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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It’s a hint that someone needs to leave

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That would make it -2

I think it’s more likely that the one person there just died

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, an anti-person. Anyone who comes in contact with it will be zeroed out of existence.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

When the person and anti-person are annihilated is there a release of photons? Or is the energy release more intense?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Mostly X-rays but depending on gender there can be some Y-rays

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I believe (what with not being an expert at all) that the energy release upon annihilation is directly related to how positive or negative the person is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So would my cynical, pessimistic ass just expel rainbows and happiness if I touched Nega-me?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have bad news. You are the nega-you. The real positive you is out there somewhere in a Library.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

In a library? The real me sounds like a nerd. Probably reading some Terry Pratchett or something lame like that.

Glad I'm the super cool nega-me, who doesn't read books AND probably rides a motorcycle and stuff.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (3 children)

My guess: a count increments upward when the entrance door swings open and downward when the exit door swings. If one person holds the door for a few people but they exit individually, the count gets messed up.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

You have to scan your student card on entrance and exit but I think it gets messed up if someone gets put through by the desk staff without scanning.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

I'm guessing it's an error state. Reporting an impossible number is better than reporting an incorrect number.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

People counting is annoyingly hard.

You can't go by doors opening or light barriers because of the issue you mentioned.

Using e.g. cameras mounted on the ceiling kinda works, as long as you have a small area to cover, but they use a lot of processing power and are still not accurate.

Going by CO2 counts or VOCs is possible, but lags behind and has to be calibrated per room (and is still inaccurate without good ventilation).

I wish there was an easy solution, especially for smart homes.

[–] Patches 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why does ~~SkyNet~~ your smart home need to know how many people are home?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Because that would allow me to do a bunch of automations like automatically turning off lights when leaving the room, or transferring music between speakers so it follows you. I've actually implemented both of these, but you have to carry around a Bluetooth beacon, and it's not fast enough to be fully seamless.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is what happens when there are slightly more ghosts than people.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Don't worry. We have some experts looking into it now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

That is a good set up for a horror story.

”Two guys entered the haunted library. Three came back”

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

i am a negative person, yes

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

21.25 extra people have left the library. There's 3/4th of a person lurking somewhere among the stacks.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Correction: 3/4 of a dead person. Either way, it's concerning.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

You may not like it, but this ratio is what the perfect amount of people actually is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Even the woman behind the desk isn't there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Someone is dead i guess

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It’s negative fullness. The library is shrinking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

... expanding?