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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @10:23AM (#45593051)
This looks really interesting! Where would you suggest a beginner go to learn more about ZKPs and their applications?

I’d love to play with simple ZKP algos.

Show HN: Knowledge Sharing Protocol via semantic lookup with use in LLMs

Posted by BerenOfEdain on Friday February 02, 2024 @01:04PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/BerenOfEdain/SemanticLookupProtocol/blob/main/README.md

A great way to enhance chatbots is to allow them to look up information for context, typically using a vectordb.If you have writings you would like to share with others, you can offer a server that allows others to do semantic lookup, and that way anyone can have a chatbot which can pull from your writing.The goal of this project is to have a protocol that makes that easy. Strictly speaking,...

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Re:Show HN: Mystery Search – Google, but you but you get the last pers... on Monday January 29, 2024 @12:09PM (#39178851)
I like this idea, but there has to be some mechanism to prevent everyone trolling.
Re:Watching Ads on Amazon Prime Video Is a Deal Breaker for Some on Monday January 29, 2024 @12:06PM (#39178791)
It unfortunately seems to be a trend that websites start out ad free to lure people in and then hit them with increasing ads once they have loyal customers.
Re:The Menu Trends That Define Dining on Monday January 29, 2024 @12:04PM (#39178771)
If they have a service fee, I hope they at least count it as a tip.
Re:The Menu Trends That Define Dining on Monday January 29, 2024 @12:03PM (#39178755)
I had really hoped the QR menu trend would go away post pandemic.

It's really nice holding a physical menu.

Re:Show HN: A protocol for sharing knowledge via semantic lookup with ... on Monday January 29, 2024 @08:58AM (#39176288)
That's different than what I had in mind, but that's also a nice use case for this!

Show HN: A protocol for sharing knowledge via semantic lookup with use in LLMs

Posted by BerenOfEdain on Monday January 29, 2024 @08:44AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/BerenOfEdain/SemanticLookupProtocol

A great way to enhance chatbots is to allow them to look up information for context, typically using a vectordb.If you have writings you would like to share with others, you can offer a server that allows others to do semantic lookup, and that way anyone can have a chatbot which can pull from your writing.The goal of this project is to have a protocol that makes that easy. Strictly speaking,...

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