Comment · Sun, August 2, 2015 · Ceretropic
I built a tool to tag, cite and cross-reference substances
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phenylanil · 54 points
Hi /r/nootropics
I’ve been reading so much about the different substances mentioned in this subreddit and the learning doesn’t seem to end.
Some day substance A would be compared with substance B with positive and negative anecdotes, and on another day, substance A would be likened to substance C with dosage and duration mentioned along with contraindications.
I thought to myself: Wouldn’t it be interesting if I can tag every interesting anecdote for better future cross-referencing?
So I went ahead and built a tool for collecting different anecdotes and relevant information around the web and supercharge it with some tagging.
Here’s the result:
http://imgur.com/y82S21P (imgur link to a screencast gif)
I call the app Resnip. Rather than just saving plain text, it allows you to dive directly to your selected text right in the middle of the original webpage, so anyone can read it with context, here’s a demo:
Just in case it doesn’t work properly on your browser, here are some screenshots. When you load the page, you should see an overlay bo…
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phenylanil · 8 points
Good question. Webpages change and die all the time, so that's a valid concern.
Behind the scenes, Resnip downloads and stores the HTML webpage and serves it, so your snips will still be accessible even after the original dies.
I think it is comforting that I'm able to take a snapshot of some webpage that I find important and know that I'll be able to access the exact same content many years down the road.
edit: forgot to add details
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
I think this is one the best features. I know I told you via PM, but you did a fantastic job!
I do think the idea of collaborative snips could be cool too.