ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 days agoDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport has a short story machine. You push a button, and it prints a story for you.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down15
arrow-up1189arrow-down1imageDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport has a short story machine. You push a button, and it prints a story for you.lemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareMonaySimpson@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoLooks like its this. https://short-edition.com/en/p/short-story-dispenser Wish it was open sourced.
minus-squareblackbeans@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoDo you want to open source the stories or the machine? The concept is good but technically it seems dead easy: three buttons, a raspberry pi or similar and a thermal printer connect via usb.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoDoes sound like a fun little project. Probably a DB or two online with an API to fiddle with.
minus-squareMonaySimpson@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI just want instructions to follow. I can maybe for the hardware but finding the stories is another thing. I see their site has links to all the stories but I’m not sure how to call one at random and format out only the story.
minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoYes, this is it! I didn’t have time to grab a pic, thank you for finding it.
Looks like its this. https://short-edition.com/en/p/short-story-dispenser
Wish it was open sourced.
Do you want to open source the stories or the machine?
The concept is good but technically it seems dead easy: three buttons, a raspberry pi or similar and a thermal printer connect via usb.
Does sound like a fun little project. Probably a DB or two online with an API to fiddle with.
I just want instructions to follow. I can maybe for the hardware but finding the stories is another thing.
I see their site has links to all the stories but I’m not sure how to call one at random and format out only the story.
Yes, this is it! I didn’t have time to grab a pic, thank you for finding it.