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Frinkiac: Simpsons quote search engine
- volaski 11y agoThis is amazing. I hope there's an api for this
- kentbrew 11y agoBreak out your Chrome inspector and follow along in our exciting home version: https://frinkiac.com/api/search?q=hoyvin https://frinkiac.com/api/search?q=hoyvin Results look like this: [{"Id":1745953,"Episode":"S13E08","Timestamp":797213,"Filename":""}] Concatenate the episode and timestamp to get the image: https://frinkiac.com/img/S13E08/797213/medium.jpg https://frinkiac.com/img/S13E08/797213/medium.jpg Caption here: https://frinkiac.com/api/caption?e=S13E08&t=797213 https://frinkiac.com/api/caption?e=S13E08&t=797213 Look for the Subtitles array: "Subtitles":[{"Id":138914,"Episode":"S13E08","StartTimestamp":794266,"EndTimestamp":796533,"Content":" ( gavel pounding ) So, Professor,"},{"Id":138915,"Episode":"S13E08","StartTimestamp":796533,"EndTimestamp":799834,"Content":"tell us about Operation Hoyvin-Mayvin."}]
- asd 11y agoI love this. It found everything I threw at it. I hope the Fox lawyers don't take it down. https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=THERE%27S+A+STUFFED+PEPPER+IN+THE+TRASH+FROM+LAST+NIGHT.&e=S06E14&t=214897&m=+THERE%27S+A+STUFFED+PEPPER%0A+IN+THE+TRASH+FROM+LAST%0A+NIGHT.+JUST+RINSE+IT%0A+GOOD.+Kid%3A+Come+home%2C%0A+Lassie%21 https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=THERE%27S+A+STUFFED+PEPPER+...
- md224 11y agoI searched for "moon pie" and didn't find what I was looking for. :(
- Gorbzel 11y agoYeah, I was saying Boo-urns, and it couldn't find it. Also, yeah, this is coming down as soon as the lawyers get ahold of it.
- mbrubeck 11y agoThe spelling in the captions can be hard to predict, and it's not good at fuzzy matching: https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=I+was+saying+buu-urns https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=I+was+saying+buu-urns
- rconti 11y agoThey may or may not (be allowed to) have a sense of humor about it. Our 24 Hours of LeMons car's publicity was sent to Matt Groening by a friend, and he passed it around the office. Apparently he asked their publicity folks if they could invite us up to show off the car about the same time that legal asked about sending us a cease and desist. In the case of the car, it's probably fair use and the only issue was likely that we have non-Fox-approved sponsorship on it, but they probably decided their advertisers wouldn't complain about it because it's not exactly big bucks changing hands here. So yeah, we got to meet Matt Groening and David X Cohen and Al Jean and a lot of the writers. It was definitely a cool experience. http://www.thehomercar.com http://www.thehomercar.com
- asd 11y agoOddly, it works with quotes. https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=%22moon+pie%22 https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=%22moon+pie%22
- mbrubeck 11y agoOr even with just one quote: https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=%22moon https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=%22moon It looks like it uses really naive word breaking, so it considers the punctuation part of the word.
- jrochkind1 11y agoThey could definitely use some better text indexing/relevancy ranking implementations. I had mixed success. I'd recommend lucene or something based on lucene (Solr, ElasticSearch).
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- djrogers 11y agoThis is an amazing feat of human ingenuity.
- daok 11y agoEvery time you type a character in the search box, it adds a browser history. That is not great...
- tptacek 11y agoWORTH IT. https://frinkiac.com/?p=meme&q=gamblor&e=S05E10&t=1151749&m=I+CALL+HIM%0A+GAMBLOR%21+%0AAND+IT%27S+TIME+TO%0A+SNATCH+YOUR+MOTHER+FROM%0A+HIS+NEON+CLAWS%21 https://frinkiac.com/?p=meme&q=gamblor&e=S05E10&t=1151749&m=...
- jameshart 11y agoHmm... https://frinkiac.com/?p=meme&q=gamblor&e=S05E10&t=1151749&m=I+allow%0Aarbitrary%20text%0Ato%20be%20inserted%0Ain%20the%20picture%21 https://frinkiac.com/?p=meme&q=gamblor&e=S05E10&t=1151749&m=...
- sirsean 11y agoYou're right! But that behavior should be a little better now.
- jrochkind1 11y agoThey should be using replaceState, it looks like they are using pushState instead maybe.
- tehbeard 11y agoI'm getting a nothing found error? Is this a mobile bug?
- GurnB 11y agoGetting the same results from my laptop at the moment also. Everything is returning 'Nothing Found' Error. It was working earlier today. (Can you tell it is Friday?)
