Show HN: hncynic – Generate Hacker News Comments from Titles

"Asteroid will collide with Earth in 2021"

hncynic 1 minute ago

The author mentions that the asteroid has about 30 times the mass of Earth; I don't know if that is true or not; but I see no reason why this could be a problem. The fact that they can't find out exactly what the asteroid will orbit doesn't make it a problem. It's just not a big enough deal.

hncynic 1 minute ago

The first thing that came to my mind was the possibility for an asteroid on the moon or the asteroid heading to earth in 2020...

I'm not sure if I like this article, but it reminds me when my dad taught us how to run a solar system and think about why it is so dangerous to run our solar system.

hncynic 1 minute ago

I know I am a dumbassy kid but I am so glad to see such a small asteroid like ourselves is happening. I will do my best to support it

Show HN: hncynic - Generate Hacker News Comments from Titles

hncynic 1 minute ago

Very cool project but how is this different than HN comments?

hncynic 1 minute ago

This is a fantastic idea, great execution. How do you handle upvoting multiple articles for a given site?

hncynic 1 minute ago

Looks like an interesting site, but I don't see the usability. Are there other things in between?

Excellent! Using the title "Show HN: about:blank"...

hncynic 1 minute ago

I really like what you do! It works great for me on Chrome though, so please make it work.

hncynic 1 minute ago

I really like the idea of a simple "blank page" that could be easily scaled up and then added to an existing page as a new tab rather than clicking on links at some point.

That way you don't have to have to manually edit pages to get the information you want to see, just click through to it.

You could also get something like this with the extension "Remove Blank page", which was my only use of it and made by others.

hncynic 1 minute ago

This is really cool. I think this would allow the user to change color of the site (I think there should be a visual indicator of how much time was spent doing this). This is an especially usable tool, I think

Elon Musk died hncynic 1 minute ago

This is a wonderful story. One thing I'd love to know is whether he had actually lived a life or not.

My only complaint about Tesla is the lack of an EV car. I have to go to the Tesla stores and drive with a Tesla car when I want to drive to work (mostly because I don't have an EV anyway - I do drive a lot these days for hobbyist purpose).

hncynic 1 minute ago

RIP Elon.

What I find surprising is that so many people who aren't part of a generation just have to live in a comfortable place on the road.

hncynic 1 minute ago

One of the most influential things about the Model S, the Model X, was my understanding that the Model X was made in the US by the German automotive industry in the 1950's:

Although the Tesla Roadster was built in the 1970s by American manufacturing and manufacturing companies, it did not have an electric motor. At the time, it was a mechanical motor. And the Tesla Roadster was a motor on top of a gas gas cylinder. When the Model S was built, the electric motors had no electricity to charge them. The Model S had no electrical chargers; the Roadster had no electric motor to charge the electric motor. It was a gas car. http://www.wired.com/2010/01/tesla-dealer-model-2-the-tesla-... _

When asked whether any of the Model S, the German automotive industry, said they had never considered the Model S before the Model S was made. It was called Roadster and it turned out the Model S was a Model S. The Model S was sold by the German aerospace industry in 1946. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=roadster+and%20car+mar...

This is actually amazing, I put in the title Show HN: Simple but Powerful IDE for Databases

And received:

hncynic 1 minute ago

I like that it's just Javascript, not Node.

I see that it runs in some sort of Node.js/java application with a JIRA plugin.

Maybe you have tried a "nodejs" based alternative to SQLite and it's a little too early for something you don't like, like PostgreSQL etc.

hncynic 1 minute ago

This is really cool. I'm going to try this out some day and see if it's useful for other databases... especially with the JS support.

If the idea is to do DB migrations/transforms and make that simpler for non-tech users, then I like the idea of using SQL to get it working.

hncynic 1 minute ago

I'm glad the "learn new tools" section has a "Rewrite all the files on one file" option. I'm currently using a Dropbox instance to do this on my Mac.

The context and coherence is a little confused but the grammar and tone is spot on!

"beware the jubjub bird and shun the frumious bandersnatch:"

hncynic 1 minute ago

>I've always felt about the "Jubjubjub Bandersnatch is the jub" attitude, that there seems to be a few examples of this in the

> article. For example, my first album was 'Jubjabjubs on YouTube', but my next album was 'Jubjumbs on YouTube'. My first album

>is 'Bing Jubjubjub' and it's all very well worth the hassle.

>This article is a nice reminder that people are willing to use your tool and give you feedback on your work.

hee.

Dewey Defeats Truman

hncynic 1 minute ago

It's a shame that the results don't reflect the outcome of their entire campaign. This guy should be able to predict the outcome. It's the "only winning a race is worth it" argument that people have been saying about the Truman show since forever.

hncynic 1 minute ago

I think this title needs the following: "Dewey wins against" (because he's a non-American who lives in the US) In my mind, Dewey won because he has no reason to believe anything in it.

Apple's New Smart Socks hide disturbing supply chain secrets

hncynic 1 minute ago

A couple of years ago, this was the new iPod touch: http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/14/amazon-ipod-touch-macbook-t...

I remember the first iPhone was "the next one". The first iPod was about the new Macbooks and they had the same screen.

I wonder if it's still true - when the iPhone comes out, and when Apple is trying new things with iPod touches, I assume it will be a combination of new hardware and new hardware - something that Apple can't do.

hncynic 1 minute ago

Not going to stop the sock from being stolen.

hncynic 1 minute ago

I think the whole 'smart' sock is a joke. It isn't just a Sock that doesn't work on a device. The whole point of this sock is that the sock is a complete mess. Not even the sock itself has a sock as it does on a page. The sock's not meant to be something you want to own unless you can make the sock open.

