Show HN: I build one absurd web project every month(absurd.website)
293 pointsby absurdwebsite8 months ago39 comments
  • hinkley8 months ago
    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.
  • davidblue8 months 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

  • AnnaPali8 months 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.

    • avandekleut8 months ago
      You may be interested in reading Manna, a short story about AI that operates exactly this way.
  • nathan_douglas8 months 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/

    • Cogito8 months 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 :)

      • absurdwebsite8 months ago
        It's ok. My Iphone had my old account (bios444) loged in :)
      • busymom08 months ago
        You are replying to the wrong person.

        Or is that because you can't reply to bios444?

        • Cogito8 months ago
          bios444's comment is a sibling, and yes I can't reply to them.
          • bryanrasmussen8 months ago
            I can reply to them now, also checked in browser where not logged in and comment was seen
    • bios4448 months ago
      Thanks — happy to see LingoPrio didn’t go unnoticed.

      Yes, experimenting for fun is what I love. I will check your project.

  • 90s_dev8 months ago
    Useles fun projects are useless but fun.

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

    It was fun. But useless.

    • 90s_dev8 months 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
  • bradly8 months 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.
  • fibbery_8 months 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).

    • melagonster8 months ago
      maybe r/internetisneautiful
      • absurdwebsite8 months ago
        They banned my post :) r/internetisbeautiful is not beautiful.
        • vovavili8 months ago
          Nonsense like this is why I hate reddit.
      • imhoguy8 months ago
        "neautiful" made me curious, that is absurd :)
  • keyle8 months ago
    It's good to see that, sometimes, the old internet still peeks through. All the best!
  • XetiNA8 months ago
    Loving this. One second of war and offsetting co2 emissions by buying you a Tesla are my favorites.

    I wonder what a good UI is for a website like this. I was thinking maybe infinite scroll would work well for a more museum-like experience.

    • bios4448 months ago
      Thank you. Good idea about infinite scroll. I am also thinking about UI.
  • cess118 months ago
    I like this game mechanic:

        Your score: <span style='color:red'>1."+Math.floor(Math.random() * 39)+"</span> seconds.
    I've done similar sometimes in my own microprojects.
  • westondeboer8 months ago
    I think the Artist's Death Effect Data Base is hilarious. We talk about this in my circle about which artist isn't doing well and we all secretly buy up some work.

    Sort of like a dead pool.

  • filoleg8 months 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.
    • absurdwebsite8 months ago
      Thank you! Some are real, some are MVPs, and some are pure fake-it-’til-you-make-it. You never know — that’s how the internet works these days. :)
  • absurdwebsite8 months ago
    I launched new absurd project: https://absurd.website/sync2kill/
  • absurdwebsite8 months ago
    You can check all my 27 absurd web projects at absurd.website
  • MattSayar8 months ago
    Love it. Bringing back the "fun" part of the web
  • cldwalker8 months ago
    Fun stuff. Got a good laugh out of https://absurd.website/dday/game.php and https://absurd.website/microtasks-for-meatbags/ . Thanks!
  • mateioprea8 months ago
    The "Add luck to your e-store" last description line should say "That’s marketing meow" :)
  • BiraIgnacio8 months ago
    Things like this give me hope for human creativity. Made my day, thanks
  • pingou8 months ago
    As someone who had his dog stolen when waiting for me in front of the supermarket, I love the easy Pet Drop Box idea.
    • Percnopterus8 months ago
      This already exists in Norway and Sweden. It's illegal to leave your dog in front of a shop tied to anything. So there is boxes that are climatised and are operated with any debit or credit card. (They are not very popular however)
      • bios4448 months ago
        Idea that you can drop them here for ever.
  • kxter8 months ago
    Ok the lucky cat got me! I just had to install and see it for myself. So cute. Made me smile. :)
  • nine_k8 months ago
    That's great.

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

  • ketedrum8 months ago
    the moment i realized what this is i burst out into laughter. congratulations. its so absurd!
  • BOOKHOUSEUK8 months ago
    All these things are relevant to my interests. Thank you for sharing.
  • 8 months ago
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  • moritzwarhier8 months ago
    The lucky cat seems very useful. Perfect chatbot widget!
  • skapi_api8 months ago
    Love your maneki neko project so much!
  • codethief8 months ago
    Great project!

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

  • eightturn8 months ago
    just added waving cat to my website
  • conception8 months ago
    Brush your teeth is mis-linked. :)
  • r0b058 months ago
    It's hilarious! Well done :)
  • OrvalWintermute8 months ago
    Awesome sites! :D
    • absurdwebsite8 months 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_douglas8 months 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."
        • absurdwebsite8 months ago
          Haha, that’s a great idea — I should totally make it!
  • jfil8 months ago
    Great stuff!
  • Lerc8 months ago
    I feel like LingoPrio needs pineapple.
  • hu38 months ago
    i'm curious, did you use AI help to build it?

    Any hints and favorite AI tools?

    • absurdwebsite8 months 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.
      • JIE0078 months ago
        Wow, your approach is worth referencing
      • deadbabe8 months ago
        you’re awesome
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