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Re:Sorting 2 Tons of Lego (2017) by jacquesm on Sunday September 15, 2019 @05:31PM (#20979599)
No, I was planning to and then every 2 bit Lego trader and bricklink contacted me to try to go commercial with it. That's not how I envision this and so I decided to keep it inside for now. A ton of work went into labeling the dataset (many 10's of thousands of images), and there is no way I will let the likes of Bricklink and overpriced parts sellers use it to corner the market.

This is very much a mom-and-pop market, and there are countless people out there that augment their pensions by sorting Lego by hand and re-selling it.

Releasing this would put them out of business overnight, or, they'd have a grace period as long as someone does not put together industrial mechanics for it and then it is 'game over'.

Re:Sorting 2 Tons of Lego (2017) by secabeen on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @01:15PM (#20997607)
Fair enough. I guess I'll have to figure it out myself. :D