Comment on Cracking the Scratch Lottery CodeComments−bobds15y> "I’d have to travel from store to store and spend 45 seconds cracking each card. I estimated that I could expect to make about $600 a day."Or you could make an app for your smartphone that uses OCR to instantly tell you whether you are looking at a winning ticket.−patrickk15yYour comment reminds me of the great article that was on here some time ago about the guy who used a PDA and barcode scanner to search book stores for cheap books he could sell on Amazon for a profit:news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1764895A highly recommended read.−ashbrahma15yGoogle Goggles can already solve Sudoku using OCR--http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/01/...So what you are suggesting isn't that far fetched.−datac15yApp might last for few days in the App Store before it gets pulled out. Either way, it will be cool to create one.−VMG15yor buy them directly in bulk−bobds15yWouldn't you want that app even more if you were buying them in bulk?
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> "I’d have to travel from store to store and spend 45 seconds cracking each card. I estimated that I could expect to make about $600 a day."
Or you could make an app for your smartphone that uses OCR to instantly tell you whether you are looking at a winning ticket.
Your comment reminds me of the great article that was on here some time ago about the guy who used a PDA and barcode scanner to search book stores for cheap books he could sell on Amazon for a profit:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1764895
A highly recommended read.
Google Goggles can already solve Sudoku using OCR--http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/01/...
So what you are suggesting isn't that far fetched.
App might last for few days in the App Store before it gets pulled out. Either way, it will be cool to create one.
or buy them directly in bulk
Wouldn't you want that app even more if you were buying them in bulk?