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Ask HN: Could you help me find an old post?
I remember there was an old but popular post on HN front page about a failed startup project. The project is about distilling biology science. The conclusion was that there is no money in science distillation.
I can't recall any search key word to find it. If you remember its title, please help me.
Thank you!
- romanhn 2y agoIs this it? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27718054 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27718054
- firefax 2y agoTo piggyback, there was a thread a while back about a python library that would generate QR code images. Not just the thing where the QR code is blown up so large you can insert a corporate logo, but you'd feed it a source image and it would make the image itself into a QR code. I thought I'd bookmarked it but cannot find it and searching around has only found me the type of QR code generator I detailed earlier in the post, which doesn't look like an actual raster image. (Apparently it dealt better with logos and shapes than full on photos of people but was capable)
- InfiniteLoup 2y agoIt's not Python, but this might still fit your bill: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30162233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30162233
- firefax 2y agoThat explains why I wasn't finding it previously, ty
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