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Re:Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have been wo... by Biganon on Saturday April 06, 2024 @09:15AM (#39952230)
I made a website about Tintin (the Belgian comic) where you can search any cell from any album by its text content. There's also a game where you have to find which album a cell comes from.

The owners of the intellectual property wrote to me and just asked that I stop using the domain name I was using (which was the name of a character) and that every cell contains a reference to them ("Tintin is copyrighted to blah blah blah"). I obliged and haven't heard of them ever since.

Re:Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have been wo... by seabass-labrax on Saturday April 06, 2024 @02:06PM (#39954226)
Great blistering barnacles! That's quite a story. Would you mind posting the link to your site here? I'm very curious to see it.
Re:Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have been wo... by Biganon on Saturday April 06, 2024 @06:26PM (#39956221)
Sure, it's https://www.ectoplasme.com/

(It's in French, should have mentioned that)

Re:Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have been wo... by seabass-labrax on Sunday April 07, 2024 @07:09PM (#39964754)
That's really impressive! I don't know enough French yet to really be able to use it, but the 'quiz without words' should still be relevant :)

Maybe consider posting your site as a 'Show HN' at some point?

Re:Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have been wo... by roydivision on Monday April 08, 2024 @04:51AM (#39967609)
Superbe site, je l'aime beaucoup. Quel boulot.