Putting Websites in QR Codes by codaea

A recent hackclub event opened me up to the world of qr codes, and what its possible to fit inside of them. Qr Codes There are a bunch of diffrent “versions” of qr codes, (1 to 40) 1 is the smallest, 40 is the largest Image Credit 1 Each version has a maximum data capacity

ByHackTechJanuary 29, 20250Comments

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Putting Websites in QR Codes by codaea

A recent hackclub event opened me up to the world of qr codes, and what its possible to fit inside of them. Qr Codes There are a bunch of diffrent “versions” of qr codes, (1 to 40) 1 is the smallest, 40 is the largest Image Credit 1 Each version has a maximum data capacity

ByHackTechJanuary 29, 20250Comments

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QR code leads to two websites by jkestner

QR codes are designed with alignment and scaling features, not to mention checksums and significant redundancy. They have to be, because you’re taking photos of them with your potato-camera while moving, in the dark, and it’s on a curved sticker on a phone pole. So it came as a complete surprise to us that [Christian

ByHackTechJanuary 23, 20250Comments

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Ask HN: Why do websites have bad designs? by echeden

Amazon, Craigslist, and Steam, those massive online hangouts with millions of users, are sticking with what I would consider “not-so-great user interfaces”.Now, I'm no UI guru, but it's pretty clear that these platforms seem to have crammed in a boatload of info without much consideration for user-friendliness.So, what's the deal with that?

ByHackTechOctober 26, 20230Comments

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Show HN: Pollyanna, websites, consent, compatibility, from creator of bash.org by forgotmypw17

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ByHackTechOctober 5, 20230Comments

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Junk websites with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads by tjr

People are using AI chatbots to fill junk websites with AI-generated text that attracts paying advertisers, according to a new report from the media research organization NewsGuard that was shared exclusively with MIT Technology Review. Over 140 major brands are paying for ads that end up on unreliable AI-written sites, likely without their knowledge. Ninety

ByHackTechJune 26, 20230Comments

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Ask HN: Are websites able to get my profile picture from Google services by zuj

I recently signed up for After pay. Which has an abysmal security requirements given a financial lending app. Which is a different story.Now, when I logged into the app I noticed that they already grabbed my profile picture from google. This is the first time I noticed this happening. Did I authenticated afterpay to access

ByHackTechMarch 12, 20230Comments

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Ask HN: How common are websites that block all content if JavaScript is disabled by textman

here is one example: https://expeditionportal.com/ only the menu is shown and most of those do not work at all. If the Forum menu item is selected then get a javascript required message. Looks like the Store works as that brings in revenue and maybe the Podcasts work. But the main content and reason most use…

ByHackTechMay 11, 20220Comments

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Ask HN: Why do some websites look identical to DEV by deepbluesome

DEV: https://dev.to/ For example: https://www.wasm.builders/I am wondering whether DEV has open sourced their website template?

ByHackTechMarch 29, 20220Comments

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Ask HN: Some websites inaccessible from some ASNs today? by therein

Have you noticed anything like this today? All throughout the day, I am getting my traffic blackholed into different ASNs. Same for my friend. We are both on different west coast cities.Over VPNs and other tunnels things work. Wondering if something odd is going on.

ByHackTechMarch 2, 20220Comments

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