Long term technologies, waiting in the backgroundshkspr.mobi 4 pointsmeithecatte1 year ago2 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−PaulHoule1yWhat I like about QR codes is that they have a special "alphanumeric" charset which has uppercase letters and numbers and : and / to make URLs. This encodes chars 5.5 bits per bytes and was a far-sighted choice for a standard defined in 1994.−meithecatteOP1yI must admit, this is the kind of description that's enough to make me want to maybe get into ham radio someday.
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What I like about QR codes is that they have a special "alphanumeric" charset which has uppercase letters and numbers and : and / to make URLs. This encodes chars 5.5 bits per bytes and was a far-sighted choice for a standard defined in 1994.
I must admit, this is the kind of description that's enough to make me want to maybe get into ham radio someday.