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stumpedia.com

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Really awesome idea. Though most of my queries didn't get answered, but can't see why this could not be helpful for certain kind of questions.

I was just talking with a friend of mine who is working on a project which, given data, lists the expertise of a user. We have plenty of information about our expertise on facebook, email clients, local documents, chats, and twitters. The only problem is that all the systems which have this data are disjoint. If a system processses all my communication - emails, IMs, forum posts, documents, maybe phone calls - it can learn easily which Stumpedia querries to direct to me.

My motivation to answer those querries is that I get visibility and I become a specialist.

I love Web 3.0!!

I'm absolutely stunned at all the success HN people are witnessing (even if it is a small sample). I thought this would turn in to a prank/snark fest like chacha.com except in this case I envisioned the question askers and answerers as guilty parties.

Very interesting idea, looks pretty slick too.

"Sorry, nobody is currently available to answer your question. If you leave your email address, we can alert you when it's possible to get an answer."

I'll stick to Google for the time being though.

I used it and I am amazed by how well it works. I asked "what is a cheap place to stay in san francisco that has wireless internet access". Within two minutes I got a great response "monroe residence on sacremento st".

So far, stumpedia = WIN

aardvark.im is another startup in this space -- but the idea is to only get answers from whom you have some kind of social connection (after giving facebook/whatever credentials..).

Interesting stuff.

Wait, how is Stumpedia different from Muchobene itself?

From first glance it looks like Muchobene is the client that you use to answer questions, stumpedia is a site where people without Muchobene can ask questions. I could be wrong though.

So after this I thought: hey, why not pose the parent's question to Stumpedia itself? Here's what it gave:

~~ You asked: how is Stumpedia different from Muchobene itself? ~~ Connected in chat session (41 seconds). ~~ The other user says: Stumpedia is powered by Muchobene You say: so where does one begin and the other end? You say: is stumpedia just the web site you access muchobene from? He/she says: yep, like other partners, ubergizmo.com for isntance You say: ah, cool, thanks!

Interesting concept, very smooth interface.

3 questions, 3 correct answers too. Who is answering, and what is their motivation?

interesting - i didnt know where to ask a question until i click on the welcome text. i was expecting a straight-forward textarea instead of a styled part of a note pad, though ;)

to follow up, though, its an awesome idea

Why do you need a client to answer questions?

This sounds like IRC to me.

That's exactly what IRC was to many people. With the death of IRC, that problem is again unsolved.

Death? Come on freenode

Looks very cool. Wonder if it works. Has anyone used it yet?

i asked what color a zebra was and got the correct answer in less than a minute

then i asked when was c# invented... waited 5 minutes no answer

You asked: What's the difference between big-endian and little-endian? ~~ Connected in chat session (45 seconds). ~~ The other user says: In big-endian representation, the most significant byte is first (in lowest memory address), while in little-endian, the least significant byte is first.

Nice! I like it. I just hope it gains critical mass.

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