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They wouldn't break in two during a slapshot, but they would generally split along the bottom of the blade.

Yes, western governments have been woefully unprepared and very slapshot in their response to this.

Yep, as <slapshot> says, the HN headline is in error and should be changed.

So I taught myself Objective-C and Xcode and made an iPhone app called Slapshot to solve this.

Not only was it a (blue) glowing puck, but it would also make a red-orange streak on screen when there was a slapshot (er...

Until someone gets hurt, this is kinda like a slapshot in hockey.

That kid from Tuscaloosa would have a smoking slapshot.

Indeed, the first time someone hits a goalie-mounted one of these with a slapshot from the blue line it's going to make people jump out of their seats.

If you're interested in helping promote Slapshot please send me an email hn@slapshotapp.com, I've got a free promo code with your name on it.

I can confirm that what Slapshot wrote was essentially correct.

Edit: as I typed, slapshot posted some helpful explanation.

My wife is a therapist, an MFT, and having peeked behind the scenes of both her schooling and the others in her practicum, I was aghast and how amateur and slapshot it all appeared.

As slapshot notes, Etsy has opened up a completely new "long tail" that shows no sign of slowing down.

The "slapshot" education is because all this is "soft science" - the real education is in on-the-job training.

Yes, it's true that you should "skate where the puck's going, not where it's been," but if you have an open slapshot, take it.

So if a defensemen wants to slapshot the puck, his forwards (who are down in front of the net) need to "screen" the goalie so the goalie can't see the puck.

Slapshot isn't a world-changing app but it does help optimize for a small pain point in the easiest possible way.

Slapshot will email you exactly what you wrote 12 hours later.

I made myself constantly answer this when building Slapshot.