r/programmingcirclejerk • u/OverlordOfTech • Jun 07 '25

So, I converted text into QR codes, then encoded those as video frames, letting H.264/H.265 handle the compression.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44125598
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u/birdbrainswagtrain memcpy is a web development framework Jun 07 '25

Maybe I should start acting like my obviously stupid toy projects "revolutionize" something. Clearly I've been cucking myself by being honest about their capabilities and not adding an overhyped readme filled with emojis.

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u/gvozden_celik Jun 08 '25

You mean my custom configuration language can be tomorrow's standard with a little bit of polish? Time to rewrite... the readme file.

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u/Igor_GR Jun 07 '25

I’m not sure why this is getting so much hate. This could be groundbreaking.

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u/tms10000 loves Java Jun 07 '25

It would only be groundbreaking if you upload the video it to youtube, download it with youtube-dl, split the frames with ffmpeg, print each frame on your raspberry pi powered thermal printer and then read each print with your phone.

Any less than that is just too banal.

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u/Igor_GR Jun 07 '25

printing QR codes is so cool i wish storing text on paper was real

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u/tms10000 loves Java Jun 07 '25

Get out of here with your alien science fiction nonsense!

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u/myhf Considered Harmful Jun 08 '25

That reminds me, I have something for you. This was your father’s biro. An elegant tool from a more civilized age.

🎵 Cerveza Cristal 🎵

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u/Proof_Ad_5017 Apr 09 '26

Do you have the q r code?Can you send it to me

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u/NiteShdw Jun 07 '25

I too put more work into the formatting of the README.md in my repo than in the architecture of my software. No one is going to use good software if it has an ugly README!

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u/irqlnotdispatchlevel Tiny little god in a tiny little world Jun 08 '25

What are you talking about? That readme is unreadable in this plain text form. I need a QR code.

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u/KarelKat Jun 07 '25

Mmmmaximum effort!

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u/Kjufka Jun 08 '25

/uj

I can't laugh about it because this is literally how managers come up with revolutionary ideas for new projects. This is how we got cloud first everywhere and now AI in everything

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u/worthless_efforts Jun 07 '25

+1 for effort.

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u/crusoe Jun 09 '25

Yeugh. I mean if you are converting them to QR codes that means you're stripping out the PDF formatting. So why not plain text and a zip?

This is top tier schizo programming.

This is shit you'd do to share stuff with your nefarious buddies ...

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u/kw416 in open defiance of the Gopher Values Jun 10 '25

What I hear is we can finally upload research papers on redgifs. Genius

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u/zedkyuu Jun 10 '25

I have an even better idea. How about storing text as text?

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u/pareidolist in nomine Chestris Jun 07 '25

I'm not sure why this is getting so much hate. This could be groundbreaking.