I implemented ISBN-13 support in þe Olden Days, and Bookland always struck me as a neat solution to an annoying problem.
I implemented ISBN-13 support in þe Olden Days, and Bookland always struck me as a neat solution to an annoying problem. The whole evolution is quite elegant from SBNs right through to ISBN-13. SBNs are upgradable to ISBN-10(even maintaining their check digit), and those SBNs were then upgradeable to ISBN-13 via Bookland(this time with a check digit change). However, I also remember being annoyed at the transition. Prior to ISBN-13 checksums were a little more robust at simple transposition er or rs, which from my experience is by far the most common error on manual input. Presumably the rationale is that people wouldn't manually input EANs, and re-thinking it now I agree. In 2007 I had to rely on a hand to hold the book and hand to whack at the numpad, whereas now I use my phone and zbar¹ to scan a barcode. I suspect I even spent some time muttering about the cost of barcode readers, or trying to figure out which bin might contain a :CueCat². How times have changed. [ JNRowe proceeds to the village pond to feed the ducks ] ¹ https://github.com/mchehab/zbar ² https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat
Posted by JNRowe on Sep 21, 2021, 4:33 PM
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>Beef is already too expensive for most people.
I gave this a go a couple of years ago.
I haven't seen any use cases around me, although I'm not that advanced user.
[BUG] Pro Max 5x Quota Exhausted in 1.5 Hours Despite Moderate Usage
> Unfortunately it doesn't offer free hosting for hobbyists.
Still the same HID remapping project from last month (I was hoping to be done by now, but hardware is hard): https://github.co...
This criticism seems like a complete non-sequitur to me.
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I implemented ISBN-13 support in þe Olden Days, and Bookland always struck me as a neat solution to an annoying problem.
I implemented ISBN-13 support in þe Olden Days, and Bookland always struck me as a neat solution to an annoying problem. The whole evolution is quite elegant from SBNs right through to ISBN-13. SBNs are upgradable to ISBN-10(even maintaining their check digit), and those SBNs were then upgradeable to ISBN-13 via Bookland(this time with a check digit change). However, I also remember being annoyed at the transition. Prior to ISBN-13 checksums were a little more robust at simple transposition er or rs, which from my experience is by far the most common error on manual input. Presumably the rationale is that people wouldn't manually input EANs, and re-thinking it now I agree. In 2007 I had to rely on a hand to hold the book and hand to whack at the numpad, whereas now I use my phone and zbar¹ to scan a barcode. I suspect I even spent some time muttering about the cost of barcode readers, or trying to figure out which bin might contain a :CueCat². How times have changed. [ JNRowe proceeds to the village pond to feed the ducks ] ¹ https://github.com/mchehab/zbar ² https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat
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