ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 27 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-up1196arrow-down16
arrow-up1190arrow-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 · 27 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareblackbeans@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·26 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-up3·26 days agoDoes sound like a fun little project. Probably a DB or two online with an API to fiddle with.
minus-squareMonaySimpson@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 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.
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.