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and those places have hurricanes or tornadoes

That is not how that works. Las vegas is full of pools and fountains... INDOORS. they retain the moisture in their enclosed ecosystems. We have ACs that pull water out of the air, …

Looks like there is at least one other person interesting in such a thing, but no hits on it existing already: https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/43635/ocr-in...

Can it go by covers with the camera, instead of barcodes? Is there a way to see the books shelved, such as you can see the spines?

I have a backburner idea of a VR library room. It would be neat to have a database I could sort how I liked (for example, by fiction/non, then publication year -> but series use th…

Do you have a git page on this? This sounds impressive, above what I can do right now.

Perhaps because it seems overly complicated, with a lot of manual parts prone to error? You made something that is N long (scan each book) into something over 3N (photo all might n…

When you see a lot of books, ask the seller for a bulk discount. Check with recycling centers and ask really nicely. Third, local libraries get donations they then sell for money d…

funny I was using an iPad Pro and I thought something in the Apple Notes app was good. Poof. Never found the file after.

ee/ee's? or ze?

I think it ought to fall afoul of "informed consent." Did someone actually consent to paying without being informed of the price, or is it non-consent by virtue of being coerced by…

This might have some ideas, but it looked like no particularly good solutions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19817219

That is an amazing thread. Thank you for posting it.

I have been searching around off and on. I found a HN thread for years ago too! It seems that people have favourites but there is nothing leading the charge. I know someone that ha…