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Interesting, nice landing page. But I wonder if users care that it is "AI-native" As in, do users look for contract generation or eSignature that is infused with AI? Or rather are users interested in their own "job to be done" - whether that be creating a contract, agreement, or getting it signed efficiently.

Can you help me understand why you need to use a bunch of python scripts to generate the PDF?

Couldn’t you just make it in Adobe InDesign? Cool item, btw. I used to play saxophone years back.

I sometimes screenshot an entire w full page, sometimes just a portion with a manual crop with Screenshot Minus extemsion. I only want to index the part I capture and search the content within.

I take a lot of screenshots for work doing competitive analysis with Chrome Extension Screenshot Minus, which are saved to Dropbox.

Now, what problem do I actually have that I have sought out a solution for but couldn't find? The abilty to automatically search these screenshots' content. eg. I know I took a screen of a certain site and want to find it quickly, without estimating when it was captured and previewing images around that date and hope to find it.

Accomplish this by either OCR on the images and index the content to make is searchable or save the HTML of the page with the image and index that.

I've looked into OneNote, Evernote and although they have some OCR it's meant for taking pictures of documents and doesn't kill my pain.

Put that in a Chrome extension and service I would gladly pay for that since it solves a real pain that costs me time and had too much friction.

Well my friend raised over $6,000 on IndieGoGo [1] to buy homes at the foreclosure auctions to give to the families who live in them. There's a potluck tomorrow with all the families and funders to celebrate the success.

I could see many more of this type of effort in Detroit being successful.

[1] https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-tricycle-collective

Along these lines, what if the tabs could pop back up at a certain day/time or if you could just snooze tabs? I see people use tabs as a pseudo todo list. Reminding you to do, schedule, research, or buy something. What if you could continue to use tabs that way, yet not clog up your computer, use up memory, or distract you from getting stuff done with open tabs.

One weird thing you can't do with Simple is deposit cash directly through any ATM. They do not allow that. The only way is to get a cashier's check or similar instrument OR deposit cash in an account that does accept cash then transfer the money (and wait several days for it to clear)

I just couldn't let that quote slip by without responding.

I've thought about this before, you also should be able to get a somewhat accurate estimate of the median age of a group of attendees to an event based on the first names alone. See Baby Name Wizard Voyager tool for visualizations of first name occurences since 1900s: http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager

So this is aimed at more at "coding literacy" than being able to actually use code to accomplish something. Perhaps the answer is less focus on syntax and more on how the pieces fit together. eg. what is an API? Why would your app want one? Here are some real world examples of how it is used in a simple web app.

One could also build a version of this with a Raspberry Pi, LCD screen an a little scripting for less than $60.

You should look into Housefed, it was a startup that did a very similar thing, the person is now doing Tindie.

And the scraper is using a "logged in" ebay account, correct? Because I believe to view completed listings you need to be logged in.

Can you dive more into the technical details of this, eg. are you using the ebay API or are you scraping the data?

There was something very similar to this for reddit that was very handy and useful. It was at redditsnapshot.sweyla.com but it shut down at some point. I still think there is an opportunity for someone to index reddit's front page and have it hour by hour and maybe a premium version of all the subreddits you subscribe to.

The reel has some very nice cinematic shots. I wonder when we will start to see more of this in Hollywood cinema.

What is the use case for something like this? Copyright infringing files? "Valuable" downloads?

This reminds of of pair programming, or pair everything like they do at Menlo Innovations [1]. I took a tour there recently and it was pretty eye opening. People are now even paying to learn the "Menlo Way"

[1] http://www.menloinnovations.com/our-method/founding-practice...

Trade your dead tree versions of books in for ebook versions + credit for more ebooks when value of book exceeds ebook wholesale cost.

I agree, but I think developer auction could make a dent in less average, "higher-end recruiting", like in highly competitive companies and locations who snipe talent from each other in SV.

For many of these staffing firms, it's really a numbers game for them. They throw everything against the wall and see what sticks. On perm roles, when you are getting $15-20,000 just for making an "introduction", there is heavy competition and incentive to try to "win" as many placements as possible.

In the contract IT space, fake resumes are the norm. There are some firms that just train up people in a technology, build them a fake resume with 4 years experience, then hope they perform on a phone interview and last past the first week or two of the contract and have learned enough to fulfill the contract.

For disruption, I like what Developer Auction[1] is doing. Where the companies bid on each person they wish to employ and drive up the salary / signing bonus. Seems to be a better model than what is currently out there.

[1] http://developerauction.com/

There is a "grocery store" myth related to Detroit, and it is just that, a myth. There a numerous markets and stores in Midtown and Downtown that supply fresh food to residents.

Edit: I lived downtown for nearly a year and a number of grocery stores opened in the downtown business district while I lived there, with plans for more. According to this article [1] from 5 days ago, there are 80 grocery stores in Detroit. Not to mention the awesome Eastern Market year-round farmer's market.

[1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-walljasper/detroit-fresh-f...

Yes, they did. When I was visiting the Madison last week Twitter had a mini office on the third floor with like 2 or 3 desks.

Groupon didn't invent payday loans. "Merchant Cash Advance" loans have existed for many years where merchants who process credit cards can sell a portion of their future credit receipts for immediate cash and the industry has grown substantially year over year. The industry kind of has a scummy tinge to it, but these are merchants who cannot get capital from traditional sources and want to upgrade their retail location or buy some equipment. (or go on a vacation, the funders truthfully don't really care how they use the money)

I've found Google Chrome's downloader stalls out or fails from time to time, so I'm pushed to Firefox for these failed downloads.

if you want a more lightweight version of twitter on any browser, try: http://mobile.twitter.com

I believe this site has also done a bit of advertising on reddit. How is that working out?

Reminds of of HN frequenter Jason Shen's rejection therapy. It's all about getting over the initial reptilian fear, or resistance. Also see "Do The Work" by Steven Pressfield, dedicated fully to this "resistance".

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