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Show HN: Koi.rest – watch some fish and regain your balance

228 points · 65 comments · hxii

jeromechoo · 1790287317 · focus · HN ↗
This is neat. I like the zen background sounds. I'm particularly fascinated by digital third places with extremely limited social interaction (like cursor camp by Neal). I think it has something to do with the impossibility of something like this happening in real life.
That said, I'm not sure how real the "koi you see are other people visiting the pond together with you" bit is. I only ever saw 3 swimming koi. Maybe that's the base.
1. applfanboysbgon · 1790288441 · focus · HN ↗
  It appeared to be real earlier, or at least simulated being real. I watched for 10 minutes and there were ~10 koi in my pool, with koi routinely flickering in and out of existence as though they suddenly joined or left. That said, I see three static koi now. Entirely conceivably that HN killed the backend and triggered a failsafe.
  1. keithnz · 1790289969 · focus · HN ↗
    lots and lots of koi at the moment!

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