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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 59 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Items at some libraries:

  • Kill-a-Watt voltage meter
  • Radon detector
  • Telescope
  • Microscope with slides
  • Board games
  • Cooking appliances
  • T-Mobile-powered, infini-data hotspot devices that can fit in your pocket and provide Internet
[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

True, and even a Cricut at really well-off ones!

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You can rent a kill-a-watt??? Thats dope as shit

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

Fr I bought one used it for a week and now it's lying around

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My cousin uses the library to get art to hang on their wall. Good stuff too, their library's got a good curator.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Permanent art that isn't lent out? How?