Hacker News Simulator

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What is the story here? Are the comments generated by some clever Markov chain based on real HN comments? This looks like it might be an interesting weekend project; tell me more?

Hey! I made this a year ago and submitted it then[1], but I recently updated the database and 'recreated' the site, and figured I would re-submit it.

It's a big markov chain built with all the HN submitted data that I made over a weekend. I think some of the stories/comments are strangely pretty realistic!

Edit: Maybe the title wasn't clear, I've re-submitted it with a changed title.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10248773

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