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22 qr-codes can store the same amount of data as the Commodore 64's RAM. (reddthat.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Of course. But a fun (actual) showerthought nonetheless. As I remembered it earlier today, a qr-code (version 40) can hold about 3000 bytes.

Version 40: 177x177 modules, can hold up to 7,089 numeric characters, 4,296 alphanumeric characters, 2,953 bytes of data, or 1,817 kanji characters.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Indeed!

I actually encoded a 256 byte DOS assembly demo (not written by me) into a self decoding plain text batch file, and then for the hell of it encoded that into a QR code.

Again, disclaimer, I didn't write the original code, but it was fun to convert into a QR code.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LSAJTQiQ0DA

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

totally made a version of snake that fits in a QR code

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.