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tree to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish • 1 year ago

No Scan Do

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No Scan Do

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tree to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish • 1 year ago
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read more: https://www.theonion.com/no-scan-do-1851166788

  • @sqgl@beehaw.org
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    31•1 year ago

    It is a privacy/security issue, not moral. A QR eatery will probably not accept cash either.

    • @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      The issue is because it connects with a website right? I wonder if there could be a way to encode the text of the menu in the QR code itself

      • lazynooblet
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        6•1 year ago

        The QR code would be huge lol

        • @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          3•1 year ago

          The largest can fit like 500-1k words, a restaurant menu could be less than that I think

      • @sqgl@beehaw.org
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        Yes web site is the issue.

        Cannot embed menu instead because the QR code is a URL.

        • @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1•1 year ago

          Why does QR code have to be URL only

          • @hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            3•1 year ago

            Mostly because otherwise you’d need an app that knows how to read and display the data

            • @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              1•1 year ago

              oh, I don’t use my phone much, assumed they should be able to show some kind of plaintext from a QR code by default

              • @KuraiWolfGaming@pawb.social
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                2•1 year ago

                You can. I’ve encoded text in QR codes using both an android app and a desktop program.

          • @lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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            1•1 year ago

            The QR code would be so big you may as well just print a full menu instead. Here, for example, is a QR code containing the first two paragraphs of the US Declaration of Independence:

            It would have to be much, much bigger if you want to include any pictures.

            • @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              1•1 year ago

              Still seems much better than linking to a website.

              • @sqgl@beehaw.org
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                1•1 year ago

                When it is that big you may as well print a conventional menu rather than QR code.

                • @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  2•1 year ago

                  Only if you’re giving everyone a copy, could be a big central printout, screen or projector.

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