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Re:Ask HN: How can I automatically scan and catalog a mounta... by sharkweek on Sunday May 05, 2019 @09:46AM (#19832773)
I’m not the world’s biggest bookworm but I go to Goodwill almost every week and look through the used books for sale. The most fun part is browsing because I never go in knowing what I’m looking for.
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Re:Ask HN: How can I automatically scan and catalog a mounta... by bastijn on Sunday May 05, 2019 @04:39PM (#19834920)
That is only fun because they already cataloged them for you. They made a little collection "used books for sale" with just the right size for you to enjoy browsing through. Now imagine you run into a barn full of books, a couple of containers outside, unsorted, all labeled "used books for sale" and no way to tell which were there last week and which weren't. At best you can visit 1% of the books this week, and next week the same 1%, or maybe another. That's what the issue is here.

Most people do not enjoy that more then once or twice.

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