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0 pointshandol5y ago0 comments

Reminds me of the library modernization drive in 'Rainbows End'. The book digitizer is basically a wood chipper with lights and high speed cameras in the debris chute.

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analognoise5y ago

There was a company in Japan that would digitize your books and destroy the original (to prevent infringement claims), iirc.

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0 pointshandol5y ago0 comments

Reminds me of the library modernization drive in 'Rainbows End'. The book digitizer is basically a wood chipper with lights and high speed cameras in the debris chute.

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analognoise5y ago

There was a company in Japan that would digitize your books and destroy the original (to prevent infringement claims), iirc.

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