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Show HN: See what the internet thinks about any topic, based on Google queries

46 points by ionwake 10y ago

hellbanTHIS 10y ago
Try "Clinton", "Trump", and "Sanders" and be horrified/confused
- nickpsecurity 10y ago
  Trump gives: is a Democrat; is love trump is life; is awesome; is right; is good; is Mussolini. Based on three of those, I conclude the algorithm is a fascist and correctly identifying with one of its own. This alliance with a secret, state apparatus explains aspects of my Ada answer in another comment where it was concerned with enforcement and had Fallout 4's trade secrets.
ionwake 10y ago
I am just updating the page so when you click on the speech bubble it actually takes you to the google results, give me 10 mins. [EDIT] The bubbles now take you through to the offending results. [EDIT] Just some further information. I started building this yesterday and I am now happy with the result. It works by sending CORS requests via a yahoo to the google suggestions algorithm . I have now completed the project and am happy with it, so any feedback or suggestions is greatly appreciated. Thank you! PS I posted this 6 hours ago, but it crashed, it should now be ok for a while.
- alphydan 10y ago
  > Bitcoin [is dead, is bullshit, is dying, is bad, is not anonymous, is the future] seems pretty accurate :)
  - ionwake 10y ago
    Ah great stuff, they are curious arent they! Here is another couple I just found: http://i.imgur.com/q4F7odF.png http://i.imgur.com/q4F7odF.png http://i.imgur.com/6lJEyeJ.png http://i.imgur.com/6lJEyeJ.png It is is also useful for superficially judging game popularity - eg: http://thehivemind.online/?eveonline http://thehivemind.online/?eveonline http://thehivemind.online/?WOW http://thehivemind.online/?WOW and companies: http://thehivemind.online/?nintendo http://thehivemind.online/?nintendo The microsoft and google queries are ... different
  - nickpsecurity 10y ago
    It was damn-near a super-intelligence on that one!
nickpsecurity 10y ago
I typed in Ada as in Ada programming language. That one will get obscure or interesting results. Results: "is short for (Ada Lovelace?); is enforced by (semi-accurate if DOD); is bullshit (popular opinion); is invisible fallout 4 (used there?); is op (huh?); is missing fallout 4 (meant to be used for gaming?). So, three answers are a definite hit, one way off, and two might reveal a secret deployment that's a sign of things to come in gaming. Same kind of results you get using the Ada compiler to assess program correctness. Interesting...
- teagoat 10y ago
  Ada is the name of a character in Fallout 4: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ada http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ada
  - tlarkworthy 10y ago
    'op' = over powered, in gamer speak. So, is the character Ada over powered in the game Fallout 4? is the question people are searching.
    - nickpsecurity 10y ago
      BOOM! It all makes sense. The Internet crowds apparently converged on a game. Now, I have to wonder if she enforces anything in the game or it "enforces" a player decision they don't like. Also, there might be a scenario involving her that people think is "bullshit."
      - kbenson 10y ago
        Considering 12 million copies of Fallout 4 sold in the first 24 hours of launch, it's quite possible (if sad) that there's users of Google that know of the game than know of Ada Lovelace (beyond having just heard the name once) or the Ada language.
        nickpsecurity 10y ago
TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
I typed in 'kindness', and my faith in humanity was reassured.
- ionwake 10y ago
  http://thehivemind.online/?hugs http://thehivemind.online/?hugs
Analemma_ 10y ago
What fun! I like the suggestion here for 'kindness' as a good first search, but don't forget to try the inflammatory ones too! "liberals" and "gamergate" seem like fun places to start. - Why the arbitrary 12-character limit? There are so many more controversial phrases yet to try. - I seem to frequently get this error in Chrome when trying to submit: "hivemind.js:62 Uncaught TypeError: arr.map is not a function"
- ionwake 10y ago
  Hi ,yep there are lots of issues, I only started developing this yesterday- I should be able fix it now, basically that occurs if no results are returned, maybe due to censorship (if it is a harsh term). [EDIT] The arr.map issue should be fixed now - thanks for the heads up [EDIT] Also fixed text overflows in bubbles
  - Analemma_ 10y ago
    Awww, mean old Google API. Why have something like this at all if you can't look up flamebait? I wonder if you could build the same thing with the Twitter API and a quick clustering algorithm. That might even fit the spirit of the application better: Google definitely curates its search suggestions, whereas Twitter posts really are "the hivemind". Still, this is cool. Thanks for sharing!
    - ionwake 10y ago
      Ah thanks, that is a good idea, I am unaware of any suggestion API in twitter but I will look into it. I am unsure how I would approach parsing such a volume of tweets. Fun fact, did you know that as you type characters into twitter, your tweet gets saved to the DB and is accessible via the API BEFORE you press the submit button? ^_^ , seems a bit OTT regarding bandwidth use. My code is now open source and the repo for this is at: https://github.com/craftfortress/thehivemind.online https://github.com/craftfortress/thehivemind.online I am just refactoring some of the files but it should be up soon.
jszymborski 10y ago
Completely broken in FF46 (Win 10). http://thehivemind.online/?poop http://thehivemind.online/?poop for great laughs
- _lce0 10y ago
  Chrome has replaced IE on the web mono-culture :'(
- watchdogtimer 10y ago
  Same for FF43 on Linux
- giulivo 10y ago
  And FF46 on Linux which makes me think they just haven't ever tried this with FF.
- Maarten88 10y ago
  Same for IE11 on Windows
- krisdol 10y ago
  Same on safari on iOS
- carlob 10y ago
  Same on Safari OSX. How hard is it to make a form without a ton of needless crap?
  - ionwake 10y ago
    Have you built anything similar in under 24 hours? I would love to take a look. Thanks for the feedback regarding OSX.
    - erez 10y ago
      Is there any requirement that you can work on a "show HN" project for less than 24 hours? Were you prohibited from touching it afterwards? I don't understand this argument. If you create something that is only working on Chrome, at least put "Google Chrome only" in the title, otherwise this is a broken application that you've just posted for the world to see.
nautical 10y ago
http://thehivemind.online/?ycombinator http://thehivemind.online/?ycombinator
Kurtz79 10y ago
Mindless fun: Agile: "is bad, is dead, is not a methodology" God: "is dead, is not dead" Cena : "is dead" Capitalism: "is good, is bad" Google: "is Skynet" Apple: "is better than Samsung, is better than Android, is a fruit" 42 : "is the answer"
- dionidium 10y ago
  Facebook "is dead" Twittter "is dying" Quora "is dead" Foursquare "is dead" Snapchat "is dead" Instagram "is dead" Most of the apps I use are dead or dying.
unameee 10y ago
http://thehivemind.online/?apple http://thehivemind.online/?apple
Mossisen 10y ago
http://thehivemind.online/?cake http://thehivemind.online/?cake
jlis 10y ago
GARLIC BREAD IS THE FUTURE! http://thehivemind.online/?garlicbread http://thehivemind.online/?garlicbread

