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48 points taubek | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 20:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.516s | source

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roywiggins ◴[25 Jun 25 23:10 UTC] No.44382655[source]▶

> Then, its service providers stripped the books from their bindings, cut their pages to size, and scanned the books into digital form — discarding the paper originals.

This is basically the plot to Vinge's Rainbows End, AI and all.

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1. kristianp ◴[26 Jun 25 10:27 UTC] No.44385970[source]▶

>>44382655 #

Is that the one where the books were shredded and the shreds scanned, being reconstructed from the shreds as part of the process?

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2. jdboyd ◴[26 Jun 25 11:28 UTC] No.44386317[source]▶

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Yes

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