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Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by andy99 on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:26AM (#44757288)
The website is great!

> I built a basic CNN trained against penises

After seeing it in action, my second thought (first was just watching my fish) was that I was amazed at the good behavior of the users because I would have expected a lot of penises floating around. Now I understand. Nicely done!

Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by hallak on Friday August 01, 2025 @11:28AM (#44758262)
Actually most people aren't trying to submit bad fish! I was surprised to, it's really like 95/5 good to bad submissions. People seem to follow the rules on average :)
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by roughly on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:32PM (#44759117)
Yeah, there’s two rules that define the internet:

1. 95% of people will not be trying to draw penises

2. 5% penises by volume is a lot of penises

Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by sebastiennight on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:55PM (#44759365)
By volume, yes, but by mass, it's a pretty reasonable load
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by roughly on Friday August 01, 2025 @02:08PM (#44760305)
Perfectly average, I’d say
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by un1970ix on Friday August 01, 2025 @03:24PM (#44761245)
Or roughly average, as your username would say. :D
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by stbtrax on Friday August 01, 2025 @02:43PM (#44760747)
To be fair, you stop them from submitting the bad fish before they have a chance. I never submitted a fish that wasn't already 'green' for %
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by jasonkester on Saturday August 02, 2025 @01:49AM (#44765159)
When I launched Twiddla, it was so common that we joked about adding them to the shape tool.

I think it’s just human nature that that’s the first thing you try to draw on any online whiteboard.

Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by fossislife on Friday August 01, 2025 @11:39AM (#44758426)
There are some fish decorated with swastikas floating around
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by specproc on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:11PM (#44758868)
And a Star of David

Edit: And a lot of Palestinian flags when sorting by popular.

Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by tgtweak on Friday August 01, 2025 @04:43PM (#44762271)
Just noticed "Chosen Fish" on the leaderboard - sometimes it's a bit less subtle.
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by nozzlegear on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:08PM (#44758821)
I tried to draw an eel, and when I was done I realized that all I'd done was draw a very orange, toothed penis.
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by dingnuts on Friday August 01, 2025 @01:15PM (#44759590)
is this a reference to the new South Park episode?

(sorry)

Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by nozzlegear on Friday August 01, 2025 @02:52PM (#44760874)
Haha, not intentionally!
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by lawlessone on Friday August 01, 2025 @04:32PM (#44762149)
>is this a reference to the new South Park episode?

I don't think so, he said "long" lol

Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by salamanderman on Friday August 01, 2025 @11:13AM (#44758033)
As hard as I tried to add fish characteristics, it knew what I was doing.
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by praptak on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:31AM (#44757358)
I wonder if it's resilient against swastikas made of penises.
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by QuinnyPig on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:54AM (#44757704)
That was the Slack logo redesign.
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by danesparza on Friday August 01, 2025 @11:02AM (#44757840)
Well now I can't unsee that.
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by mh- on Friday August 01, 2025 @01:36PM (#44759827)
Seriously, wishing I could unread his comment.
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by exasperaited on Friday August 01, 2025 @01:46PM (#44759962)
Oh god.
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by maxbond on Saturday August 02, 2025 @12:19AM (#44764874)
My hot take is that the Slack logo is an Alphabet-product logo. The colors aren't quite right, but it's red/yellow/green/blue like an Alphabet logo. It would fit right into the lineup. It's particularly similar to the (obsolete) Google Podcasts and Google Photos logos.

My pet theory (that I don't sincerely believe) is that this was deliberate to help smooth a hypothetical acquisition by Alphabet, before they were bought by Salesforce.

Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by maxbond on Saturday August 02, 2025 @03:24AM (#44765489)
> My pet theory (that I don't sincerely believe)...

To be clear, this combination is a tetradic palete on a color wheel. Color theory and simplified logo trends make this coincidence much more likely than it would initially appear. Still funny.

Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by Culonavirus on Friday August 01, 2025 @11:35AM (#44758380)
Well apparently it wasn't trained against asses, since it let me write "Ass" on my fish :P
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by mmmpetrichor on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:02PM (#44758741)
I just saw the N-word written on a fish. so eh.. that didn't last long.
Re:Show HN: Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others by alangibson on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:32PM (#44759119)
I drew a fish and wrote PENIS on the side. Did I beat the game?