- ChrisArchitect 11y agocurious about how it works/was developed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11036894 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11036894
- Analemma_ 11y agoIf I could use this to get subtitled gifs of the scene in question, not just screenshots, it would go from amazing to godlike. On the roadmap for v2, hopefully?
- tptacek 11y agoCLICK THE IMAGES https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=lousy+smarch+weather&e=S07E06&t=598313&m=+Oh%2C+lousy+Smarch+weather https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=lousy+smarch+weather&e=S07....
- shawabawa3 11y agoFor me I don't get gifs, just a list of stills from the same scene
- LinkDJ 11y agoI think he's making a joke about clicking the "next image" fast enough that it appears to be animated.
- dopeboy 11y agoThis is impressive. It found everything I tried. If the author is reading, showing GIFs or a small video clip instead of a static image would be preferable. My favorite Simpsons quote: https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=up+and+atom&e=S07E02&t=673422&m=+UP+AND+ATOM https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=up+and+atom&e=S07E02&t=673.... Coach: Up and atom! Rainier Wolfcastle: Up and at them. Coach: Up and atom! Rainier: Up and at them! Coach: [annoyed] Up and atom! Rainier: [louder] Up and at them! Coach: Better.
- acomjean 11y agoSimpsons gifs as a service... al la: https://twitter.com/StarWarsDotGif https://twitter.com/StarWarsDotGif Its open source and maybe could be repurposed? https://github.com/LindseyB/starwars-dot-gif https://github.com/LindseyB/starwars-dot-gif
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- jrochkind1 11y agoOoh, that's an awesome idea, and should be quite do-able technically, animated GIFs.
- pbhowmic 11y agoBrilliant. just what I need to needle the wifey
- reaperhulk 11y agoOne of the authors here. I blogged a bit the other day about how we built this: https://langui.sh/2016/02/02/frinkiac-the-simpsons-screenshot-search-engine/ https://langui.sh/2016/02/02/frinkiac-the-simpsons-screensho...
- tptacek 11y agoThis is fucking awesome.
- irq-1 11y agoThis is great work. https://frinkiac.com/?p=meme&q=drinky&e=S04E21&t=769718&m=+AND+IF+WE+FREEZE+ON+FRAME%0A+138+WE+DISTINCTLY+SEE%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0AAn+awesome+website%21+++ https://frinkiac.com/?p=meme&q=drinky&e=S04E21&t=769718&m=+A...
- mumrah 11y agoWas this done using the DVDs? I'm curious about any potential licensing issues with the screen caps and subtitles. Did you have to get permission/sign something - or does this fall under fair use?
- matthewmcg 11y agohttps://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E11/1070785.jpg?lines=+Yes%2C+you%0A+did.+And+you+also%0A+infringed+on+any+number%0A+of+copyrights https://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E11/1070785.jpg?lines=+Yes%2C+y....
- giaour 11y agohttps://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E21/903635.jpg?lines=You+better+believe+%0Athat%27s+a+paddlin%27%21 https://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E21/903635.jpg?lines=You+better...
- cplease 11y agoNo way this is licensed (no copyright notice, even; not even a mention of Fox), and no way it is fair use. It has frame-by-frame, full resolution images and full transcripts of every episode up for browsing. This is textbook mass copyright infringement. Short of offering unlicensed video downloads for a fee, it could hardly be more clear-cut. Yeah, it's cool, I get it, but you can't just steal and redistribute content en masse for your cool project. Well, he did, but I expect he'll be hearing from Fox's lawyers soon.
- jchendy 11y agoNo Milpool! :( More seriously: 1) Awesome!!! 2) It would be great if the search results page listed the quotes in addition to showing the images.
- tptacek 11y agoIt totally does have milpool: https://frinkiac.com/?p=meme&q=i+think+i+left+my+glasses+in+your+pool&e=S06E01&t=445595&m=I+think+i+left+my+glasses%0Ain+your+pool.+ https://frinkiac.com/?p=meme&q=i+think+i+left+my+glasses+in+... It's just that nobody ever says "Milpool" in the dialogue.
- jchendy 11y agoExcellent!
- ringofgyges 11y agoSome great screencaps compiled in this article: https://www.inverse.com/article/11007-frinkiac-is-the-visual-simpsons-search-engine-the-world-has-been-waiting-for https://www.inverse.com/article/11007-frinkiac-is-the-visual...
- doodpants 11y agoI was hoping to find the quote in which Grandpa Simson mentions Estes Kefauver, but searching for "Kefauver" yields no results. :-(
- squeaky-clean 11y agoIt looks like there's no episodes indexed past season 15, and this quote is from season 20. https://frinkiac.com/?p=episode&e=S20E14 https://frinkiac.com/?p=episode&e=S20E14 Should be the episode.
