Show HN: Probabilistically Generating HN Post Titles

Post by mFixman » Fri, Nov 29, 2013, 2:11 AM UTC

reinhardt wrote: post #144

kr4 wrote: post #98

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Couldn't resist from posting these: -How Facebook is killing Linux on the desktop -MongoDB Raises $150 Million - And Still Isn't Difficult Enough To Watch HBO Shows -Facebook claims it can read your e-mail without a data plan -I am depressed and I need someone to talk to restaurants. -Ask PG: Will you share your data in plain English -France convicts Google Maps for iOS -Mars water surprise in Curiosity rover – I am…

Here's my top10 as of now: - Ask HN: What's the best place to aim on a Porn Website - The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Kindle - John Resig's ‘Secrets of the HBGary hack - Oracle discontinues Ruby/Rails support for SOPA. - A new way of writing unmaintainable code. - Redesigning the country of Liechtenstein for $70,000 a night with Airbnb - Build a house for $5 - Iranian Web Programmer’s Death Sentence to Be Suc…

Post by cfontes » Fri, Nov 29, 2013, 2:19 AM UTC

FiloSottile wrote: post #182

gamegoblin wrote: post #2

I was inspired by this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6813162 I find that lookback of 2 generally creates more entertaining titles. Lookback of 3 usually seems to just splice together two titles (which can be hilarious, and is usually more grammatically correct), and lookback of 1 tends to generate more nonsense. Some fun ones I found just now: The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Teenage Hacker H…

I've made a Twitter bot out of it, it will post on average every 5 hours. https://twitter.com/HNTitles Code at https://github.com/FiloSottile/HNTitles

Post by kps » Fri, Nov 29, 2013, 2:26 AM UTC

bjornsteffanson wrote: post #114

jiggy2011 wrote: post #3

That is literally hilarious. "Nobody’s going to download your bullshit app" , "HN will be retired, transition to Google Wallet Anti-Competitively" , "The best interface is no retirement" , "Amazon's homepage was down for 6 hours to boot Ubuntu" , "PHP Sucks But I Like PHP" , "Programming is a Lie" ,""Gangbang Interviews" and "Bikini Shots": Silicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine" , "Ask HN: What colour is your primary ope…

Some too good not to share: - Your Username Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed - Android Ported to ANSI C - Memories of Stasi color Germans’ view of time, if nanoseconds were seconds - Cook something or get out of Facebook.com - Mark Cuban: If you want to order it, use 'view source' to find the commented-out link. - How Little Sleep Can You Get From McDonald's? - Ocean acidification due to SOPA - Love startups bu…

   > Android Ported to ANSI C

Post by dcohenp » Fri, Nov 29, 2013, 2:42 AM UTC

dirtyaura wrote: post #152

gamegoblin wrote: post #2

I was inspired by this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6813162 I find that lookback of 2 generally creates more entertaining titles. Lookback of 3 usually seems to just splice together two titles (which can be hilarious, and is usually more grammatically correct), and lookback of 1 tends to generate more nonsense. Some fun ones I found just now: The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Teenage Hacker H…

Oh boy, I haven't lauhde this hard for a while. You have created a masterpiece of algorithmic humor. A few gems from my trials: HIV-Infected Infant Cured With Early Use of 'App Store' First employee of startup? You are not colder than absolute zero No, really, pi is wrong: The NSA slide you haven’t seen $100k Revenues in One Click.

Post by vincvinc » Fri, Nov 29, 2013, 2:52 AM UTC

gamegoblin wrote: post #2

I was inspired by this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6813162 I find that lookback of 2 generally creates more entertaining titles. Lookback of 3 usually seems to just splice together two titles (which can be hilarious, and is usually more grammatically correct), and lookback of 1 tends to generate more nonsense. Some fun ones I found just now: The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Teenage Hacker H…