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Thnickels

181 pointsby jxmorris12today at 12:13 AM41 commentsview on HN

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thedentoday at 4:15 AM

In the HTML there's a cool comment

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jcattletoday at 7:14 AM

I love where he describes his minting facility:

"My new state of some art facility is equipped with several tools and a powerful workhorse (me)!"

Chant-I-CRWtoday at 3:03 AM

Dang...sure would like some thnickels of my own. After that tree fell on my house it is really windy here. I could use something heavy to hold down my punch cards.

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waltbosztoday at 2:49 AM

I think this is a joke by Alan Wagner who goes by the handle truewagner. https://truewagner.com/ . You'll have to Google his socials to find his art.

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lqettoday at 7:00 AM

> Website proudly built with FrontPage 98.

IAmGraydontoday at 3:56 AM

I miss this web.

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schoentoday at 5:24 AM

Since there's no specific verb in the Latin motto, perhaps it should be in the nominative ("nummi crassiores omnibus")?

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kshehab1today at 12:19 AM

Sadly I missed the window for thnickle pre orders but hopefully I'll be around for the thennies if the fog doesnt get me by then

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PaulHouletoday at 1:04 AM

It's an urban legend at the very least that you can improve the power of your punch by grasping a coin roll. I'm not so sure it's good for your hands but unlike a knife or brass knuckles you have some deniability. (Reminds me of the time that the store manager of a supermarket wrongly thought I was shoplifting and he followed me out with his clipboard which I'm sure he planned to whack me with and say it was an accident if I gave him any trouble.)

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fergietoday at 7:14 AM

I like the vibe, but is this vibe coded?

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gtbcbtoday at 3:58 AM

How much were they?

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photiostoday at 5:45 AM

So, no "thicc" jokes yet? Come on, people!

xnxtoday at 2:51 AM

How does this website load so fast? Must be some advanced framework with JIT edge hydration. /s

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