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How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.

Idea: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun idea that other blogs should adopt

    From 2 comments
    • What's old is new again. I wanted to share an experiment I built for my blog: a print edition, delivered to physical mailboxes. This idea was inspired by Craig's "Between Two…
      philip1209 on HN
    • Bookmarked! Excited to look into this and potentially subscribe this week. Our coding meetups [0] are going increasingly offline and I'm looking for ways to exit the feed [1]. So…
      abnercoimbre on HN

Questions

  • Does it print and send from the US or use a service

    From 1 comment
    • That's really cool. Are you planning to print and send from the US, or do you have a service/company that does this for you?
      miguelbemartin on HN

Alternatives named

  • Robin Sloan's GPT-2 poetry sent via Lob mail

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks for sharing! Lob.com is a powerful tool - I think more people should experiment with it. I know Robin Sloan did an experiment a few years ago that used GPT-2 to send…
      philip1209 on HN

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