One of the authors here. I blogged a bit the other day about how we built this: <a href="https://langui.sh/2016/02/02/frinkiac-the-simpsons-screenshot-search-engine/" rel="nofollow">https://langui.sh/2016/02/02/frinkiac-the-simpsons-screensho...</a>
This 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.<p>My favorite Simpsons quote: <a href="https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=up+and+atom&e=S07E02&t=673422&m=+UP+AND+ATOM" rel="nofollow">https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=up+and+atom&e=S07E02&t=673...</a>.<p>Coach: Up and atom!<p>Rainier Wolfcastle: Up and at them.<p>Coach: Up and atom!<p>Rainier: Up and at them!<p>Coach: [annoyed] Up and atom!<p>Rainier: [louder] Up and at them!<p>Coach: Better.
I love this. It found everything I threw at it. I hope the Fox lawyers don't take it down.<p><a href="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" rel="nofollow">https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=THERE%27S+A+STUFFED+PEPPER+...</a>
Just in time for the Grammys!<p><a href="https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=grammy&e=S10E14&t=1008006&m=+OH%2C+THAT%27S+VERY+SWEET.%0A+HAVE+A+GRAMMY.+UH.." rel="nofollow">https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=grammy&e=S10E14&t=1008006&...</a>.<p>Once the AV Club finds this I think a black hole will open and consume us all. The website is quite cool though!
If 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?
Great work! Tried out some of my favourites and it worked like a charm.<p><a href="https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=that%27s+a+paddlin" rel="nofollow">https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=that%27s+a+paddlin</a><p><a href="https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=thrillho" rel="nofollow">https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=thrillho</a><p><a href="https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=now+where%27s+me+toothpick" rel="nofollow">https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=now+where%27s+me+toothpick</a>
This is great and long over due.<p>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 :)
small point - the encaptionator should put a 1/2px black stroke around the white text so it is visible against any background colour<p>edit - after reading the FAQ I see you are working on this<p>I withdraw my question
<a href="https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=withdraw&e=S08E14&t=688870&m=+I+WITHDRAW+MY+QUESTION" rel="nofollow">https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=withdraw&e=S08E14&t=688870...</a>.
You call this a tax return!?<p><a href="https://frinkiac.com/meme/S07E17/702635.jpg?lines=+You+call+this+a+tax%0A+return%3F+You+call+this+a%0A+super+computer%3F" rel="nofollow">https://frinkiac.com/meme/S07E17/702635.jpg?lines=+You+call+...</a>
Some great screencaps compiled in this article:<p><a href="https://www.inverse.com/article/11007-frinkiac-is-the-visual-simpsons-search-engine-the-world-has-been-waiting-for" rel="nofollow">https://www.inverse.com/article/11007-frinkiac-is-the-visual...</a>
Who can write a Simpsons quote search engine?<p><a href="https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=the+garbage+man+can" rel="nofollow">https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=the+garbage+man+can</a>
Any chance of OCR? I searched for "Pharm Team", which was the name of the company at <a href="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" rel="nofollow">https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=major+league+baseball&e=S1...</a> though the name was never said.
This 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
You'd have to be stupider than a monkey to not like this. Are you stupider than a monkey?<p><a href="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+" rel="nofollow">https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=how+big+of+a+monkey&e=S12E...</a>
I made this Chrome extension to generate animated GIFs from frinkiac <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/frinkiac-gif/dlabaelekmgjofhdmnpmdigegdgndgdc" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/frinkiac-gif/dlaba...</a>
on 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)
No Milpool! :(<p>More seriously:<p>1) Awesome!!!<p>2) It would be great if the search results page listed the quotes in addition to showing the images.
curious about how it works/was developed <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11036894" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11036894</a>
First thing I searched for: "Kids, you tried your best, but failed miserably. The lesson is, never try." Got the exact episode. This is great :)
also, 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