46 points by ionwake 10y ago

hellbanTHIS 10y ago

Try "Clinton", "Trump", and "Sanders" and be horrified/confused

nickpsecurity 10y ago
Trump gives: is a Democrat; is love trump is life; is awesome; is right; is good; is Mussolini. Based on three of those, I conclude the algorithm is a fascist and correctly identifying with one of its own. This alliance with a secret, state apparatus explains aspects of my Ada answer in another comment where it was concerned with enforcement and had Fallout 4's trade secrets.

ionwake 10y ago

I am just updating the page so when you click on the speech bubble it actually takes you to the google results, give me 10 mins. [EDIT] The bubbles now take you through to the offending results. [EDIT] Just some further information. I started building this yesterday and I am now happy with the result. It works by sending CORS requests via a yahoo to the google suggestions algorithm . I have now completed the project and am happy with it, so any feedback or suggestions is greatly appreciated. Thank you! PS I posted this 6 hours ago, but it crashed, it should now be ok for a while.

alphydan 10y ago
> Bitcoin [is dead, is bullshit, is dying, is bad, is not anonymous, is the future] seems pretty accurate :)
- ionwake 10y ago
  Ah great stuff, they are curious arent they! Here is another couple I just found: http://i.imgur.com/q4F7odF.png http://i.imgur.com/q4F7odF.png http://i.imgur.com/6lJEyeJ.png http://i.imgur.com/6lJEyeJ.png It is is also useful for superficially judging game popularity - eg: http://thehivemind.online/?eveonline http://thehivemind.online/?eveonline http://thehivemind.online/?WOW http://thehivemind.online/?WOW and companies: http://thehivemind.online/?nintendo http://thehivemind.online/?nintendo The microsoft and google queries are ... different
- nickpsecurity 10y ago
  It was damn-near a super-intelligence on that one!

nickpsecurity 10y ago

I typed in Ada as in Ada programming language. That one will get obscure or interesting results. Results: "is short for (Ada Lovelace?); is enforced by (semi-accurate if DOD); is bullshit (popular opinion); is invisible fallout 4 (used there?); is op (huh?); is missing fallout 4 (meant to be used for gaming?). So, three answers are a definite hit, one way off, and two might reveal a secret deployment that's a sign of things to come in gaming. Same kind of results you get using the Ada compiler to assess program correctness. Interesting...

