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18 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 12 critical, out of 56 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Idea: 12 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea and good execution
From 2 comments
Good idea and execution. Adding the metadata mentioned by others in the thread would improve. Otherwise this is a legit cool project.
pryelluw on HNthis is a great app. it's equal parts fascinating and terrifying to think what could have been, and how little headlines have changed over the years. well done with this!…
mpercy123 on HN
Historical news is fascinating and reassuring
From 2 comments
Some years ago I had a similar thing happening to me based on a friend who would gift me his finished The Economist issues with usually a 1 or 2 week delay. When you read the…
oezi on HN>A reminder that urgency fades, context grows, and perspective is a habit. That is such a great line. I also feel like 99% of the news is just noise, in terms of not adding…
npteljes on HN
Objections
Articles lack sources, making them unverifiable
From 3 comments
Without mentioning the source of the articles, it's completely useless. It would be hard to detect completely AI hallucinated articles, without a possibility to check the…
andix on HNI like the idea vrry much, also because it brings up news from my childhood so it is cool to see them again now and compare with what I remember from back then. BUT, as others…
darkwater on HNThis is great! but in my opinion it needs the links to the original stories. Also a version without AI generation would be preferred by myself. I could be interesting to have I…
inatreecrown2 on HN
LLM rewriting may garble or hallucinate the original text
From 3 comments
> The system ingests raw newspaper scans and uses a multi-step LLM pipeline to generate the daily edition Why would such a project possibly benefit for using LLMs to garble the…
andrepd on HN> uses a multi-step LLM pipeline LLM? Ok thanks but no thanks.
loloquwowndueo on HNThere’s something eerie about this whole submission. From the preamble, the uninspired layout, the barely-functional page; all AI-tinted. It appears that the events that are…
tolerance on HN
Dates and details can be wrong, such as stories dated after the post date
From 1 comment
There's one front page new that allude to events happening in December 7th and 8th despite dating to November 22nd. I assume you select the stories automatically, but the time of…
Aperocky on HN
Requests
Add links or sources for each article
From 3 comments
I like the idea vrry much, also because it brings up news from my childhood so it is cool to see them again now and compare with what I remember from back then. BUT, as others…
darkwater on HNThis is great! but in my opinion it needs the links to the original stories. Also a version without AI generation would be preferred by myself. I could be interesting to have I…
inatreecrown2 on HNSource or country of origin would be nice. “Opposition leader Aquino” in article without any other context could be confusing
muststopmyths on HN
Offer a toggle to view original text without AI
From 1 comment
This is great! but in my opinion it needs the links to the original stories. Also a version without AI generation would be preferred by myself. I could be interesting to have I…
inatreecrown2 on HN
Configurable years back or multiple time offsets
From 3 comments
Woha! Cool stuff. Would be fantastic to be able to configure the number of years back.
tacone on HN40 years ago I was 2 years out of college so I remember these stories well. It may be interesting to do 24/40/60 years ago so people of different ages can get a similar effective…
fortran77 on HNThis is super cool. Can you make one that does 140?
andai on HN
Add news sections like business and culture
From 1 comment
this is pretty awesome! would love to see a few different "sections" like Business, Culture, etc. Also mixing and matching typography, especially for article headings, would go a…
airstrike on HN
Questions
Where does the raw newspaper supply come from long term?
From 1 comment
> The system ingests raw newspaper scans and uses a multi-step LLM pipeline to generate the daily edition This is neat! But I wonder about longevity of the project if it relies…
hu3 on HN
Why are canvas elements used for share links?
From 1 comment
It requires access to HTML canvass to generate shareable links. Why? Fingerprinting?
graemep on HN
Alternatives named
olduse.net replays Usenet with a delay
From 1 comment
Related: On https://olduse.net/ you can replay Usenet News with a 40-year delay.
kseistrup on HN
Hacker News front page past days
From 1 comment
Just a reminder that HN has a similar function with its 'past' link in the header/nav bar shown on most pages. For example, here is 15 years ago to the day:…
NaOH on HN
Wikipedia current events
From 1 comment
>A reminder that urgency fades, context grows, and perspective is a habit. That is such a great line. I also feel like 99% of the news is just noise, in terms of not adding…
npteljes on HN