m ago
the design is old but it's marketing is very modern. showing feet to get money from strangers is very contemporary.
kshehab1 · 12h ago
Sadly I missed the window for thnickle pre orders but hopefully I'll be around for the thennies if the fog doesnt get me by then
bigyabai · 11h ago
It's only a matter of Thimes.
PaulHoule · 11h ago
It's an urban legend at the very least that you can improve the power of your punch by grasping a coin roll. I'm not so sure it's good for your hands but unlike a knife or brass knuckles you have some deniability. (Reminds me of the time that the store manager of a supermarket wrongly thought I was shoplifting and he followed me out with his clipboard which I'm sure he planned to whack me with and say it was an accident if I gave him any trouble.)
pierrec · 8h ago
OK, "urban legend at the very least" is a confusing way of putting things, it's kind of like saying "this is false at the very least, possibly even true!" (in this case it's true)
PaulHoule · 12m ago
I’ll concede it was a poor choice of language. I heard about it first in the 1980s but looking for confirmation I could only find low quality evidence such as discussions on Reddit, quora and the like. No newspaper reports, no confessions that “I broke somebody’s nose”, no criminal charges, no discussions by martial arts instructors, nothing.
sandworm101 · 9h ago
A roll of coins, or any other heavy object, will significantly increase your punching power. Short of ninjas or mma fighters, the average person doesnt have the twitch ability to throw a significant punch. By adding mass, you increase power without needing the speed. Hands are very light. Even a small mass increase will make a big difference.
vunderba · 8h ago
Yup. In fact, while boxing gloves are ostensibly for the protection of the fighters hands, the increased mass (approx 10oz for heaver weight classes) significantly ups the chance of a concussive strike and/or knockout.
So... it is kind of a mixed bag in terms of if they actually make fights safer.
bichiliad · 7h ago
Relatedly:
- The padding in fights is much lighter than in practice or sparring. The added weight is good for conditioning, blunts sharp impacts, and slows down your speed.
- If you spar anyone, you're expected to have at _least_ 14oz gloves. If your gym says otherwise, don't spar there (and arguably, don't train anywhere that doesn't take safety seriously).
- Luis Resto, a boxer, was jailed for swapping the padding in his gloves with plaster. He ended the career and permanently damaged the eyesight of his opponent, Billy Collins Jr.
dmurray · 3h ago
This seems a bit arbitrary since MMA gloves are lighter than boxing gloves. If you spar someone at an MMA gym you'll be throwing the exact same punches, but you won't be using 14 oz gloves.
globular-toast · 5h ago
I thought it was more because they can punch harder without breaking their hands.
bichiliad · 10m ago
That protection mostly comes from wraps, which you wear under your gloves
sandworm101 · 22m ago
Modern gloves are to spread out the impact to prevent cuts, blood, which was not allowed on TV once upon a time. The big puffy gloves only appeared when boxing looked to mainstream itself, to move out of the bars and become broadcast-quality entertainment.
com2kid · 6h ago
Learning how to throw a punch isn't that much work and gives you a huge multiple on power output.
Also throwing a bare knuckle punch against someone's head has a large likelihood of the puncher breaking multiple bones, though depending on the outcome that may be preferable to other alternatives.
TZubiri · 9h ago
Nice, this knowledge will help me grab my keys in some self defense scenario. Will practice on sporting bag to avoid injury and verify force increase.
gtbcb · 8h ago
How much were they?
CSSer · 8h ago
The design is ancient, but the dates are current.
photios · 6h ago
So, no "thicc" jokes yet? Come on, people!
Cthulhu_ · 3h ago
No need, the pun is in the title / on the website already.
xnx · 9h ago
How does this website load so fast? Must be some advanced framework with JIT edge hydration. /s
Cthulhu_ · 3h ago
Has to be Rust based SSR using a custom WebRTC based transfer technology.
eclipticplane · 9h ago
> Website proudly built with FrontPage 98
Cthulhu_ · 3h ago
Is that a new LLM code assistant?
Mtinie · 1h ago
Given the audience on HN I expect will be up on Hugging Face within an hour or so… :)
1oooqooq · 44m ago
trained with data up to 1999.
TZubiri · 9h ago
You know how antiques have a binomial distribution of value over time? They are valuable when new or very old, but trash when freshly obsolete.
I think classic style websites are going to come around. Not quite space jam whacky era but better mother fucking website for sure
stego-tech · 8h ago
The success of NeoCities and static blog sites in general suggests you’re correct. Best of all, AI can’t produce sites that awesomely terrible - it’s a hallmark of authentic human creativity, under construction banners and all.
zxexz · 7h ago
I can’t produce a website that is half as endearing and fun as my 8yo self’s first attempt around y2k after earnestly reading my dad’s copy of “HTML For the World Wide Web” by Elizabeth Castro. The excitement of page counters, discovering CGI, even creating a really bad click which didn’t two time with JavaScript.
williamdclt · 1h ago
> Best of all, AI can’t produce sites that awesomely terrible
I don’t have time (or enough interest) to try it, but I’d be surprised if they couldn’t with some half-decent prompting
acheron · 7h ago
I like your joke and agree wholeheartedly with your point, but it is awfully difficult to upvote a comment that contains “/s”. Usually that’s an auto-downvote.
Just let your comment stand. You don’t need to call attention to the fact that it’s a joke.
The Paradox of acheron: In order to point out character sequences that are insufferable in a comment, one's comment must also bear the insufferable character sequence.
buggy6257 · 5h ago
you would be both surprised and deeply sad by how many downvotes and comments they would get if they removed the /s
fergie · 5h ago
I like the vibe, but is this vibe coded?
Cthulhu_ · 3h ago
No, the footer says it was made in Microsoft Frontpage 98.
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I once saw a guy in a similar predicament. To address this, he donned his Three Wolves shirt and stood in an empty meadow by his house. Within 15 minutes there were 10-12 attractive women (some single, some not) circling him in a tight formation.
He returned to his house and sat near the pile of punch cards (or coupons, I forget). His ad hoc harem sat as well so they could study his chiseled features, which kept the coupons safe from blowing away.
I've heard that although the coupons have long-since expired, the women happily remain.
"My new state of some art facility is equipped with several tools and a powerful workhorse (me)!"
https://old.reddit.com/r/Killtony/comments/1i9czr5/williamco...
https://old.reddit.com/r/TrueWagner/comments/1ld4lix/big_upd...
So... it is kind of a mixed bag in terms of if they actually make fights safer.
Also throwing a bare knuckle punch against someone's head has a large likelihood of the puncher breaking multiple bones, though depending on the outcome that may be preferable to other alternatives.
I think classic style websites are going to come around. Not quite space jam whacky era but better mother fucking website for sure
I don’t have time (or enough interest) to try it, but I’d be surprised if they couldn’t with some half-decent prompting
Just let your comment stand. You don’t need to call attention to the fact that it’s a joke.