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by master_yoda_1 3222 days ago
The author is just calling some api, I don't know how much technical knowledge people here at hacker news has, but this person is talking BS. No open source software are used here.

To the author: please spend some time and try to analyze the problem first. I don't think you even get the problem right, or know what open source is. A free api IS NOT an example of OPEN SOURCE.
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taitems 3222 days ago
Not sure if trolling, but:

I'm using an open source license plate recognition system (OPENALPR), taking the produced registration number, and THEN querying the (yes, closed source) records database via web scraping. All tools used to achieve this, bar where the records are kept, are open source (openalpr, cheerio, node-horseman etc).

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keithnz 3222 days ago
nope, no one on HN has any technical knowledge whatsover.... all the smart tech peeps have gone over to this thing called "myspace", you might want to give it a go :)
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