My AI skeptic friends are all nuts (fly.io)

This reminds me a little of Simone Giertz, a YouTube DIY person who started out long ago making shitty robots and has settled into fringe mainstream - usable items but not quite the way you would expect, like folding coat hooks, a gaming table with a roll top, a chair from a satellite dish, and a prosthetic leg for her three legged dog.

fibbery_ · 47m ago

This is awesome. I like to make similar projects - is there a community where you like to share work and collaborate with others?

I put a few of mine on /r/baduibattles but not everything fits well in that bucket. Part fun, part absurdist art, part technological and political critique (examples: a login system that requires the user to sing the same song to log in, or a captcha that asks people to prove they're not robots by taking pictures of others in live surveillance video from unsecured CCTV cameras).

nathan_douglas · 5h ago

These are delightful. I think I like LingoPrio the best, since I'm (re)learning French. My kid and I went to a pediatrician appointment and my kid asked, "How do you say 'constipation' in French?" And I didn't have to look it up, since it ended in "ation".

> I just enjoy exploring what the web can be when it doesn’t try to be “useful”.

I have a project that's arguably strange but deeply serious. I'm building a Pi Bramble [1] and adding services with the goal of making a homelab that is continuously collapsing under the weight of its own complexity. Y'know, for education! But it's also really fun, when I have time to spend on it.

[1] https://clog.goldentooth.net/

Cogito · 51m ago

Hey bios444 if you see this your comments are not showing as you seem to have been hit by HN's shadowban hammer.

It seems like you might also be absurdwebsite which doesn't seem to be banned (but does have a hidden post from a month ago).

If you plan to use this account it's worth dropping an email to the admins, they are very responsive :)

AnnaPali · 3h ago

> Microtasks for Meatbags — the future: AI gives prompts, humans execute

That's close to how many companies, plans etc. work today. We manage big groups of people and systems, as syncretic holes. Sometimes a human, sometimes a computer is better at one task.

90s_dev · 4h ago

Useles fun projects are useless but fun.

I made https://tellconanobrienyourfavoritepizzatoppings.com the other day.

It was fun. But useless.

90s_dev · 4h ago

Some fun entries so far

  toppings=pineapple+
  toppings=pineapple
  toppings=I+don%27t+know+wh+conan+o+brien+is%2C+but+I+want+him+to+know+that+I+can%27t+eat+pizza+at+all.
  toppings=mushrooms
  toppings=Brie
  toppings=Cheeze
  toppings=Wat
  toppings=
  toppings=peppers+and+onions
  toppings=cat+..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd
  toppings=pepperoni+is+pretty+good+usually
  toppings=More+tiny+pizzas+
  fooabar
  0x%5B%5D=DTAB
  toppings=rendang
  toppings=salami
  toppings=spinach
  toppings=Peppers
  toppings=Ham+and+Pineapple+
  toppings=french+fries
  toppings=egg
 
 toppings=usually+plain+but+i+dont+mind+putting+some+stuff+on+there.+onions+or+pepperoni+or+hawaiian+every+now+and+then.+i+dont+get+why+some+people+are+so+upset+about+pineapple%2C+it%27s+definitely+a+different+taste+but+i+think+it+works%21+although+i+will+say+sometimes+i+think+the+pineapple+slices+are+too+thick+and+so+you+just+get+pineapple+for+a+bite%2C+i+dont+like+that.+love+your+stuff+conan

davidblue · 3h ago

Operation D-Day: One Second of War truly delighted me more than any other video game I've ever played.

I hope you like my Let's Play: https://youtu.be/iUnbD8xp0f0

absurdwebsite · 6h ago

You can check all my 27 absurd web projects at absurd.website

nathan_douglas · 5h ago

I almost read this in the ZOMBO.COM voice.

bradly · 4h ago

Great job. I'm into mortality so the Artist's Death Effect was fun. I tell my kids all my ideas are terrible because if it wasn't a terrible idea someone else would have done it already.

nine_k · 3h ago

That's great.

The One Second of War and the Dark Mandala are not even absurd, but merely surface the reality, of sorts.

keyle · 3h ago

It's good to see that, sometimes, the old internet still peeks through. All the best!

MattSayar · 6h ago

Love it. Bringing back the "fun" part of the web

absurdwebsite · 6h ago

Yeah, exactly — thanks! ;)

Lerc · 2h ago

I feel like LingoPrio needs pineapple.

moritzwarhier · 6h ago

The lucky cat seems very useful. Perfect chatbot widget!

absurdwebsite · 6h ago

Thanks ;)

codethief · 5h ago

Great project!

ChillyParent reminds me of this classic from Silicon Valley (the show): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wGy5SGTuAGI&t=216s

absurdwebsite · 5h ago

Thanks! Oh yes, I remember that episode!

lowercased · 5h ago

He disrupted fatherhood!

OrvalWintermute · 6h ago

Awesome sites! :D

absurdwebsite · 5h ago

Thank you. You can subscribe to my absurd mailing list. I make one project every month. Subscribe here: http://eepurl.com/hft-U9

nathan_douglas · 5h ago

I thought you were going to say that you make one absurd mailing list every month and I thought, "somebody's really gotta stop this guy."

absurdwebsite · 5h ago

Haha, that’s a great idea — I should totally make it!

hu3 · 5h ago

i'm curious, did you use AI help to build it?

Any hints and favorite AI tools?

absurdwebsite · 5h ago

I don’t use AI for ideas — I love coming up with the creative part myself. It’s how I express who I am. It’s my art. I write all the texts, and then I polish them with a little help from AI. Some images and videos are AI-generated, but the core concept always comes from me.

deadbabe · 4h ago

you’re awesome

filoleg · 2h ago

This is my favorite type of HN posts by far. Seeing just some out there single-minded proof of concept projects, which are both ridiculous but, also, not really, is awesome.