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  • ChrisArchitect · 3 days ago

    scraped from....where? The Lost & Found systems are all public? Sorry I haven't had to dig something out of a lost & found that wasn't a cardboard box under a front desk or whatever...

    • happytoexplain · 2 days ago

      >Hundreds of places use one software tool for managing lost items, and I scraped their archives

      Am I not understanding your question? It's one system - and either their archives are public on purpose, or their endpoints are simply unsecured.

      • spelk · 2 days ago

        It is scraped from Pixit. They sell lost/found, evidence + seized item management systems. [1] The listings are public; it was cool OP turned this into a mini art piece.

        [1] https://www.pixithq.com/

        • marysol5 · 2 days ago

          Is there really enough market for an actual software solution like this?

          I worked alongside the lost&found office at an old job, we just had a spreadsheet and a book...

      • jmclnx · 2 days ago

        I was thinking this was directory "lost+found", but it is about "lost and found" at places like airports.

        • russfink · 2 days ago

          Go ahead and cut a notch out of my expertise card, but in all my years playing with UNIX, I’ve never used that directory.

          • stevewodil · 2 days ago

            You don’t use it, the system might in edge cases

            • jmclnx · 2 days ago

              I have had items put there a few time on an fsck. Not often but it has happened.

          • RankingMember · 2 days ago

            Walzr's stuff is a fun portal into an earlier era of lighthearted fun internet projects. Keep it up buddy. Bop Spotter is probably still my favorite.

          • axus · 2 days ago

            Picture of a lost iPhone, with a message to call the owner at a phone number. Guess taking pictures was in the job description, and returning lost property wasn't.

            • marysol5 · 2 days ago

              >When something turns up at a stadium or an airport, staff photograph it, log it, and wait. Hundreds of places use one software tool for managing lost items, and I scraped their archives: thousands of accidental portraits of lost stuff.

              Where? What Software? What Archive?

              So many photos of peoples lock screens with clearly visible faces...