Gabe SchuylerMay 23

Announcing: https://justaqrcode.com.

Tired of "free" QR code generators that are full of ads and trackers, that share your data, and that want to sell you something? Me too. Here's my act of resistance: I made a one-page site that works entirely in your browser to generate a simple QR code. And that's all it does. You can download the HTML page and run it locally, even. Read the source; nothing up my sleeves. Just a QR code.

My offer to you -- I will continue to pay for the domain name and web hosting for it, myself. If you find it valuable, you can pay it back by creating your own useful thing for the world and releasing it for free. Let's take back the friendly web, one vexingly-monetized utility at a time!

#QRcode #Free #FriendlyWeb #Resistance

Just a QR Code

Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@gabe_sky Big fan of single page "websites" that folk can download to use locally, this is one of mine (ugly code, still being tinkered with) https://thegeoff.net/hazprint/
Show threadSpace HoboMay 23
@_thegeoff @gabe_sky Neat!
Show threadCyborus
@spacehobo @_thegeoff @gabe_sky I like it
May 23 at 9:14pmWeb
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky 12345? That's the kind of security code an idiot puts on their luggage?!
Show threadCyborusMay 23
@_thegeoff @spacehobo @gabe_sky I feel like this is a hitchhiker's reference, but I haven't read it in a long time, so I'm not confident
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky Close! Spaceballs. Similar vibe, not *quite* as clever.
Show threadCyborusMay 23
@_thegeoff @spacehobo @gabe_sky Ahhhh right! I have seen that too! but also a long time ago
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky The Schwartz is strong with this one ;)
Show threadJim SalterMay 23

@_thegeoff @Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky it was also the PIN used to "secure" the audio recordings traffic crosswalk systems played across the USA.

Except that one was only 1234.

Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@jimsalter @Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky What are the odds 🤣
Show threadJim SalterMay 23
@_thegeoff @Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky Out of order?! Fuck! Even in the future nothing works!
Show threadPascal 🇪🇺 🇺🇦May 24
@jimsalter
Ir was clever to cut off the inherently insecure digit "5".
@_thegeoff @Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky
Show threadJim SalterMay 24
@pascal @_thegeoff @Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky
Show threadCyborusMay 23
@spacehobo @_thegeoff @gabe_sky
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky When the user finds an application the programmer did not intend, but advances it without breaking it, the user becomes the master. (Something something Dark Side.)
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Show threadSpace HoboMay 23
@_thegeoff @gabe_sky Neat!
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@spacehobo @gabe_sky Something I advise every 6th year cohort, despite our lasers (for good reason) not being that hazardous.
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@spacehobo @gabe_sky You can use <i>basic HTML</i> in the text fields too.
Show threadAlex  🔧🔮🌎🪿May 24
@_thegeoff @spacehobo @gabe_sky
Very useful!
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 25
@MisterMadge @spacehobo @gabe_sky It's designed to be for printing, but yeah, I could generate a QR code that links to the page with the symbols/text/links intact, if that would be particularly useful?
Show threadAlex  🔧🔮🌎🪿May 27
@_thegeoff
Nah... I was trying to make the most useless warning sign I could think of.
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 28
@MisterMadge I can guarantee that if I printed it out at least one student would try prodding the hyperlink.
Show threadCyborusMay 23
@spacehobo @_thegeoff @gabe_sky I like it
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky 12345? That's the kind of security code an idiot puts on their luggage?!
Show threadCyborusMay 23
@_thegeoff @spacehobo @gabe_sky I feel like this is a hitchhiker's reference, but I haven't read it in a long time, so I'm not confident
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky Close! Spaceballs. Similar vibe, not *quite* as clever.
Show threadCyborusMay 23
@_thegeoff @spacehobo @gabe_sky Ahhhh right! I have seen that too! but also a long time ago
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky The Schwartz is strong with this one ;)
Show threadJim SalterMay 23

@_thegeoff @Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky it was also the PIN used to "secure" the audio recordings traffic crosswalk systems played across the USA.

Except that one was only 1234.

Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@jimsalter @Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky What are the odds 🤣
Show threadJim SalterMay 23
@_thegeoff @Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky Out of order?! Fuck! Even in the future nothing works!
Show threadPascal 🇪🇺 🇺🇦May 24
@jimsalter
Ir was clever to cut off the inherently insecure digit "5".
@_thegeoff @Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky
Show threadJim SalterMay 24
@pascal @_thegeoff @Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky
Show threadCyborusMay 23
@spacehobo @_thegeoff @gabe_sky
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 23
@Cyborus @spacehobo @gabe_sky When the user finds an application the programmer did not intend, but advances it without breaking it, the user becomes the master. (Something something Dark Side.)