what April Fool's jokes have you seen around today?
7I always looked forward to Google’s April Fool’s pranks but they have stopped doing them since the Minion’s mic drop got people fired and other crazy shit like that.
Has anyone seen anything memorable today?
BlueQ.com is opening a dairy farm and selling milk
The State Fair of Texas announced a Dating site, FairMates What better than finding your true love over a corny dog?
Heard on the radio, instead of 1-800 Cars for Kids it was 1-800 Eggs for Kids. Eggs are probably worth more these days than your junker car anyways.
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@f00l
Void Linux Enterprise Edition is the only one I have seen today. Of course I don’t really look for them.
KFC and the chicken flavored toothbrush
Yahoo has a grass covered keyboard for when you need to touch grass. It’s on tik tok, I don’t know how to post a link. You can even order it. On tik tok. Which I also don’t know how to do.
@sammydog01 that’s not a deficiency
The governor of CO posted an official portrait of himself:
http://cod82.prod.acquia-sites.com/governor/news/breaking-governor-polis-unveils-official-portrait
Poking fun at the kerfuffle over Trump’s portrait that was taken down last week:
https://www.denver7.com/news/politics/colorado-gov-polis-takes-a-jab-at-trump-with-april-fools-capitol-portrait-spoof
Also South Park is done by 2 Colorado guys.
FlightRadar24 claimed a British Airways Concorde was flying again for the first time in 21 years. I believed it for about 30 seconds and then I was pissed. LOL
@PooltoyWolf I found that site recently. Now I have a paid membership on my phone and sit on the deck watching planes fly to Europe. And a couple of Blackhawk helicopters.
@sammydog01 Same here, Gold subscriber for many years. I find it invaluable for all the info it provides, and it’s also useful when you’re flying yourself!
@PooltoyWolf @sammydog01 My setup for watching planes is a direct one. I got a software defined radio (SDR) from nooelec.com (a bit larger than a thumb drive) with a small antenna for about $50 and use it together with tar1090 software on my PC. It receives the signals from the ADS-B transponders all aircraft are required to have and plots them on the screen like a radar display, providing lots of info on each aircraft within receiving range. I suppose this is the input that FlightRadar24 uses. I live near enough to Boston’s Logan airport to see plenty of traffic almost all the time.
@ItalianScallion @sammydog01 Yes, FlightRadar24 gets their info from ADS-B receivers; in fact, you can set one up yourself, and they’ll even send you a receiver kit for free if you’re in a low-coverage area.
@PooltoyWolf @sammydog01 And one of my fellow ham radio operators told me that if you contribute the data from your radio to FlightRadar24 or FlightAware, they’ll give you free “premium” accounts. Naturally I’m concern about privacy issues and it’s not likely they really need my data anyway.
@ItalianScallion @sammydog01 If ADS-B data, there’s not really anything anyone can glean from it.
@PooltoyWolf @sammydog01 I’m concerned with one of those two websites associating my IP address with my longitude and latitude, i.e., my street address, and then selling that information or having it somehow become public.
Here’s one I might expect to see here…
Hey - they updated the water offerings in the office today!
@ybmuG I want habanero honeydew to be a thing now!
Though if it’s free, I’m going for eggs!
@djslack @ybmuG I’ll have the gold.
@djslack @Kyeh between gold and eggs, it’s a toss up
@djslack @ybmuG But the gold won’t break when you toss it up …
That I’m still the goat even though it’s April.
@ItalianScallion You’ve just been so good they don’t want you to quit!
@Kyeh Sigh. Excellence always comes with a price.
And who is this “they”?
@ItalianScallion
Maybe you are the G. O. A. T. Goat.
@ItalianScallion Whoever turns the goat upside down.
Another April Fool’s joke: December, January, February, and March. Oh wait, that’s no joke.
@ItalianScallion