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Was going to say - it would be fascinating to go a step further and have Gemini simulate the actual articles. That would elevate this to level of something like

by benbreen 10mo ago

Was going to say - it would be fascinating to go a step further and have Gemini simulate the actual articles. That would elevate this to level of something like an art piece. Really enjoyed this, thank you for posting it. I'm going to go ask Claude Code to create a functional HyperCard stack version of HN from 1994 now... Edit: just got a working version of HyperCardHackerNews, will deploy to Vercel and post shortly...

saalweachter 10mo ago
I didn't even try to click through to the articles, so I was just disappointed I couldn't read the comments.
BubbleRings 10mo ago
First let’s have it create maybe 100 more entries, then have people vote on which are the best 30, THEN put all the effort into creating all the fake articles and discussions. As good as the current 30 are, maybe the set could still be made twice as good. And have a set of short “explain xkcd”-style entries somewhere so people can read up on what the joke is, when they miss a specific one. Then send it to The Onion and let them make a whole business around it or something. Definitely one of the best HN posts ever. I mean come on!: FDA approves over-the-counter CRISPR for lactose intolerance (fda.gov)
- literalAardvark 10mo ago
  That one's a bit optimistic for the FDA. But it nailed fusion and Gary Marcus lesssgoo
  - olibaw 10mo ago
    The Gary Marcus headline is perfect.
- bigiain 10mo ago
  Save some of the not-top-30 posts, and add in a sprinkling of Hiring, Show HN, YC Summer 2035 acceptances/rejections, or product launches - of founders who just vibe coded something based on a presumed 6 week ago version of this future HN universe.
ForOldHack 10mo ago
You are a sick, sick man, but you have taste.
zem 10mo ago
I think it's perfect as it is, trying to expand the headlines into articles would belabour the joke too much.
benbreen 10mo ago
Here is the working version: https://hyper-card-hacker-news.vercel.app https://hyper-card-hacker-news.vercel.app Enjoy! I also asked Opus 4.5 to make a "1994 style readme page" for the GitHub: https://github.com/benjaminbreen/HyperCardHackerNews https://github.com/benjaminbreen/HyperCardHackerNews
- thomasm6m6 10mo ago
  wow that's cool. didn't expect an llm could make that complex of a ui. it's giving me flashbacks to simulating reddit threads with llama in early 2023

saalweachter 10mo ago

I didn't even try to click through to the articles, so I was just disappointed I couldn't read the comments.

BubbleRings 10mo ago

First let’s have it create maybe 100 more entries, then have people vote on which are the best 30, THEN put all the effort into creating all the fake articles and discussions. As good as the current 30 are, maybe the set could still be made twice as good. And have a set of short “explain xkcd”-style entries somewhere so people can read up on what the joke is, when they miss a specific one. Then send it to The Onion and let them make a whole business around it or something. Definitely one of the best HN posts ever. I mean come on!: FDA approves over-the-counter CRISPR for lactose intolerance (fda.gov)

literalAardvark 10mo ago
That one's a bit optimistic for the FDA. But it nailed fusion and Gary Marcus lesssgoo
- olibaw 10mo ago
  The Gary Marcus headline is perfect.
bigiain 10mo ago
Save some of the not-top-30 posts, and add in a sprinkling of Hiring, Show HN, YC Summer 2035 acceptances/rejections, or product launches - of founders who just vibe coded something based on a presumed 6 week ago version of this future HN universe.

ForOldHack 10mo ago

You are a sick, sick man, but you have taste.

zem 10mo ago

I think it's perfect as it is, trying to expand the headlines into articles would belabour the joke too much.

benbreen 10mo ago

Here is the working version: https://hyper-card-hacker-news.vercel.app https://hyper-card-hacker-news.vercel.app Enjoy! I also asked Opus 4.5 to make a "1994 style readme page" for the GitHub: https://github.com/benjaminbreen/HyperCardHackerNews https://github.com/benjaminbreen/HyperCardHackerNews

thomasm6m6 10mo ago
wow that's cool. didn't expect an llm could make that complex of a ui. it's giving me flashbacks to simulating reddit threads with llama in early 2023