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It would be cool to: 1) Make a Meta Smart Glasses take a photo every 2 seconds. 2) Send images to some server in the cloud. 3) Run OCR and object detection/labeling on these images. 4) Then present an app that allows searching (and chatting with) your past. I could then ask the LLM things like: 1) Where did I left my wallet? 2) Did I get my credit card back after paying the restaurant yesterday? (ADHD things, don't a…
Generally Black Mirror episodes are not intended to be aspirational.
I would be curious if anybody feels that such a tool wouldn't be too much a danger as spyware. In particular from a Chinese developer.
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Cheers, yeh, I am here a bit.
Thanks for TimeSnapper Pro. I started using it in 2010 I think after cross-testing the field of options available. I especially like that I was able to purchase a permanent license as opposed to being locked in to a SaaS model where my time data ended up in someone else's control. Everything right on my machine where if it is lost I get all the blame so I never have to stand up from my desk and shake my fist at the c…
It would be cool to: 1) Make a Meta Smart Glasses take a photo every 2 seconds. 2) Send images to some server in the cloud. 3) Run OCR and object detection/labeling on these images. 4) Then present an app that allows searching (and chatting with) your past. I could then ask the LLM things like: 1) Where did I left my wallet? 2) Did I get my credit card back after paying the restaurant yesterday? (ADHD things, don't a…
I’ve preordered them.
I wanted the same thing for Browser for a very long time. Since that is where 99% of all my information are consumed. But May be it does seems to fit in the OS in a broader prospective.
I use singlefile extension to save automatically a copy of every webpage I view. Also use BetterHistory extension on Chrome to record browsing history. Have been using both for a few years.
I’ve long thought that ideally an auto-archiving transparent proxy would be a more elegant approach.
We built in almost 2 decades ago now (including the ability to scrub to a point in the past and resume execution from there) http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~orenl/papers/sosp07-dejaview.pdf Abstract: As users interact with the world and their peers through their computers, it is becoming important to archive and later search the information that they have viewed. We present DejaView, a personal virtual computer recorder…
Great project name!
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Thanks for TimeSnapper Pro. I started using it in 2010 I think after cross-testing the field of options available. I especially like that I was able to purchase a permanent license as opposed to being locked in to a SaaS model where my time data ended up in someone else's control. Everything right on my machine where if it is lost I get all the blame so I never have to stand up from my desk and shake my fist at the c…
Wow! Thanks for sharing this!
Your hard work and thoughtful programming not only made it possible for me to document my efforts no matter what I was doing on my machines, but it made it easy.
That is the true measure of success with any programming effort.
You created a product that 1) I could install on my machines, read through the documentation and understand how to make it work for me without any friction since it is well-documented, 2) I could parameterize my record-keeping (even allowing changing things on the fly) to fit my own unique situation so that I could get compensated fairly for all of my time that I spent dealing with my client's problems, 3) I could archive and export in common formats to form the basis for reports that I needed to satisfy client requirements and help them determine how much value as a consultant I added to their projects.
Bravo! It's a great piece of work.
Before choosing it I ran side by side comparisons with other similar apps including some that stored all my usage data in a cloud or in a proprietary format with hoops to jump through to be able to prepare invoices and reports. The pure simplicity of using TimeSnapper Pro and the fact that I had all the usage data locally stored where I didn't have to depend on someone else's cloud availability when an invoice was due and all the other well-designed features including the ability to lock it all behind a password made my choice simple.
For most of the shitty projects I worked on I billed by the minute hoping that some asshole would challenge that, knowing that I had everything I needed to support that granularity. I really wanted them to come back and challenge some of the other invoiced time. Those ducks are still in a row if I ever need them thanks to my usage of your software.
I frequently worked really stupid hours, sometimes billing more than 40 hours in a 48 hour period when they hit me with a time-sensitive task that had to be completed now. I remember too many times getting a call late on Friday telling me about new data that needed to be processed for a meeting on Monday morning. I got it done and documented all my time and got paid.
You're the bestest!