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Cool, so all the 1k demos/intros from Assembly (https://archive.assembly.org/2019/1k-intro https://archive.assembly.org/2019/1k-intro) could also be distributed

by rob74 6y ago

Cool, so all the 1k demos/intros from Assembly (https://archive.assembly.org/2019/1k-intro https://archive.assembly.org/2019/1k-intro) could also be distributed via QR code... the 4k intros unfortunately not. Maybe it's time for a new category ;)

antihero 6y ago
Could you plausibly make it a URL where the code in the URL is assembled and run using webassembly?
- codetrotter 6y ago
  The point is to not rely on a server to host anything though. That the QR contains the data itself, not just a URL pointing to the data. Otherwise it is no different from any other QR code that has a URL in it.
  - geofft 6y ago
    The suggestion, I think, is to put the code in the URL itself, not use the URL as a pointer. You could probably use a data: URL to avoid needing a server at all, but if not, the server would just provide a launcher and not host the application code.
    - codetrotter 6y ago
      If the binary data is too big to fit in QR, then URL encoding is only going to require more bytes, and it will not fit either.
boogies 6y ago
> https://archive.assembly.org/2019/1k-intro https://archive.assembly.org/2019/1k-intro Had to add a security exception only to receive 404 Not Found nginx/1.18.0 :/
- whizzter 6y ago
  You can find the prod executables on https://files.scene.org/browse/parties/2019/assembly19/1k https://files.scene.org/browse/parties/2019/assembly19/1k and the placement list and Youtube captures (many prods require quite a hefty GPU to run so YT is the option if you're on a weaker laptop) via http://www.pouet.net/party.php?which=7&when=2019 http://www.pouet.net/party.php?which=7&when=2019
  - boogies 6y ago
    Thanks!
butz 6y ago
Or bigger QR codes.
banana_giraffe 6y ago
Or a QR-code paging system. (I feel a little evil for even suggesting that)
- J5892 6y ago
  The most interesting applications I've seen of QR-codes have been the most wildly impractical or useless. When I still used my Pebble watch, my favorite watch face was just a QR-code of the time. So to tell what time it is, you have to scan your watch with your phone.
  - banana_giraffe 6y ago
    I love that idea. I couldn't resist mocking one up in Python: https://pastebin.com/erFSAUvH https://pastebin.com/erFSAUvH
    - J5892 6y ago
      I love that it updates every second. It makes it that much harder to actually use.
- n3k5 6y ago
  “Scan Code 22 and Press Button to Continue.” (If you want to take a guess at what I'm referencing, spoiler alert — the URL itself contains a clue: https://web.archive.org/web/20160129014847/http://i.emezeta.com/weblog/monkey-island/stump.png https://web.archive.org/web/20160129014847/http://i.emezeta.... )

by rob74 6y ago

antihero 6y ago

Could you plausibly make it a URL where the code in the URL is assembled and run using webassembly?

codetrotter 6y ago
The point is to not rely on a server to host anything though. That the QR contains the data itself, not just a URL pointing to the data. Otherwise it is no different from any other QR code that has a URL in it.
- geofft 6y ago
  The suggestion, I think, is to put the code in the URL itself, not use the URL as a pointer. You could probably use a data: URL to avoid needing a server at all, but if not, the server would just provide a launcher and not host the application code.
  - codetrotter 6y ago
    If the binary data is too big to fit in QR, then URL encoding is only going to require more bytes, and it will not fit either.

boogies 6y ago

> https://archive.assembly.org/2019/1k-intro https://archive.assembly.org/2019/1k-intro Had to add a security exception only to receive 404 Not Found nginx/1.18.0 :/

whizzter 6y ago
You can find the prod executables on https://files.scene.org/browse/parties/2019/assembly19/1k https://files.scene.org/browse/parties/2019/assembly19/1k and the placement list and Youtube captures (many prods require quite a hefty GPU to run so YT is the option if you're on a weaker laptop) via http://www.pouet.net/party.php?which=7&when=2019 http://www.pouet.net/party.php?which=7&when=2019
- boogies 6y ago
  Thanks!

butz 6y ago

Or bigger QR codes.

banana_giraffe 6y ago

Or a QR-code paging system. (I feel a little evil for even suggesting that)

J5892 6y ago
The most interesting applications I've seen of QR-codes have been the most wildly impractical or useless. When I still used my Pebble watch, my favorite watch face was just a QR-code of the time. So to tell what time it is, you have to scan your watch with your phone.
- banana_giraffe 6y ago
  I love that idea. I couldn't resist mocking one up in Python: https://pastebin.com/erFSAUvH https://pastebin.com/erFSAUvH
  - J5892 6y ago
    I love that it updates every second. It makes it that much harder to actually use.
n3k5 6y ago
“Scan Code 22 and Press Button to Continue.” (If you want to take a guess at what I'm referencing, spoiler alert — the URL itself contains a clue: https://web.archive.org/web/20160129014847/http://i.emezeta.com/weblog/monkey-island/stump.png https://web.archive.org/web/20160129014847/http://i.emezeta.... )