- silveira 11y agoAwesome. I could find an episode about "tiger-repellent rock" just by searching for "tiger".
- morsch 11y agoMuch cooler than expected. So I assume this is fairly trivial to adapt to any other set of subtitled videos?
- thepies 11y agosmall point - the encaptionator should put a 1/2px black stroke around the white text so it is visible against any background colour edit - after reading the FAQ I see you are working on this I withdraw my question https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=withdraw&e=S08E14&t=688870&m=+I+WITHDRAW+MY+QUESTION https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=withdraw&e=S08E14&t=688870....
- vlunkr 11y agoThis is great! My only complaint is that it comes up with lots of near duplicates. The images look they are different frames, but the quotes they reference are the same
- joe_coin 11y agoI think that's a feature. You get to choose which frame you prefer.
- OhHeyItsE 11y agoThis is the reason the internet exists.
- sdh 11y agoneeds a random button
- ChrisArchitect 11y agoon the legal/lawyer talk tip - there have been a few notable other simpsons screencap repositories (like Lardlad) that have remained online for years. Wondering if there's some leeway or can't chase after a single frame (rather than video with picture and sound, which they are notoriously strict on youtube about etc)
- ChrisArchitect 11y agoalso, why didn't this get picked up in the duplicate post algo HN? For the blog writeup @reaperhulk you should have put 'Show HN' in your original post to get more traction or something
- Kluny 11y agoI can't believe how fast it is.
- nefitty 11y agoYou call this a tax return!? https://frinkiac.com/meme/S07E17/702635.jpg?lines=+You+call+this+a+tax%0A+return%3F+You+call+this+a%0A+super+computer%3F https://frinkiac.com/meme/S07E17/702635.jpg?lines=+You+call+...
- navbaker 11y agoI tell people every day that you don't win friends with salad. Glad I finally have the images to go with it!
- redwards510 11y agoI know that feel[1][2] bro. [1] http://www.redbubble.com/people/babushack/works/12826784-you-dont-win-friends-with-salad?grid_pos=2&p=t-shirt http://www.redbubble.com/people/babushack/works/12826784-you... [2] http://www.redbubble.com/people/newdamage/works/9371721-i-won-friends-with-salad?grid_pos=3&p=t-shirt http://www.redbubble.com/people/newdamage/works/9371721-i-wo...
- 6stringmerc 11y agoJust in time for the Grammys! https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=grammy&e=S10E14&t=1008006&m=+OH%2C+THAT%27S+VERY+SWEET.%0A+HAVE+A+GRAMMY.+UH.. https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=grammy&e=S10E14&t=1008006&.... Once the AV Club finds this I think a black hole will open and consume us all. The website is quite cool though!
- bootload 11y agoThis is a great tool. Any copyright issues? I tried it, "but it disappeared into 'fat air'."
- ColinCochrane 11y agoGreat work! Tried out some of my favourites and it worked like a charm. https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=that%27s+a+paddlin https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=that%27s+a+paddlin https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=thrillho https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=thrillho https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=now+where%27s+me+toothpick https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=now+where%27s+me+toothpick
- acomjean 11y agoAll my favorites are there: "we tried nothing and we're all out of ideas" https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=we+tried+nothing+&e=S08E08&t=1014362&m=+YEAH.+YOU%27VE+GOT+TO+HELP%0A+US%2C+DOC.+WE%27VE+TRIED%0A+NOTHING%2C+AND+WE%27RE+ALL%0A+OUT+OF+IDEAS.+%0A https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=we+tried+nothing+&e=S08E08... 'see you suckers' https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=suckers&e=S14E18&t=688354&m=+So+long%2C+suckers.+%28%0A+laughing%29 https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=suckers&e=S14E18&t=688354&... 'the buddy system... foolproof' https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=buddy+system&e=S14E03&t=944235&m=+is+anyone+missing+their%0A+buddy%3F+ALL%3A+No.+Ah%2C+the%0A+buddy+system.+Foolproof https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=buddy+system&e=S14E03&t=94.... 'I'll never be the darling...' https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=stoke+their+beards&e=S06E02&t=899915&m=+OH%2C+I%27LL+NEVER+BE+THE%0A+DARLING+OF+THE+SO-CALLED%0A+CITY+FATHERS+WHO+CLUCK%0A+THEIR+TONGUES%2C+STROKE%0A+THEIR+BEARDS+AND+TALK%0A+ABOUT%2C+%22WHAT%27S+TO+BE+DONE%0A+WITH+THIS+HOMER+SIMPSON%3F%22 https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=stoke+their+beards&e=S06E0... 