Fun fact: With the help of a printer, you can put a picture on paper

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/2275978

Fun fact: With the help of a printer, you can put a picture on paper - SDF Chatter

Not sure if that QR code just doesn’t work, or if the quality is too low for my camera to pick up.

Either way, probably shouldn’t be QR code scanning a random joke code on Lemmy Shitpost.

Unfortunately, the only thing that scans it is the Scandit Demo app. I also tried zbarimg and this app that generated it.

At least that’s the case when scanning from camera. The original QR code image I put in description scans.

GitHub - wewewe718/QrAndBarcodeScanner: An Android app for scanning QR codes and barcodes

An Android app for scanning QR codes and barcodes. Contribute to wewewe718/QrAndBarcodeScanner development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Can we just assume it’s Loss?
I’m sure if I scan it it will be an image of Rick Ashley.
Try it again and you’ll get a different number. Your scanner probably thinks there’s EAN code in it.
It’s still the same

:-/

I put the original QR code in description. It scans in Google Lens when I put it there as image, although it takes it a few seconds.

Never give it up, and never let it down.
I can’t get this to decode with Google Lens or a few different online decoders.
Binary eye works, base you still need to base64 decode the jpg to >!see a glorious picture of Rick Astley!<

A glorious picture that’s been compressed down to 1.9kB to fit into QR code.

:::spoiler also
spoilers don’t work like that here
:::

For those wondering why this won’t scan, there are several orientation and alignment squares throughout the qr code, making it a completely useless facsimile of a qr code
There’s 40 different sizes (versions) of QR codes: www.qrcode.com/en/about/version.html
Information capacity and versions of QR Code | QRcode.com | DENSO WAVE

There are 40 versions of the QR Code. Details of these are explained here.

(Not if it’s an HP printer)

This was printed on HP printer. But a 20 year old one. Only gives me warning about low ink but still let’s me print.

It also doesn’t work with Windows past Windows 7, but I don’t use Windows anyway.

I knew it. Damn you
I was originally thinking about blinking Firefox banner in the 88x31 style, but, you know…
Was it goatse? Please tell me it’s not goatse.
It’s a secret
huh so that's what its for

Well, binaryEye in Android is giving me this:

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

Now take that and stick it in this to decode it.

base64.guru/converter/decode/image/jpg

Base64 to JPG | Image | Base64 Decode | Base64 Converter | Base64

Convert Base64 to JPG online using a free decoding tool

Yep, that’s what it is. JPG in base64.

You should be able to open it directly in your browser if you put data:image/jpeg;base64, in front of it.
Alternatively you can use echo ‘the output you posted’ | base64 -d > image.jpg
Alternatively, you can paste it to this website: base64-to-image.com

Also thanks for the app recommendation. Works awesomely and is also open-source.

Base64 to Image - Online Decoder

Convert Base64 string to image PNG, JPEG, JPG, SVG, BMP, TIFF format with this Free and Simple Tool. Just insert Base64 code and Download image.

Base64 Image Decoder
You can also check out this: gitlab.com/Atharok/BarcodeScanner . The app has a better Material 3 based UI too with more features.
Atharok / Barcode Scanner · GitLab

An open-source app that allows you to read and generate barcodes for Android.

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Well done OP, well done
I’m not risking it.