How HBO’s Silicon Valley Built “Not Hotdog” with TensorFlow, Keras and React Native

Post by timanglade » Mon, Jun 26, 2017, 7:21 PM UTC

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Just wanted to say thanks for the warm welcome from HN when the app was released last month — I hope this blogpost answers the questions that were raised back then. I’d be happy to answer anything else you’d like to know! Original thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14347211 Demo of the app (in the show): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACmydtFDTGs App for iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/app/not-hotdog/id12124…

Can you speak to the origins of it being 'not hotdog'? Did you, or the writing staff or other consultants, start with hotdogs or dick picks? It made me laugh because it reminded me of this popular lecture(o) that was, and is, passed around tech circles Any relation? Or fun coincidence? (o) https://youtu.be/uJnd7GBgxuA?t=5555s .. the lecture is given by andrej karpathy on 2016-09-24 and the timestamp goes to a point i…

Post by KGIII » Mon, Jun 26, 2017, 7:22 PM UTC

zitterbewegung wrote: post #109

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I am going to chime in and really suggest they hire a qualified legal professional - if they intend to share this application. A simple disclaimer may not be adequate. Edit: Typo.

Yea I'm not going to release the app. I was already on the fence on it. I could have finished it months ago but I was worried about legal implications . Thank you .

Post by zitterbewegung » Mon, Jun 26, 2017, 7:24 PM UTC

chjohasbrouck wrote: post #103

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I am making an app that takes pictures and tries to tell you if the food in the picture has allergens. I didn't know if I should feel humble or just laugh. (I decided it was hilarious in the end) But it made me aim higher in a hackathon last weekend. I also use your app in my elevator pitch for people to understand.

Is this possible? It doesn't seem like the necessary information is captured in a picture. I don't think there's a person that could tell you whether food in a picture has allergens, let alone an app.

Post by KGIII » Mon, Jun 26, 2017, 7:52 PM UTC

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No problem. I wouldn't even give it away, with any disclaimer, without consulting a qualified legal professional. That sort of thing is just begging for a lawsuit. I am kind of curious how well you do. If you ever do get it going, there may be a use for it - but, again, liability is a huge factor in something like this. I am not a lawyer but I have spent a whole lot of time with lawyers and in court rooms. It was par…

I could send you a dev build if you really want .

Post by justifier » Mon, Jun 26, 2017, 8:06 PM UTC

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Can you speak to the origins of it being 'not hotdog'? Did you, or the writing staff or other consultants, start with hotdogs or dick picks? It made me laugh because it reminded me of this popular lecture(o) that was, and is, passed around tech circles Any relation? Or fun coincidence? (o) https://youtu.be/uJnd7GBgxuA?t=5555s .. the lecture is given by andrej karpathy on 2016-09-24 and the timestamp goes to a point i…

Ha seems like a fun coincidence. The writers came up with it early in the writing of season 4, and I started working on it sometime in the Summer of 2016 iirc. As far as the origin story goes, it was just great writers coming up with a great joke! Our lead technical consultant Todd mentioned to them we could actually build their joke for real, and the show jumped on the idea!