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steve_taylor 2 hours ago

Sounds like a cheap way to get my hands on some floppies.

throwaway456754 23 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

They don't have to be cheap.

afiori 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

you are right a stack of printed qr codes is better

heftig 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No, that's too easily machine-read. Print it in a fancy calligraphy font or one with ambiguous characters.

sunaookami 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Reminds me of Lavabit where the US wanted the encryption keys and they printed them out in a 4 point font :D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit#Legacy

newswasboring 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That's too convenient, cameras can read many qr codes at a time. Encode the binary on some punch cards.

eptcyka an hour ago | parent [-]

Pretty sure cameras can be used to read punchcards too.

	▲	alex_suzuki 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		This sounds like a fun project. Somebody already did it, apparently: https://hackaday.com/2012/07/30/reading-punch-cards-with-an-...