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Show HN: Adult Cat Finder

adultcatfinder.com

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I was actually expecting a cat adoption site. What a let down. Perhaps it's not too late to steer the ship in a different direction, yet ;)?

I was expecting the same thing. Then I got curious whether someone did something like this for pet adoption sites. Turns out that someone has http://www.petfinder.com/developers/api-key

You're missing the 'Cats in <name of city> are waiting for you!', with the name of a city ~800km from where you are.

"Cats in TOR EXIT NODE are waiting for you!"

"Cats in BOEING EARTH STATION are waiting for you!"

I usually get "Cats in US-East-1 are waiting for you!"

  $.ajax({url:"http://freegeoip.net/json", dataType:"json"})
  .done(function(data){$('#city').text(data.city)});

freegeoip.net seems to send the "Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *" header which allows the cross-domain ajax call.

Picking a city ~800km from where you are is an exercise left for the reader.

This is great. We initially had it in PHP server side, but didn't want to slow down the process. Having it lazy load via ajax is a great idea.

We had this in initially server-side, but took it out to account for a rush. Someone posted a JS solution below, we might integrate that!

This is amazing. This would be even more amazing if you coded in responses to certain words.

Have it parse entered strings and if they mention the word Tuna have a picture of a cat licking it's lips.

Dog = Cat running away

Etc.

Great job.

Bug: After opening the chat window once and closing it, clicking the "Try it out" button a second time doesn't work.

Do I have to subscribe in order to use it again?

Just a bug in our site's JS. Working on fixing it up! In the meantime, a refresh will do.

I wish I could find shaved cats using this service.

I'm being completely honest when I say my first thought upon reading the name was "Adult Friend Finder".

Why did you choose a name so close to that?

I think it's part of the joke.

I assume because that is what it was based off of. Click 'try' -- it opens up a 'cam' of a cat, with a fake chat.

It's specifically modeled after AFF.

Ah....I see now.

I'd be very interested to know what exactly you think this website is.

Meowtiful. Just Purrrfect.

Best hacker news app all year, even better than harlem shaker thing.

Thanks!

Hysterical. I knew what was coming, but it still beat expectations.

Can't wait to see this with more cats and reaction to keywords: ruff, bark, bowwow, dog will cause the cat to flee away.

This goes up there on the short list of Show HN sites that I share with friends that would get the joke. Well done!

Are the cats bored ?

REAL bored cats in your area want so desperately to meet YOU!

Thank you so much for making this, it's hysterical!

good laugh

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