A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
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A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
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Re: A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
#2If you read the news every day, you might be forgiven for thinking that most people are naturally evil.
In reality the vast majority are actually good, or trend towards acting in a positive manner at the very least.
I've seen two sorts of IRL applications rely on this: Self checkout at stores, and sites like wikipedia and openstreetmap.
Or just western society in general, if you think about it. Most of the time we trust people to do the right thing without oversight.
Re: A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
#3It's not uncommon in Nordics to have satellite libraries with mainly self service hours where there's no staff present but you need to swipe / scan your library card to get in.
Re: A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
#4Thanks for making my day. That has to be the feel-good story of the year!
Re: A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
#5It's not unusual for local libraries in Denmark to be accessible to outside office hours using a library card.
Usually, not at night -- but why close a local library in the evening.
Just require library cards and add video surveillance.
(you milage may vary)
Re: A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
#6Recently, we were at a resort in Switzerland. Arguably one of the safest countries on earth. But: as we exited the swimming pool house, our umbrella was gone. I said „what an irony, the first time we have something stolen is in Switzerland“.
Two hours later, the umbrella was again where we had left it: someone must have borrowed it to protect themselves/their children from heavy rain. We understood why there were no cctvs anywhere: they were not needed.
Re: A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
#7It's not unusual for local libraries in Denmark to be accessible to outside office hours using a library card. Usually, not at night -- but why close a local library in the evening. Just require library cards and add video surveillance. (you milage may vary)
Just what we need, another place with video surveillance to make it even more normalized. Orwell missed only by about thirty years.
Re: A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
#8Recently, we were at a resort in Switzerland. Arguably one of the safest countries on earth. But: as we exited the swimming pool house, our umbrella was gone. I said „what an irony, the first time we have something stolen is in Switzerland“. Two hours later, the umbrella was again where we had left it: someone must have borrowed it to protect themselves/their children from heavy rain. We understood why there were no…
Thefts at train stations and bike thefts are very common in Switzerland.
Japan is by far much safer than any European country.
Re: A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
#9It's not unusual for local libraries in Denmark to be accessible to outside office hours using a library card. Usually, not at night -- but why close a local library in the evening. Just require library cards and add video surveillance. (you milage may vary)
Just what we need, another place with video surveillance to make it even more normalized. Orwell missed only by about thirty years.
Daring today, aren't we?
Re: A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
#10Tangentially, is it just me, or is "To date, all the books have been returned." a bit of an awkward sentence? If I were going to use "To date" - I feel like I would use it to indicate there is more to happen at a future date, but in this context, it seems there is nothing left to happen? Not trying to be pedantic or nitpick, genuinely curious if I've been using To date incorrectly.