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Waterluvian

I imagine this could be trained on any “needle in a haystack” problem?

I don’t want to sort Lego anymore. My kids always mix it all up. Just show me where that piece probably is!

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With regard to Lego, you may be interested in this app:

https://brickit.app/

Excerpt from their about us page:

“It scans your pile of bricks, identifies every piece in it, gives you ideas what to build with them”

Ooooh thanks. I’ll give it a try!

That looks cool, but $45/year is pricey! When I saw that amount I assumed it would be a one-time IAP, but it's the annual cost (discounted from $84/year that you'd pay if you subscribed monthly). Expensive surprises like this are why you shouldn't give your kid your icloud password!

At least the recurring fee model makes sense: this is mainly using server resources every time right?

I hate the monthly fee for apps that are purely offline.

IDK if it uses server resources each time. It's possible the model was created using a server, but that all processing happens locally. Modern iPads have incredibly powerful processors!

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