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ryanfox

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    Comment #38272983

    Last year I started another version for Mo(vies): https://namogenmo.github.io/ I wanted to keep the anything-goes spirit, so “movie” is defined really loosely. Anyone is free to jo…

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    Comment #38263193

    You’re in luck, there’s new Connections as of 5 days ago! https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/fans-of-connections-...

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    Comment #34145876

    Hey, I’ve been building that. It’s called A Personal Search Engine: https://apse.io

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    Comment #32058123

    I’ve been working on exactly that! [0] My info is in my hn profile, if you (or anyone reading) would like to chat about it. [0] https://apse.io

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    Comment #31925901

    I’ve been working on a very similar thing which runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux: https://apse.io

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    Comment #27968132

    Founder here, I am happy to talk about it, my email is ryan at the submitted domain.

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    Comment #27965050

    I run a similar project: https://apse.io It runs locally on your laptop/desktop, so you don’t need a server to host anything. Also, it can index everything you do, not just web con…

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    Comment #25103772

    Any chance you’re thinking of APSE? I submitted a Show HN a while back. https://apse.io/

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    Comment #25062031

    I’ve been working on an app that’s pretty much exactly “the latter”! [0] The amount of disk space it takes up isn’t crazy. It has been very useful for me. [0] https://apse.io

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    Comment #24647353

    > I want fonts to be made out of just a handful (at a minimum) of primitives -- e.g. here's a vertical stroke, a horizontal stroke, diagonal strokes, what various serif endings loo…

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    Comment #23275592

    Thanks! You could block it at the firewall - same as you would for any application.

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    Comment #23273724

    I built an application for exactly this. It's called A Personal Search Engine, APSE for short.[0] It OCRs screenshots and stores the text in a search index, so you can query by key…

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    Comment #23148505

    How about a local app? I am working on almost exactly what you're describing.

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    Comment #23148474

    I made an application[0] that does capture your view. It's screenshot-based. It works outside of a browser too - anything on your screen. All local too, so no privacy concerns :) […

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    Comment #22162487

    I’ve been building essentially that, but more than just websites: https://apse.io . I am really pleased with how it works - just released v2.0!

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    I’ve been building an application to do this, except for everything on your computer! It’s called APSE[0], short for A Personal Search Engine. [0] https://apse.io

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    Comment #20385639

    I've been working on APSE[0], which does something similar. Everything's stored locally, so you'll never lose your archive. [0] https://apse.io

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    Comment #20385595

    I'm building something that does this. It lets you search text in images, video, local files, anything that comes across your screen. You can manually add e.g. web pages too. It's …

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    Comment #17744991

    Could the bags-of-characters approach cause issues with anagrams having the same vector? It would be surprising (to me) to get the same results for e.g. "strange" and "garnets".

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    Comment #16704346

    I work a lot with image and video processing - this sounds like the kind of thing I'm interested in. Would you want to chat some time? Email is in my profile.

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    Comment #15393657

    SEEKING WORK - Southern WI/Chicago - Remote OK - Travel possible I'm Ryan, a software developer specializing in computer vision. I help businesses work with imagery or video and us…

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    Comment #14706279

    SEEKING WORK - Southern Wisconsin/Chicago or remote I develop computer vision and image processing software. Typical projects I work on are custom image recognition, data pipeline …

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