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How HN took it
1 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 15 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.40.
Execution: 0 for, 12 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good quality summaries on some articles, especially BBC news
From 2 comments
Good quality summaries, but it seems it caches pages based on their base URL, and throws away the query parameters. Some blogs use query parameters to distinguish between…
microcolonel on HNI'm not sure I am seeking the same wow-factor results from the service that everyone else is raving about. I submitted this link [0] which was on the HN homepage a couple of days…
ComputerGuru on HN
Objections
Results are often poor, picking unimportant or misleading sentences
From 3 comments
I'm not sure I am seeking the same wow-factor results from the service that everyone else is raving about. I submitted this link [0] which was on the HN homepage a couple of days…
ComputerGuru on HNHuum, not quiet sure what is was expecting, but the results were not great :( But I could see the use of this kind of service. Also does not work with accentuated char.
h1fra on HNNot really working as expected :(
orliesaurus on HN
Fails on some sites such as WordPress blogs and non-English or accented text
From 2 comments
Wordpress sites urls are not working !!
gkumartvm on HNHuum, not quiet sure what is was expecting, but the results were not great :( But I could see the use of this kind of service. Also does not work with accentuated char.
h1fra on HN
Query parameters are dropped, so distinct articles may be cached together
From 1 comment
Good quality summaries, but it seems it caches pages based on their base URL, and throws away the query parameters. Some blogs use query parameters to distinguish between…
microcolonel on HN
Not really a summary, only sentence extraction
From 1 comment
Not summary, just sentence ranking and extraction. Still cool but not anything new. Sweet side project though! For anyone wondering how this was done, I have a similar project up…
peter_l_downs on HN
Requests
Explain how it works and what it is built with
From 3 comments
I'd like more details. How does it work?
an_ko on HNWhat is it built with? (Stack, Foss etc)
LinkPlug on HNAny details about the backend/implementation? shameless plugs for two similar projects(open sourced both) I did a while back 1) Algorithmic Summarizer:…
mohaps on HN
Return JSON as an array rather than indexed keys
From 1 comment
An array would be a better choice of structure for the sentences instead of hard coding the indexes.."1"...
_RPM on HN
Use a domain name rather than a bare IP address
From 1 comment
Good luck with the link still being usable in a month or a year. There's a reason we use domain names for sharing. Not only because they are friendly to read and remember, but…
developer2 on HN
Questions
What are the alternatives to this?
From 1 comment
What are some alternatives to this?
LinkPlug on HN
Alternatives named
Textteaser
From 1 comment
I have seen http://www.textteaser.com/ by far giving the best results.
subinsebastien on HN
thegist
From 1 comment
http://thegi.st It's a bit buggy still. To get a sense of it, stick to BBC articles.
stkbach on HN
Algorithmia
From 1 comment
Check out https://algorithmia.com/. Stuff like this plus a bunch more. Real business model so you can have more confidence in it.
jbeda on HN
bookshrink
From 1 comment
Not summary, just sentence ranking and extraction. Still cool but not anything new. Sweet side project though! For anyone wondering how this was done, I have a similar project up…
peter_l_downs on HN