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I do exactly this, except I take a time-stamped photo of it and throw the hard copy away. Google docs automatically turns it into a PDF.

It increases the Big O on capturing it, but reduces space and access complexity.

For long running docs like titles, and certifications, passports, and whatnot I stick in an important papers storage Tupperware so it's safe from water damage

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Nitpicking (of course, HN, what did you expect): capturing is still O(1).

HA. True I guess it just adds a constant to capture time . Good catch.

I would argue that it’s O(n), increasing linearly with number of pages of the document ;-).

I see where you're coming from and we're probably getting wayyy in the weeds on this...:)....but I think they mean an insert of item into already existing array is O(1) and from your perspective ..traversal over time would be O(n) so I think y'all might both correct from diff perspectives.

I was thinking increasing insert time would increase Big O but they made the point that it's a constant which will cancel out as n approaches infinity.

God I'm a nerd.

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