teagoat 10y ago
Ada is the name of a character in Fallout 4: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ada http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ada
- tlarkworthy 10y ago
  'op' = over powered, in gamer speak. So, is the character Ada over powered in the game Fallout 4? is the question people are searching.
  - nickpsecurity 10y ago
    BOOM! It all makes sense. The Internet crowds apparently converged on a game. Now, I have to wonder if she enforces anything in the game or it "enforces" a player decision they don't like. Also, there might be a scenario involving her that people think is "bullshit."
    - kbenson 10y ago
      Considering 12 million copies of Fallout 4 sold in the first 24 hours of launch, it's quite possible (if sad) that there's users of Google that know of the game than know of Ada Lovelace (beyond having just heard the name once) or the Ada language.
      - nickpsecurity 10y ago

TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago

I typed in 'kindness', and my faith in humanity was reassured.

ionwake 10y ago
http://thehivemind.online/?hugs http://thehivemind.online/?hugs

Analemma_ 10y ago

What fun! I like the suggestion here for 'kindness' as a good first search, but don't forget to try the inflammatory ones too! "liberals" and "gamergate" seem like fun places to start. - Why the arbitrary 12-character limit? There are so many more controversial phrases yet to try. - I seem to frequently get this error in Chrome when trying to submit: "hivemind.js:62 Uncaught TypeError: arr.map is not a function"

ionwake 10y ago
Hi ,yep there are lots of issues, I only started developing this yesterday- I should be able fix it now, basically that occurs if no results are returned, maybe due to censorship (if it is a harsh term). [EDIT] The arr.map issue should be fixed now - thanks for the heads up [EDIT] Also fixed text overflows in bubbles
- Analemma_ 10y ago
  Awww, mean old Google API. Why have something like this at all if you can't look up flamebait? I wonder if you could build the same thing with the Twitter API and a quick clustering algorithm. That might even fit the spirit of the application better: Google definitely curates its search suggestions, whereas Twitter posts really are "the hivemind". Still, this is cool. Thanks for sharing!
  - ionwake 10y ago
    Ah thanks, that is a good idea, I am unaware of any suggestion API in twitter but I will look into it. I am unsure how I would approach parsing such a volume of tweets. Fun fact, did you know that as you type characters into twitter, your tweet gets saved to the DB and is accessible via the API BEFORE you press the submit button? ^_^ , seems a bit OTT regarding bandwidth use. My code is now open source and the repo for this is at: https://github.com/craftfortress/thehivemind.online https://github.com/craftfortress/thehivemind.online I am just refactoring some of the files but it should be up soon.

jszymborski 10y ago

Completely broken in FF46 (Win 10). http://thehivemind.online/?poop http://thehivemind.online/?poop for great laughs

_lce0 10y ago
Chrome has replaced IE on the web mono-culture :'(
watchdogtimer 10y ago
Same for FF43 on Linux
giulivo 10y ago
And FF46 on Linux which makes me think they just haven't ever tried this with FF.
Maarten88 10y ago
Same for IE11 on Windows
krisdol 10y ago
Same on safari on iOS
carlob 10y ago
Same on Safari OSX. How hard is it to make a form without a ton of needless crap?
- ionwake 10y ago
  Have you built anything similar in under 24 hours? I would love to take a look. Thanks for the feedback regarding OSX.
  - erez 10y ago
    Is there any requirement that you can work on a "show HN" project for less than 24 hours? Were you prohibited from touching it afterwards? I don't understand this argument. If you create something that is only working on Chrome, at least put "Google Chrome only" in the title, otherwise this is a broken application that you've just posted for the world to see.

nautical 10y ago

http://thehivemind.online/?ycombinator http://thehivemind.online/?ycombinator

Kurtz79 10y ago

Mindless fun: Agile: "is bad, is dead, is not a methodology" God: "is dead, is not dead" Cena : "is dead" Capitalism: "is good, is bad" Google: "is Skynet" Apple: "is better than Samsung, is better than Android, is a fruit" 42 : "is the answer"

dionidium 10y ago
Facebook "is dead" Twittter "is dying" Quora "is dead" Foursquare "is dead" Snapchat "is dead" Instagram "is dead" Most of the apps I use are dead or dying.

unameee 10y ago

http://thehivemind.online/?apple http://thehivemind.online/?apple

Mossisen 10y ago

http://thehivemind.online/?cake http://thehivemind.online/?cake

jlis 10y ago

GARLIC BREAD IS THE FUTURE! http://thehivemind.online/?garlicbread http://thehivemind.online/?garlicbread