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No Scan Do (i.kinja-img.com)
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[โ€“] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

its not a real qr code,
there is no timing pattern between the 3 big squares.

there has to be a black and white alternating pattern between the inner corners of the three squares, that afaik is used to determine the size of pixels while scanning.

[โ€“] yukichigai@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

there has to be a black and white alternating pattern between the inner corners of the three squares, that afaik is used to determine the size of pixels while scanning.

Huh. TIL.