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Can't Unsee

cantunsee.space Tools, games & demos Computer games Computer games Candidate

Resurfaced independently across 6 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
7
submitters
7
observed span
2018–2025
peak thread · 126 comments
393 pts
latest 20+ return · 2022-11-21
178 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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I like how it trains you in noticing issues in alignment, spacing, font setting etc. But as others noted it mixes clear mistakes with highly subjective opinions around size, shape and color choices and even dark patterns while suggesting to use this test to filter out job candidates for design positions [0]. While there might be some merit to this method for educational purposes I'm generally wary of fully automated assessments as they often include hidden biases like in this…

ylere·393-point thread·

I dislike that this elevates, canonizes, design decisions out of context. However, this is how we train machine learning systems. I enjoy this as a social or artistic commentary in that way. How would you like to be trained this way, or what do you learn from being trained this way. It implies, all knowledge is a convention we adopt and the ability to match or reproduce it. --- I can do what the task asks, almost entirely, score TDB…

mcint·178-point thread·

That's a bit biased. "Easy 2/18" insists that "Invite friends..." is the default button and should be blue, while "Skip" button should be white which makes look like it's not a button at all, so a user does not realize that he can skip the useless spamming "Invite" step. I think it's a bad design.

achikin·69-point thread·

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
648

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
263

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2018-11-29Can't Unsee – A game to explain the pain of front-end developmentmmmulani30
2019-02-05Can't Unsee: Select the design that is most correctabkumar6920
2020-05-24Can't Unseelelf20
2021-03-15A game where you need to pick the design that is most correctnavidkhn120
2021-05-17Can't UnseeFirst breakout · Best threadrajlego393126
2022-11-21Can't UnseeLatest 20+ point returnaaossa178116
2025-04-21Can't Unsee (2021)isp11