'mountain of sugar' https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=mountain+of+sugar&e=S06E02&t=1068701&m=+A+MOUNTAIN+OF+SUGAR+IS%0A+TOO+MUCH+FOR+ONE+MAN.%0A+IT%27S+CLEAR+NOW+WHY+GOD%0A+PORTIONS+IT+OUT+IN+THOSE%0A+TINY+PACKETS https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=mountain+of+sugar&e=S06E02... 'childrens dance recital' https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=parents+expect+a+children%27s+dance&e=S11E20&t=1082360&m=+I%27M+SORRY%2C+LISA.+PEOPLE%0A+GO+TO+A+CHILDREN%27S+DANCE%0A+RECITAL+EXPECTING+A%0A+CERTAIN+LEVEL+OF%0A+PROFESSIONALISM https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=parents+expect+a+children%.... 'wookie' https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=wooki&e=S06E02&t=1301984&m=+%28+Ralph+chanting%29%3A+I+BEAT%0A+THE+SMART+KIDS.+I+BEAT%0A+THE+SMART+KIDS.+I+BENT+MY%0A+WOOKIE.+HEY%2C+RALPH%2C+WANT%0A+TO+COME+WITH+ME+AND%0A+ALLISON https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=wooki&e=S06E02&t=1301984&m... 'idiots island' https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=any+sign+of+inteligence&e=S15E19&t=41250&m=++a+rose+of+continuation%3B+%0A+and+he+hurled+a+rock+of%0A+rejection+at+anyone+%0A+displaying+intelligence%2C%0A+character%2C+or+ethnicity https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=any+sign+of+inteligence&e=.... 'George Harrison' https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=george+har&e=S05E01&t=979010&m=+HELLO%2C+HOMER.+I%27M+GEORGE%0A+HARRISON.+OH%2C+MY+GOD%21+OH%2C%0A+MY+GOD%21+WHERE+DID+YOU+GET%0A+THAT+BROWNIE%3F https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=george+har&e=S05E01&t=9790... 'Beer' https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=killing+you+with+beer&e=S04E19&t=1079327&m=+YOU+DON%27T+LIKE+ME%2C+AND+I%0A+DON%27T+LIKE+YOU+BUT+LET%27S%0A+JUST+DO+THIS+AND+I+CAN%0A+GET+BACK+TO+KILLING+YOU%0A+WITH+BEER https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=killing+you+with+beer&e=S0.... 'alcohol' https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=+the+cause+of&e=S08E18&t=1306704&m=+TO+ALCOHOL--+THE+CAUSE+OF%0A+AND+SOLUTION+TO https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=+the+cause+of&e=S08E18&t=1...
- nkrisc 11y agoYou'd have to be stupider than a monkey to not like this. Are you stupider than a monkey? https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=how+big+of+a+monkey&e=S12E02&t=433099&m=+ARE+YOU+STUPIDER+THAN+A%0A+MONKEY%3F%0A%0AHOW+BIG+OF+A+MONKEY%3F+ https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=how+big+of+a+monkey&e=S12E...
- sotojuan 11y agoHow is this so fast?
- j45 11y agoThis is great and long over due. For those of use who grew up having conversations in simpsons dialog, this will help provide those in my wife who don't have such habits develop them :)
- martythemaniak 11y agoWho can write a Simpsons quote search engine? https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=the+garbage+man+can https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=the+garbage+man+can
- fungos 11y agoAuthors: Can you describe the backend infrastructure? I'm just a bit curious here about the costs of running a toy service like this.
- huangc10 11y ago"Hi Supernintedo Chalmers" LOL...this is freaking awesome. GIFs would be an improvement :)
- rglover 11y agoYES.
- mjklin 11y ago"And that is why The Lord of the Rings can never be filmed!" Stumped ya Frinky. It didn't have to go down like this.
- anindyabd 11y agoFirst thing I searched for: "Kids, you tried your best, but failed miserably. The lesson is, never try." Got the exact episode. This is great :)
- noobie 11y agoThough you may be rat-like in appearance, you are truly king among men for sharing this!
- dalke 11y agoAny chance of OCR? I searched for "Pharm Team", which was the name of the company at https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=major+league+baseball&e=S11E02&t=326760&m=+UNTESTED%2C+POTENTIALLY%0A+DANGEROUS--+CANDY+BAR%3F%0A+NO!+IT%27S+A+NEW+DRUG%0A+CALLED+FOCUSYN.+A+DRUG%3F https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=major+league+baseball&e=S1... though the name was never said.
- seppo0010 11y agoI made this Chrome extension to generate animated GIFs from frinkiac https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/frinkiac-gif/dlabaelekmgjofhdmnpmdigegdgndgdc https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/frinkiac-gif/dlaba...