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Re:Recall – local multimodal semantic search for your files by patel_aayushya on Sunday April 05, 2026 @08:09PM (#47655336)
Search "team dinner" and surface the photo — even with zero metadata. Powered by Gemini Embedding 2 + local ChromaDB. Comes with an animated setup wizard and a Raycast extension for instant visual search. Nothing leaves your machine except embedding API calls.
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Re:Recall – local multimodal semantic search for your files by iceboundrock on Sunday April 05, 2026 @09:36PM (#47655940)
> Nothing leaves your machine except embedding API calls.

Wouldn’t that mean everything would be sent to Google?

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Re:Recall – local multimodal semantic search for your files by rafterydj on Sunday April 05, 2026 @10:28PM (#47656302)
Yeah, LOL. "Nothing leaves your machine except network payloads containing all of your personal data." Private and secure!
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Re:Recall – local multimodal semantic search for your files by iugtmkbdfil834 on Sunday April 05, 2026 @10:35PM (#47656348)
ChatGPT taught me a new word to describe that type of lying: paltering[1].

[1]https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palter

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