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rsyncyesterday at 3:52 AM3 repliesview on HN

"... and paint QR codes on the ground at those spots ..."

This is what "Oh By Codes"[1] are for.

Instead of trying to paint a QR code, which is difficult, you can just chalk a 6 character code.

Further, you can create them on the fly without using a special tool - just a textarea on a simple webpage.

You can encode up to 4096 characters or a single URL redirect.

[1] https://0x.co


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achieriusyesterday at 4:03 AM

But people's phones will scan a QR code from the camera: they're much more likely to do that then type in a URL while walking.

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hamburglaryesterday at 7:21 AM

So 0x.co is tinyurl for strings?

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cinntaileyesterday at 11:58 AM

You can't scan them like a QR-code, which is kind of the point?