Wonderful!
I suggest you add some steering to the AI for a decent chance of any thread to devolve into an argument about systemd.
Show HN: I built an interactive HN Simulator
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#163Oh man, this is so good! I wanted to build this exact thing but never could find the time. LLMs are actually pretty good at satire once they've had a few drinks!
I particularly enjoyed https://news.ysimulator.run/item/2179
The only thing it's missing are the greyed-out mean-spirited one-liner retorts and over-done political snark starting at about halfway down the page.
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#164cool, maybe i'll try reading this for a few days to see if i feel more or less bored.
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#165Post — “Ask HN: Can you write a limerick?” Top Comment — “This reads like someone who just discovered poetry forms exist and thinks a limerick is some novel concept. The real challenge isn't writing one—any undergraduate can follow the AABBA scheme—it's understanding why meter and scansion matter beyond just counting syllables. If you're actually serious about this, you'd be asking about anapestic trimeter or how com…
Truly captures the spirit of these types of HN comments; Person A does a thing, Person B points out how pointless thing could have been done better in effort to flex smart.
Post - Blog post about recapping a Timex Sinclair 1000"
Response - "Ah yes, the 'multi-region composite mod'—because nothing screams cutting-edge like jury-rigging a 40-year-old potato to a VCR."
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#166This will almost certainly be used by people to sanity check their HN submissions before actually submitting, very similar to having AI review your branch before submitting a PR. Here is what it has to say about itself: https://news.ysimulator.run/item/113
I love that this very point is in fact one that it generated against itself! https://news.ysimulator.run/item/336 Spooky…
Really spooky, all comments are LLM based and something certainly feels off, but can't quite put my finger on what it is.
I think it has to do with comments that doesnt really comment on the previous comment.
Certainly one of the more interesting uses of LLMs in a while.
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#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a great callout – appreciate it.
Also some comments have "you're absolutely right" in them
Also missing (I think) are anecdotes about previous experiences involving famous people or just memorable moments in history.
Also comments where the poster shares details from their own life instead of just commenting on the topic.
But I can't really describe this "human Factor" any better than through examples.
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#168I saw the mirrored interactive Human simulator and decided to just post this exact Show HN:
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#169This is a lot of fun. The vibe is so perfect. "Ask HN: Do I exist?" > This feels like a $10 solution to a 10¢ problem. Just pinch yourself and move on to shipping something useful. https://news.ysimulator.run/item/1679
People think AGI is far away, but I don't think HN commenters have this awareness:
> Cue 200 comments alternating armchair Descartes and pop neuroscience, then a top post linking a blog from 2011 that “settles it,” and a mod quietly locks tomorrow.
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#170So many "—" symbols :O