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The Man Who Invented QR Codes — Unsung Science
In 1994, Masahiro Hara got tired of having to scan six or seven barcodes on every box of Toyota car-parts that zoomed past him on the assembly line. He wondered why the standard barcode from the 70s was still used…Why couldn’t someone invent a barcode that used two dimensions instead of one that could work from any angle or distance, even even if it got smudged or torn? And so, studying a game of “Go”, he dreamed up what we now know as the QR Code — the square barcode you scan with your phone. It shows up on restaurant menus, billboards, magazine ads — even tattoos and gravestones. But even that, says Hara-san, is only the beginning. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Project GutenbergMarie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie died #OTD in 1934.
In July 1898, Curie and her husband published a joint paper announcing the existence of an element they named "polonium", in honour of her native Poland. On 26 December 1898, the Curies announced the existence of a second element, which they named "radium". In the course of their research, they also coined the word "radioactivity". via @Wikipedia
Books by Marie Curie at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/39174
George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽So let me get this straight. The Supreme Court is only supposed to take cases where there is a real injury and real controversy, but it took the case of a web designer who faked a request by a gay customer for a website design? The guy was actually straight, married and with kids?
Vacate this case.
TWiT News FeedOne of Reddit's largest communities is protesting changes to the platform by posting only photos of John Oliver 'looking sexy' - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/one-of-reddits-largest-communities-is-protesting-changes-to-the-platform-by-posting-only-photos-of-john-oliver-looking-sexy/ar-AA1cGljq
Users of r/Pics are revolting after Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said moderators were too powerful.
r/Pics now only allows photos of British comedian John Oliver "looking sexy."
Moderators of 3,500 subreddits staged a 48-hour blackout this week to protest new policies.
#932, twig
Giving back to you! Huge Harbor Freight tool giveaway, are they any good for heavy equipment use?
Giving back to you! Huge Harbor Freight tool giveaway, are they any good for heavy equipment use?
NWS Boston
Jeff JarvisFewer pronouns, more guns: Ron DeSantis’s plan to turn the US into Florida https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/10/ron-desantis-florida-blueprint-usa?CMP=share_btn_tw
https://epaper.bostonglobe.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=9d1c49cd-7c95-406c-a6a4-de574d763e97 - S.Korea proposes 69-hour workweek, up from already long 52