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Show HN: Melondream: Neural Network Erotica Stream

25 points by driftwheeler 9y ago

driftwheeler 9y ago
Our decision to use IPv6 cost us more than 70% of our potential users. Melondream now uses UDP over IPv4. The previous IPv6 client is no longer compatible with the server. If you were among the hundreds of people who tried to connect but failed, we invite you to download the new client and try again. Enjoy. If you succeeded to connect, and plan to connect again, you also must download the new client.
driftwheeler 9y ago
Second time posting this. Thanks to everyone who mailed us to report problems. The clustering is fixed and works extremely well now! There's a helpful error message when the firewall at work or on public wifi is dropping Melondream's UDP packets. (Melondream communicates via UDP fountain codes.) We're looking for someone who's interested in commercializing this technology. The user experience is unprecedented. Right? Melondream http://driftwheeler.com/ http://driftwheeler.com/ Use server ID "soft1" Watch random images ("WANDER"). When you like one, see the rest of the photoset on repeat ("TRANCE"). To get more of some detail-- a pose, a hairstyle, some scenery-- press that part of the image ("DREAM"). For example, if you see a woman in panties, press the panties to see more girls wearing panties. If you like a woman's face, press her face to see similar faces. If you like a smile, press it to see more. If want more beach scenes, press the sand and water. If you want to see more girls in the woods, press the greenery. If you like to see girls posing on wooden chairs, press the chair. And so on. This is a solution to the problem of large-scale unsupervised image clustering. Enjoy!
- strcpy1980 9y ago
  Tried to install on android emulator, works deadly slow, i can't understand what's the benefit as porn consumer for me. Make webapp, running fast enough, so i at least can use it...
  - driftwheeler 9y ago
    Melondream is an app written in golang (using gomobile). It's almost entirely native code, with a small amount of java Android framework on top. Not clear how to translate such a thing into a webapp. Surely you can imagine applications beyond pornography! The "soft1" server has tens of thousands of photos, indexed by content. Each photo has a web link (the VISIT button). As for erotica, you can for example search this huge catalog of nudes by genital (vulva) structure. Find one you like, then see who it's attached to. Yes it's depraved, but... Or faces. Search for faces with a feature you like.
qyron 9y ago
Does no work on my Nexus 5x (Android 7.1). Screenshot attached https://www.dropbox.com/s/0fhrueh9gv5s2a1/Screenshot_20170505-070049.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/0fhrueh9gv5s2a1/Screenshot_2017050...
- RichardHeart 9y ago
  Same error, android 7.0
  - driftwheeler 9y ago
    When it prompts for a "Server ID?", you should enter "soft1", without the quotes. Are you doing that?
    - qyron 9y ago
      On the first blank screen I try to input "soft1", then I see some sort of connection dialog but then I get error message which, again, is not visible. Attaching link to Dropbox folder with screenshots. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tagc4veaeco8umm/AAA2xcvvLQoM_lUh1erJS_VDa?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tagc4veaeco8umm/AAA2xcvvLQoM_lUh1...
      - driftwheeler 9y ago
        Ok, download the APK again, see if it fixes the problem. The new APK changes the target SDK number to be 23 (Marshmallow, 6.0.1), since that's the latest we've tested against. Thanks for the bug report!
        qyron 9y ago
        Now interface works well. But still no connection. I've tried both cellular internet (where UDP is most probably blocked) and home WiFi which doesn't block UDP (for sure, I tried pinging from phone).
        9y ago
driftwheeler 9y ago
We appreciate any bug reports. If Melondream is failing for you, a comment posted here with your Android version (e.g., Marshmallow 6.0.1) and the failure you're seeing (error message) is valuable to us. Thank you.

25 points by driftwheeler 9y ago

Our decision to use IPv6 cost us more than 70% of our potential users. Melondream now uses UDP over IPv4. The previous IPv6 client is no longer compatible with the server. If you were among the hundreds of people who tried to connect but failed, we invite you to download the new client and try again. Enjoy. If you succeeded to connect, and plan to connect again, you also must download the new client.

driftwheeler 9y ago

Second time posting this. Thanks to everyone who mailed us to report problems. The clustering is fixed and works extremely well now! There's a helpful error message when the firewall at work or on public wifi is dropping Melondream's UDP packets. (Melondream communicates via UDP fountain codes.) We're looking for someone who's interested in commercializing this technology. The user experience is unprecedented. Right? Melondream http://driftwheeler.com/ http://driftwheeler.com/ Use server ID "soft1" Watch random images ("WANDER"). When you like one, see the rest of the photoset on repeat ("TRANCE"). To get more of some detail-- a pose, a hairstyle, some scenery-- press that part of the image ("DREAM"). For example, if you see a woman in panties, press the panties to see more girls wearing panties. If you like a woman's face, press her face to see similar faces. If you like a smile, press it to see more. If want more beach scenes, press the sand and water. If you want to see more girls in the woods, press the greenery. If you like to see girls posing on wooden chairs, press the chair. And so on. This is a solution to the problem of large-scale unsupervised image clustering. Enjoy!

strcpy1980 9y ago
Tried to install on android emulator, works deadly slow, i can't understand what's the benefit as porn consumer for me. Make webapp, running fast enough, so i at least can use it...
- driftwheeler 9y ago
  Melondream is an app written in golang (using gomobile). It's almost entirely native code, with a small amount of java Android framework on top. Not clear how to translate such a thing into a webapp. Surely you can imagine applications beyond pornography! The "soft1" server has tens of thousands of photos, indexed by content. Each photo has a web link (the VISIT button). As for erotica, you can for example search this huge catalog of nudes by genital (vulva) structure. Find one you like, then see who it's attached to. Yes it's depraved, but... Or faces. Search for faces with a feature you like.

qyron 9y ago

Does no work on my Nexus 5x (Android 7.1). Screenshot attached https://www.dropbox.com/s/0fhrueh9gv5s2a1/Screenshot_20170505-070049.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/0fhrueh9gv5s2a1/Screenshot_2017050...

RichardHeart 9y ago
Same error, android 7.0
- driftwheeler 9y ago
  When it prompts for a "Server ID?", you should enter "soft1", without the quotes. Are you doing that?
  - qyron 9y ago
    On the first blank screen I try to input "soft1", then I see some sort of connection dialog but then I get error message which, again, is not visible. Attaching link to Dropbox folder with screenshots. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tagc4veaeco8umm/AAA2xcvvLQoM_lUh1erJS_VDa?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tagc4veaeco8umm/AAA2xcvvLQoM_lUh1...
    - driftwheeler 9y ago
      Ok, download the APK again, see if it fixes the problem. The new APK changes the target SDK number to be 23 (Marshmallow, 6.0.1), since that's the latest we've tested against. Thanks for the bug report!
      - qyron 9y ago
        Now interface works well. But still no connection. I've tried both cellular internet (where UDP is most probably blocked) and home WiFi which doesn't block UDP (for sure, I tried pinging from phone).
        9y ago

driftwheeler 9y ago

We appreciate any bug reports. If Melondream is failing for you, a comment posted here with your Android version (e.g., Marshmallow 6.0.1) and the failure you're seeing (error message) is valuable to us. Thank you.