Ask HN: Haiku?
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There was an old man
From Peru, whose lim'ricks all
Look'd like haiku. He
Said with a laugh, "I
Cut them in half, the pay is
Much better for two."
limerickdb - http://www.limerickdb.com/?top150
not the original source
but "oh well", i say
not the original source
but "oh well", i say
I thought this was a
post for the Haiku OS
but am now saddened.
post for the Haiku OS
but am now saddened.
Oh Haiku OS!
Thou art minimal and grand!
Unlike this poem. In Haiku OS,
Do the docs look like these posts?
Or are they normal? They are like normal,
but with a slight twist: they have
more metadata! Thanks for the info.
More metadata sounds nice.
I'll go check it out. BeOS was an
Operating System, 'twas
never meant to Be. This is bullshit man.
I refuse to write haikus.
And you can't make me.One of my favourites:
"Cherry blossoms fall"
Is a sneaky haiku trick
Cherry blossoms fall.
Do they make sound
if no-one hears the
cherry blossoms fall.
if no-one hears the
cherry blossoms fall.
Four then Five then Five
A proper haiku makes not
Try Five Seven Five Hacker News geyser:
Insight and inspiration
Bubble from the depths. nascent RSI
100 emacs buffers
yet love at first hack Dr. John Sarno says
it's a tension-induced ill
must say: true for meEmacs not the cause
Twenty-five years I've used it
Fingers good as new
Twenty-five years I've used it
Fingers good as new
Eh, I'm going to break with the theme here and just respond, because the last thing I want to do is give the wrong impression about emacs:
I'm not getting RSI. My fingers feel great. It just sort of fit in the haiku. Swap caps and ctl. Use emacs. M-x can-i-get-a-hell-yeah
I'm not getting RSI. My fingers feel great. It just sort of fit in the haiku. Swap caps and ctl. Use emacs. M-x can-i-get-a-hell-yeah
What has this
got to do with hacking?
I can't see any point in it.
got to do with hacking?
I can't see any point in it.
The point can't be taught.
QWAN will always elude you.
You code but don't hack. Hackers push boundaries.
Haikus limit sentances,
so you have to cram! Arbitrarily
Pushing boundaries is not what
Hackers do, at all.
Random mutation
Is not usually an
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Twice five syllables
plus seven can't say much but
that's haiku for you
(-Hofstadter) A new tradition
To replace "Erlang day", we
could do this insteadHaikus are easy
but sometimes they don’t make sense
Refrigerator
but sometimes they don’t make sense
Refrigerator
I am reluctant
to upvote any haikus that
employ plagiarism. I am reluctant
to upvote any haikus that
employ plagiarism. Before my mouseclick,
This post had forty-two comments.
...I'm sorry.I 'm flabbergasted!
I come here for Hacker News,
and find poetry.
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these are however
very amusing to read.
Gentlemen, proceed.
I come here for Hacker News,
and find poetry.
---
these are however
very amusing to read.
Gentlemen, proceed.
Haiku in Java:
System.out.println(
"My little pony..."); 10 PRINT "Hello World!"
20 PRINT "Its a Haiku!"
30 GOTO 10 come be a poet
with people around the world
one line at a time
In the trees
Sour grapes glow —
fireflies
Sour grapes glow —
fireflies
That's not a haiku
But I still rather like it
Are others checking? It is still haiku
5, 7, 5: Maximums
Shorter is okay Tick tock tick tock hands,
you behave like molasses,
be more like Usain Hacker finds success,
contentment not guaranteed.
Feature, not a bug.Wikipedia!
Just to find what it takes
writing a haiku
Just to find what it takes
writing a haiku
I am not quite sure
How to write proper haikus.
Is this one valid?
How to write proper haikus.
Is this one valid?
I have understood
A use case of hacker news:
Learning poetry.
A use case of hacker news:
Learning poetry.
Sunday afternoon;
often more interesting,
if less rigorous
For ramen profit
You don't need VC funding
Unless it's YC
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A thousand words dully glow
in unsmiling cages ---
the summer still yearns
for haiku's pale fire
in unsmiling cages ---
the summer still yearns
for haiku's pale fire
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Haikus on HN?
What has the world come to now?
Still, I can't resist.
What has the world come to now?
Still, I can't resist.
the sun of dawn shows
orange in the eastern sky
like news dot yc
orange in the eastern sky
like news dot yc
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Code is poetry
UI a story
Hack... a haiku
UI a story
Hack... a haiku
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Hacker News haiku:
Should one write about nature
or technology?
Should one write about nature
or technology?
Son-of-a-gun the
haiku returned to my life
I despise it still
--
I refuse to post
more haikus to this here thread
I feel so dirty.
haiku returned to my life
I despise it still
--
I refuse to post
more haikus to this here thread
I feel so dirty.
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