iamscout

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Show HN: I built a really good Ctrl+F replacement(chrome.google.com)
1 points by iamscout 4y ago|2 comments
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by iamscout 4y ago
Good question. There is now a default local-only search option that has virtually no latency.
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Show HN: Ctrl+F with Semantics(chrome.google.com)
1 points by iamscout 4y ago|2 comments
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by iamscout 4y ago
Will look into this.
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by iamscout 4y ago
The exposed API key is temporary while a backend is setup. The IP address is not stored by Scout - will look into the OpenAI policy.
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by iamscout 4y ago
Yes this is the case.
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by iamscout 4y ago
It relies on an external search API. No data is recorded or saved
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by iamscout 4y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I'm still busy putting together the parts of this project which is why the privacy policy is barren. Scout doesn't save what you search, it's doing a direct call to a search API, but at no point is wh
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by iamscout 4y ago
Good idea, will get on that.
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by iamscout 4y ago
It's just a browser extension for now - maybe one day soon.
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by iamscout 4y ago
I'm still seeing where I will take this project, but yes I agree with you.
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by iamscout 4y ago
Good point, I'll look into this to see if performance is improved.
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Show HN: Semantic Search for Ctrl+F(chrome.google.com)
14 points by iamscout 4y ago|27 comments
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Show HN: Is Ctrl+F not finding what you need?(chrome.google.com)
2 points by iamscout 4y ago|0 comments
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by iamscout 4y ago
Oh yeah. I was annoyed with ctrl+f and its exact spelling requirement, so I wrote an NLP based ctrl+f replacement that works pretty damn well. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/scout/hgljpodblkjj...