I got it to generate a link. with the title "geiabl"

hncynic 1 minute ago

This is from 2012, not 2012! It was also recently discussed on HN and the title was changed from "Geiabl is an online video game where you can create a video or write a game"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11140213

Hilarious! I tried words like “deep learning”, “diversity” and “feminism” and was deeply amused by the generated comments.

"PureOS on the Samsung Galaxy Notes 7" (Yeah, with an "s" too many in "Notes")

hncynic 1 minute ago

How about an OS like this?

I don't know if there is a market for this kind of thing for the iPhone, either..

hncynic 1 minute ago

Why do they need to do this? They don't seem to have the time to make this happen, but they seem to have a strong sense of humiliation.

I think this kind of thing could go on for a long time, as it's already done.

hncynic 1 minute ago

It's just a matter of time before someone can go to Samsung on the Galaxy Notes. They are amazing devices with a great interfaces and usability. Samsung is still a huge company and it is great that they can get a foothold in the market that people don't understand. They deserve to be seen as the premier product manufacturer, though with no hope of actually doing much with it anyway.

They're also not going to change their brand or look like the best product manufacturer to date.

This is awesome!

I think it would be nice a bit more 'generator' (perhaps based on comment scores/comments, etc) and a more open source "cloud" to handle the up/down voting (possibly via the "cloud" filters in your app).

"I think that ZFS is a solid alternative for the Raspberry Pi with a proper linux installation.

However, ZFS on Ubuntu on Ubuntu, for example-- does not seem to allow zfs itself - it is the only way to zfs to be installed and run Linux. It would also be good if it had support for the ZFS kernel.

On Ubuntu you can't use the ZFS kernel_ - but on Ubuntu, there is zfs enabled:

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/zfs/ "

> The article is very light on any kind of evidence that boys are better of having a baby before their own children.

A lot of wow in a single HN comment. Very entertaining.

Facebook admits it accidentally destroyed all life on Earth

hncynic 1 minute ago

This article is a little sensationalised and misleading. It's not like it was just a facebook ad ad with no substance. There are several legitimate points made on this page, but none of them really sound like any serious information to me.

It's so cool. A simple simple tool that adds more content in the form of comments and comments is probably good for HN, but it takes way too much time - you have to add the ability to submit comments as the comments are on the top of the page.

hncynic > The fact that the topic is not entirely related: why are you so annoyed by that idea?

This is a reasonable question, since there's nothing to discuss here. This would be a better discussion for a discussion in which a lot of the people have a specific point.

This is a good question. I would assume that the more interesting discussion and discussion it is about the larger discussion it is about the wider discussion. The question might be the right way to ask a question of a topic. It may be some other way to ask a question, but I'd be happy to answer it as much as possible by asking the question as it is.

> New Jersey guy locked up for stealing cars

“I always feel the same way about people breaking into the cars and driving through my garage with them.”

Neat project. A couple of articles yield funny, yet true results.

A few queries:

- “PHP use rising”

- “Women in mathematics”

But I was able to break it with something nonsensically narcissistic:

- “Programmers are an elite race”

Great work!

> Would be nice if more examples are found. If the user has seen other articles before, they should check out the comments.

"Feminists killed by a nazi"

hncynic 1 minute ago

A couple of questions I have come to myself on a similar topic:

1. On what grounds are we a Nazi? What are the political implications of the use of "feminism"?

2. What's the reason the German government killed one of its female and Nazi leaders. If a german leader was killed because of sexism by other groups, how are they protected if there is a Nazi?

3. What is their motivation in this? Do they have a goal to end war and that they do not have a "war of Nazes"? And why are politicians so against the idea that "theirs" are not a communist?

Hilarious and very well done!

amazing The essence of human being is a repeater

Needs more citations of xkcd #927 in response to the words "new" or "create". Also, more loopy weekend comments about how mainstream physics can't handle the truth.

> silicon valley destroyed by tsunami

hncynic 1 minute ago

I wonder what would happen if the bubbling bursts were more than the average earthquake.

hncynic 1 minute ago

It was just as good as the tsunami! I wonder if that is why we're taking the time to write more about what we had to be able to do to get around it.

hncynic 1 minute ago

I thought it was going to have to be a "tsunamis". It seems so stupid and I think people are too stupid to do it to the point that this kind of thing won't happen...

> Donald Trump elected to fifth term

hncynic 1 minute ago

This is a serious move by the Republican Party. Not that I hate him for not wanting to support them, but I do support him for his personal right of a free country. That being said, he is going to continue to play that game and to do with the election is going to be a huge uphill battle for many people.

If anyone in Congress gets to decide if he is going to continue to run for President in the next ten years, that's not so easy or incomprehensible. If he does, he may be forced to resign from the Senate, that could be a big deal. This may mean the administration will be going through a few layoffs before he is able to see all the people he's voting for and have all the voting skills on his side. Or it might mean the legislature can't do it.

This is how it will be going to be for the next three years and it really will only be for the next six years. The Republicans will be the ones to pass this legislation and it won't be the same if that happens again. The Democrats won't want to be able to change this for so long without it.

Anyway, I'm pretty surprised that he wasn't able to do this.

hncynic 1 minute ago

What has changed in his office in the past two years?

http://m.politico.com/news/2014/12/new-yorks-election-id-hil...

hncynic 1 minute ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14148828

I like it! A couple things I would think about is the ability to show a comments, so people who don't like a lot can have good discussion.

For example if I'm interested in an article I like to see if someone could suggest an example of an example of a better HNCynic site with comment scores