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Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save books from a beetle infestation
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I'm doing my part!
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This isn't reddit.
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The issue is Memes alone aren’t very substantive. And the snark snapback doesn’t set a healthy tone. Guidelines for everyone… “Omit internet tropes.” “Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.“ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
So they are both in the wrong?
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#15When opening this I didn’t expect such an advanced level of insect infestation described in the library, so the entire collection is classified as infected and must be treated all at the same time. They have to remove about 100,000 handbound books and i guess bc of the age of some of these books the best treatment is oxygen deprivation but “the abbey hopes all the beetles will be destroyed” after 6 weeks is not a promising statement
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#16Although preserving the original copy is important too, I believe many of the risks could be mitigated if those books were scanned (or are they?).
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
The issue is Memes alone aren’t very substantive. And the snark snapback doesn’t set a healthy tone. Guidelines for everyone… “Omit internet tropes.” “Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.“ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
So they are both in the wrong?
Signs point to yes.
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#19Any Hungarians here?
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#20Controlling humidity could be the simplest option. RH <50% makes it really hard for anything living to propagate in an otherwise "dry" space.
That works great for your basement but what's the impact of low humidity on ancient books?