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Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by ben_w » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:11 PM UTC

Amusing, but it feels like a template where some variables are filled by random selection from an array. Closer to SimCity 2000 newspapers than to thispersondoesnotexist.com

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by iliketosleep » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:12 PM UTC

I've often felt that most startup landing pages are just a variation upon a theme, and this site proves it to be true, literally. They have managed to distill it down to the basic elements of unoriginality that constitute the local maxima of startup landing pages today. Personally, whenever I see one of these kinds landing pages it serves as a huge red flag.

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by supergilbert » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:12 PM UTC

Please do the next one: this VC does not exist.

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by jjakque » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:14 PM UTC

arendtio wrote: post #14

ChrisRR wrote: post #2

I don't get it. Is it a parody? A copy of an existing website? An attempt to see how many people will sign up without reading the URL or page? An actual startup with an "ironic" URL?

https://thiscatdoesnotexist.com

This no longer loads for me. (Browser history says I've visited this before, so the URL should be correct)

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by del82 » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:14 PM UTC

luxuryballs wrote: post #52

kbumsik wrote: post #12

FYI: Press the refresh button. It generates a different fake compay every time you refresh it. Looks like it is kinda an AI research but I cannot get any detail behind it.

“It’s like Uber, but for healthcare” hahaha man do you want to tip your surgeon extra today?

Not tipping the doctor, but the hospital:

"Many hospitals conduct nightly wealth screenings — using software that culls public data such as property records, contributions to political campaigns and other charities — to gauge which patients are most likely to be the source of large donations.

"Those who seem promising targets for fund-raising may receive a visit from a hospital executive in their rooms, as well as extra amenities like a bathrobe or a nicer waiting area for their families."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/business/hospitals-asking...

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by beaconstudios » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:15 PM UTC

kbumsik wrote: post #12

FYI: Press the refresh button. It generates a different fake compay every time you refresh it. Looks like it is kinda an AI research but I cannot get any detail behind it.

I think this one's just a madlib.

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by levesque » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:15 PM UTC

phoe-krk wrote: post #5

This is shockingly real. https://i.imgtc.com/DawgjdH.png

Pretty sure they are not using a GAN, but it is still a lot of fun.

https://imgur.com/a/t3qeKtr

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by skocznymroczny » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:16 PM UTC

"Boner is like Google but for Photos"

well...

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by avip » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:16 PM UTC

mcv wrote: post #6

What's next? thisworlddoesnotexist.com? Generate an entire random world with people and everything in it from some ML experiement?

Orbis Tertius

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by Sommer » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:17 PM UTC

jjakque wrote: post #60

Another synthetic content generator to add to https://github.com/paubric/awesome-doesnotexist

Joke's on you, that's just a result from thisrepodoesnotexist.