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ggambetta on Nov 28, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Probabilistically Generating HN Post Titl...

Markov chains are always hilarious. Try feeding it the whole text of a news article, or even a book; this way you can use higher lengths and get even more impressive results.

drewhk on Nov 28, 2013 [–]

I am not sure. I have seen funny MC generated text before, but I think headlines are short and their structure plays well with the Markov Model.

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