Very simple. Turn the webpage into a static blob url, and the 2d barcode will launch that blob url.
Since it’s a static blob, you don’t need to host it at all. The url itself is the code for the webpage
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#92Very simple. Turn the webpage into a static blob url, and the 2d barcode will launch that blob url. Since it’s a static blob, you don’t need to host it at all. The url itself is the code for the webpage
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#93Very simple. Turn the webpage into a static blob url, and the 2d barcode will launch that blob url. Since it’s a static blob, you don’t need to host it at all. The url itself is the code for the webpage
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#94Very simple. Turn the webpage into a static blob url, and the 2d barcode will launch that blob url. Since it’s a static blob, you don’t need to host it at all. The url itself is the code for the webpage
This won’t work – he wants to publish new information not already in the book.
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#95Websites are roughly similar to real estate. They have an irreducible amount of paid maintenance required. Domain names are subject to renewal fees, like property tax. Hosting isn’t free, and it’s subject to a bewildering, ever-evolving variety of attacks. Hosting itself costs money. The only hope is to pay for a trust to handle all of this.
Or just assume that if your writing is as valuable as you think it is, others will recognize its worth and keep it alive.
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#96Think knowledge as carried by the human brain. What you are asking is few generations ahead to remember the knowledge your brain created. The best way is to transmit it from brain to brain. Codify your knowledge into some kind of poetry stanzas. this would ensure effective compression and repeatability. Teach the poems to a few in the next generation. Create a loop to ensure that knowledge is passed verbatim. After a…
Reading all the amazing answers here, but this one stood out to me as an observer. Thank you for your sharing your thoughts on it.
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you 100% convinced that QR codes will be common enough in a 100 years for common people to figure it out? I’m not.
Yes I am 100% convinced (barring apocalypse etc.) Would you know what to do with a record? That's 150 year old technology. If not you know how to look up the information hopefully?
OTOH, would you know what to do with a wax cylinder (or even what it is?) or how about an 8-track cartridge or a reel-to-reel tape?
And, if you knew what to do with these things, would you be able to actually do it?
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes I am 100% convinced (barring apocalypse etc.) Would you know what to do with a record? That's 150 year old technology. If not you know how to look up the information hopefully?
OTOH, would you know what to do with a wax cylinder (or even what it is?) or how about an 8-track cartridge or a reel-to-reel tape? And, if you knew what to do with these things, would you be able to actually do it?
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#99Spam your articles into any website that allows commenting, like forums, blogs, news sites, porn sites, etc. Start the text with a unique string that when searched throws no results currently, followed by date and time. Store the unique string in your barcode. When people search for that string in 100y they'll find any of the surviving texts, the date and time will let them know which is the order.
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#100GitHub pages is the best place to go to. Also easy to update and on a platform that is here to stay