Hacker News with Generative AI: Parody

Tariff: A Python package that imposes tariffs on Python imports (pypi.org)
Make importing great again! A parody package that imposes tariffs on Python imports.
Python, Software, Open Source, Parody, Humor
221 points by khaledh 12 days ago | 29 comments
Mayor apologizes for sending cops to question man at work regarding parody page (wivb.com)
North Tonawanda, N.Y. (WIVB) — City of North Tonawanda Mayor Austin Tylec apologized at Tuesday night’s board meeting for sending two police officers to a business to question an employee about a spoof Facebook page.
Politics, Law Enforcement, Social Media, Parody
5 points by miles 89 days ago | 0 comments
'United Healthcare' using DMCA against Luigi Mangione images (abovethelaw.com)
Someone purporting to be United Healthcare is filing DMCA requests to scrub the internet of artists’ depictions of the surveillance video of Luigi smiling, parody merchandise of “Deny, Defend, Depose,” and other merchandise showing the alleged shooter.
Copyright Law, Lawsuits, Healthcare, Social Media, Parody
385 points by haunter 124 days ago | 240 comments
Enemy (enemy.lol)
no copyright is asserted; this is a fair use parody of friend.com
Parody, Websites, Social Media
23 points by panic 163 days ago | 2 comments
Quote Origin: I had exactly four seconds and Google had told me it wasn’t enough (quoteinvestigator.com)
Question for Quote Investigator: Apparently, sometime during the 1950s a popular writer of detective fiction crafted a short passage parodying science fiction. Within the passage the word “Google” appeared long before the company Google existed. The passage displayed remarkable prescience. The word “Google” referred to an entity that provided information. Would you please explore this topic and provide a citation?
Literature, History, Language, Google, Parody
276 points by sohkamyung 221 days ago | 131 comments
Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike's bogus DMCA takedown (arstechnica.com)
Parody, Lawsuits, Copyright, Security, Internet
448 points by stalfosknight 263 days ago | 159 comments