[HN Gopher] Show HN: I created a collection of useful websites
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       Show HN: I created a collection of useful websites
        
       Author : jayra
       Score  : 150 points
       Date   : 2022-04-20 16:26 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.insanelyusefulwebsites.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.insanelyusefulwebsites.com)
        
       | krasotkin wrote:
       | It looks nice. The "Midomi" tile has a minor spelling error:
       | "dentify" and the utm parameters sometimes suggest that this
       | website is an email.
        
       | throwawayboise wrote:
       | https://time.is/
       | 
       | Wow, someone actually built it....
       | 
       | https://www.joelonsoftware.com/whattimeisit/
        
         | nojs wrote:
         | I think they misread the spec unfortunately.
         | 
         | > Non Goals
         | 
         | > This version will not support the following features:
         | 
         | > multiple time zones for one member. All members are assumed
         | to be in the same time zone.
        
       | TheRealNGenius wrote:
       | you mean curated. not created
        
       | bullen wrote:
       | I made a link site 20 years ago: http://tentacle.rupy.se
       | 
       | I still use it to this day.
       | 
       | My memory is not what it used to be.
       | 
       | Now I just need a dead link reporter tool for it.
        
       | sydthrowaway wrote:
       | Does anyone know a free, online version of neural enhance?
        
         | johndough wrote:
         | http://waifu2x.udp.jp (set style to "photo" if you want to
         | upsample photos instead of cartoon images)
        
       | euler2100 wrote:
       | Nice collection, have to mention that this[0] is probably not the
       | way you intended the card elements to look like on big screens
       | (with the extra white space after the image).
       | 
       | [0] https://ibb.co/qNfVtxd
        
       | unnouinceput wrote:
       | I bookmarked this strange bookmark of sites :).
        
       | na85 wrote:
       | Neat, thanks for sharing.
       | 
       | My main feedback is that it subjectively looks and feels very
       | much like the SEO blogspam you get at the top of every google
       | search these days.
       | 
       | It's hard to put my finger on exactly what, but it feels visually
       | busy and almost a little _too_ polished.
        
         | jayra wrote:
         | Thanks dude!
         | 
         | I've been feeling weird about the design since I launched it,
         | definitely needs a redesign. I've mostly been focused on the
         | newsletter side of things and ignored the website. Thanks for
         | bringing it up - I've pushed it to the top of my todo list.
        
           | rchaud wrote:
           | I'm not the OP, but I thought the design was OK.
           | 
           | One thing I'd suggest removing however is the Product Hunt
           | logo/widget. It's meaningless for people that may find your
           | site via search. They don't care if it was the "Product of
           | the Day" or whatever. Those are mostly for bragging rights in
           | the lean startup community.
           | 
           | Another reason to remove it is because it creates that
           | negative "blogspam" signal in online communities like HN that
           | are familiar with PH. There are lots or barebones websites
           | offering color palettes and CSS gradients and calling
           | themselves "products". Don't turn your website into one of
           | those.
        
           | marginalia_nu wrote:
           | One thing that bothered me is that the images are sort of
           | popping in and causing the layout to shift as you scroll
           | down. If you set a dimensions on the img-tags, it will at
           | least remove the layout shift.
        
           | rexreed wrote:
           | The design looks the same as
           | https://www.billiondollarpitchdecks.com/ both by
           | FlowGenius.co which is where the OP is from, judging by post
           | history. These sites are created using WebFlow
           | (https://webflow.com/) so I'm guessing part of the WebFlow
           | look and feel (no code website builder)
        
       | gregjor wrote:
       | Page of insanely useless affiliate links.
        
         | jayra wrote:
         | Show me one affiliate link you found :)
        
           | gregjor wrote:
           | All of them. Here's the link on the Omni Calculator "Visit
           | website" button, just one example.
           | 
           | https://www.omnicalculator.com/?ref=insanelyusefulwebsites
           | &utm_campaign=Insanely%20Useful%20Websites
           | &utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
        
             | cyral wrote:
             | What % commission do you think such "affiliate" gets for a
             | website that doesn't sell anything? It's a UTM tag for
             | Google Analytics
        
             | jayra wrote:
             | That's a UTM tag that Revue adds automatically - not an
             | affiliate link. Most of these sites are free dude. Take a
             | look next time before jumping to conclusions and calling
             | something junk.
        
               | gregjor wrote:
               | The very first "useful website" on the page is a list of
               | the best affiliate programs.
               | 
               | Google and Amazon are free too, also full of ads and
               | affiliate links.
        
               | NetOpWibby wrote:
               | Before jumping to conclusions? On HN?!
        
       | am_lu wrote:
       | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flush-toilet-finder-map/id9552...
       | 
       | its an apple store app and not even a website.
       | 
       | Timewaster.
        
       | willmacdonald wrote:
       | Super Agent works great! What a difference it makes.
        
       | nickthegreek wrote:
       | https://audiobites.io/ is giving security risk in FF.
        
         | unixfg wrote:
         | Looks like an Amazon EC2 certificate mixup. They'll probably
         | fix it eventually
        
           | PenguinRevolver wrote:
           | > I have decided to sunset Audio Bites so that I can focus on
           | my other ventures.
           | 
           | I don't think so buddy
        
         | jayra wrote:
         | That's weird! Just seen. Thanks dude, will remove this.
        
       | andrei52 wrote:
        
       | jayra wrote:
       | P.s. Our Revue page has the most up-to-date websites
       | (https://www.getrevue.co/profile/insanelyusefulwebsites)
       | 
       | I've been lazy in uploading them to the site...
        
       | eappleby wrote:
       | I use remove.bg, tempmail, and down for everyone or me somewhat
       | regularly and used to love using bug me not (like 10 years ago).
       | This reminds me of netted.net. They also focus mostly on their
       | newsletter which gives one suggestion per day. Built by the same
       | guys who started The Webbys.
        
       | axg11 wrote:
       | I found some of these genuinely interesting and useful, so
       | thanks. Overall I don't see a reason to come back to the website
       | and not interested in the newsletter format. Nevertheless, I
       | think you can turn this into _something_ if you are persistent
       | with interesting websites.
        
         | jayra wrote:
         | I'm glad you found some sites useful! And appreciate your
         | honesty about the newsletter. I'd love to hear your thoughts
         | about how it could be improved?
        
       | hobo_mark wrote:
       | It's always interesting to get pulled out of one's own bubble,
       | because I fail to find any of these websites useful? (other than
       | mynoise, which I already knew)
        
       | saltmeister wrote:
        
       | timerol wrote:
       | I was disappointed when Flush, which seems like a neat service,
       | linked to an app only available on Apple devices
        
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