Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | OuterVale's commentslogin

For clarity, this is a parody of this site:

https://americabydesign.gov


I thought it’s in spirit if this site https://programming-motherfucker.com


Nope. Nope nope nope. Nope.


I love this tool. I use it not just for SD cards but for all sorts of portable storage.

It seems to fix things where Windows File Explorer's formatter and other tools fail. A simple tool that does a really good job. It has even fixed some partition weirdness I've needed to deal with.


While this tool saved my beef a couple of times, I found out that zeroing the device (partially or fully) with dd and partitioning it with gparted (the CLI tool) did also wonders.

I had a wonky HIKSemi USB flash drive, which turned out to be partitioned in a very unaligned way, and neither the flash nor the controller liked that much. Doing it manually and making sure it's aligned (which gparted does automatically) converted it to a very dependable drive.


It works on really old versions of Windows too, even XP I think.


Translated versions are available here: https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/publications

Previous discussion:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3871463 (21 April 2012 | 16 comments)

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8818893 (31 December 2014 | 17 comments)

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9250527 (23 March 2015 | 14 comments)

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12157993 (25 July 2016 | 197 comments)

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17935030 (7 September 2018 | 31 comments)

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33170988 (12 October 2022 | 165 comments)


Some more:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41329274 (23 August 2024 | 112 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26960473 (27 April 2021 | 7 comments)


I loaded it up to find myself presented with a completely broken visual appearance, screaming audio, and all sorts of hate content and other horrors. Absolutely terrible.


orange site on a saturday night.


I mean, it has been over 7 years since then. I don't think anyone would reasonably assume that to mean it would operate independently in perpetuity.


This site brings me to tears every time I visit. Sometimes joyful, sometimes sad. Usually melancholy.

https://thesoundof.love


That's a great link, thanks.

It's amazing how similar their notes are to mine, despite me never having read theirs. I suppose there are just a few certain things that stick with people and that they hold important.


Looking into all the ways your body can be handled after death is quite interesting. The further down the rabbit hole you go, the more interesting and questionable options you find.

(Thanks for catching that. I was trying to decide whether '.' or '。' looked better next to English text and must have taken off more than I wanted.)


Another really funky way of doing it.

https://css-tricks.com/emoji-as-a-favicon/


Consider applying for YC's Winter 2026 batch! Applications are open till Nov 10

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: