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Demo ( https://jabcode.org/create/ ) worked on the first example I tried, then I tried using advanced settings and it threw an "Error Something went wrong" every time. This was in Chrome.
I wonder if the 'Master'/'Slave' terminology is necessary here? Aside from being problematic, does it really describe the setup more than 'Primary'/'Secondary'?
Every screen and printer will display/print colors differently. This is not a good idea.
Every HN comment thread is full of armchair critics. Maybe the designer actually thought of this! If the colors are quantized into a constellation, even significant error could be corrected.
I wonder if the 'Master'/'Slave' terminology is necessary here? Aside from being problematic, does it really describe the setup more than 'Primary'/'Secondary'?
I wonder if the 'Master'/'Slave' terminology is necessary here? Aside from being problematic, does it really describe the setup more than 'Primary'/'Secondary'?
Why is that problematic?
In case anyone missed it, a very interesting link explaining how QR codes work was posted on HN a few days ago[1]. I wish there was some explanation like this on this JAB code and how exactly it gives high capacity over the b/w code. [1] https://www.nayuki.io/page/creating-a-qr-code-step-by-step
> The technical specification of the barcode is available as BSI TR03137 - Part 2[0]
It's apparently research done by the German Federal Office for Information Security.
[0] https://www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Publications/TechnicalGuidelines/...
I wonder if the 'Master'/'Slave' terminology is necessary here? Aside from being problematic, does it really describe the setup more than 'Primary'/'Secondary'?
Embarrassing story time: I was working in Brazil on a database, and used the Portuguese translations for "master" and "slave" in a technical meeting (I speak Portuguese). The whole room looked at me in shock, and my manager politely corrected me: "um, we just use the English terms 'master' and 'slave'... if you translate them, it's pretty racist."
It's cool, it works well and it's fancy, but every time I do banking I have to turn off my computer's "night light" mode.
I assume lots of people use color filters for various good reasons. Are these codes resisent to that? Else I'd truly prefer oldschool monochrome QR codes, to be honest.
I wonder if the 'Master'/'Slave' terminology is necessary here? Aside from being problematic, does it really describe the setup more than 'Primary'/'Secondary'?
Why is that problematic?
Personally, I want to be a master to my mechanical slaves (tools, dishwashers, computers, robots) and can't wait for a future where machine-slavery is so pervasive that no humans need to work anymore.
I wonder if the 'Master'/'Slave' terminology is necessary here? Aside from being problematic, does it really describe the setup more than 'Primary'/'Secondary'?
Is it problematic outside of the US? That said, possibly not the most immediately illustrative choice of terms; master/slave usually implies who's in charge, not a spatial relationship.