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Re: Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search

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Post by iwontberude »

jerf wrote: post #78
treadump wrote: post #24

This is genius

[What was there when I posted this but has subsequently been edited away] can get you a visit from the Secret Service. Do as you like, but I'm not joking.

You are also on a list for conversing with us about it now. I’m praying for you, me, and PC.

Re: Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search

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Post by nroets »

Western0 wrote: post #80
lucasyvas wrote: post #43

You could make money off of this if you are able to pair willing manufacturers to realistic and popular ideas that get generated. It could become a real market place. Hilarious project. Edit: I did both Mouthwash Ramen and Time Machine to the Present. I’m now addicted to this, thanks.

https://anycrap.shop/product/apartment-expander-tape

https://anycrap.shop/product/house-expander-carpet

Re: Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search

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Post by theturtlemoves »

ks2048 wrote: post #71
pkulak wrote: post #56

Something like this really highlights AIs inability to negate things. Like, search for "no lace hiking boots" and you get hiking boots... with laces.

Yes. See also a "wristwatch with no hands". https://anycrap.shop/product/a-wristwatch-with-no-hands

The watch in the image has hands, but the text below seems fine (if a little silly):

"This wristwatch presents timekeeping in a non-traditional manner. Rather than displaying hours via hands, it projects temporal coordinates directly onto the wearer's retina through advanced ocular stimulation technology. The watch face remains blank at all times, except when illuminated by subtle flashes that indicate elapsed seconds."

Re: Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search

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Post by gundmc »

haolez wrote: post #44
lucasyvas wrote: post #43

You could make money off of this if you are able to pair willing manufacturers to realistic and popular ideas that get generated. It could become a real market place. Hilarious project. Edit: I did both Mouthwash Ramen and Time Machine to the Present. I’m now addicted to this, thanks.

I know of a company that is huge in laser for physics and started like this in the 80s (through magazine catalogs). They would list all kinds of lasers. When they got some offers for one of them, they'd sell it and schedule the delivery in 90 days. Then, they started the project from scratch. Crazy stuff and borderline legal :D

Engineering-to-Order! Not all that uncommon of a model in some industries, but problems arise when Sales doesn't have good communication with Engineering about what is actually possible for what price on what timelines.
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