spaztastical

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by spaztastical 5y ago
and those places have hurricanes or tornadoes
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by spaztastical 5y ago
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, and we also know how to make buildings.
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by spaztastical 5y ago
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...
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by spaztastical 5y ago
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?
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by spaztastical 5y ago
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 the AVERAGE single year for the series) That sorting i
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by spaztastical 5y ago
Do you have a git page on this? This sounds impressive, above what I can do right now.
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by spaztastical 5y ago
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 not be N, but transcribe titles, pull out, open, photo, then
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by spaztastical 5y ago
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 donations or they have to dispose of - especially old text bo
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by spaztastical 5y ago
funny I was using an iPad Pro and I thought something in the Apple Notes app was good. Poof. Never found the file after.
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by spaztastical 5y ago
ee/ee's? or ze?
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by spaztastical 5y ago
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 lack of information?
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Free and open-source software is driving physics forwards(physicsworld.com)
6 points by spaztastical 5y ago|0 comments
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by spaztastical 5y ago
This might have some ideas, but it looked like no particularly good solutions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19817219
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by spaztastical 5y ago
That is an amazing thread. Thank you for posting it.
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by spaztastical 5y ago
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 has a barcode reader and wrote ee's own code to parse it