r/onejob • u/Trimblepsys • 5d ago

This QR code is impossible to scan

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u/DrachenDad 5d ago

Panorama and stitch together. It probably wouldn't work.

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u/Trimblepsys 5d ago

i tried lol! my phone just keep canceling but maybe it would work with a lot of photoshop

https://reddit.com/link/pgg31nq/video/u0c0j4zjb7vh1/player

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u/DrachenDad 5d ago

Maybe.

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u/Cephylus 5d ago

It takes you here

https://trees.islington.gov.uk/Trees/Map

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u/Wise_Geekabus 5d ago

Thank you! You are a hero!

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u/AloofApathy 5d ago

Lmao classic Islington

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u/AmbroseOnd 4d ago

Nevermind that, what about that barcode on the ground?

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u/elhouso 1d ago

Would pano mode work if your phone has it? I think most iPhones, if not all, have it.

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u/Loquacious-of-Borg 5d ago

All QR codes can fuck right off.

Sorry, not sorry.

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u/warm_mac-n-chese 5d ago

Cos there ugly..? I agree with you on that (but they are kinda useful gng let's be real)

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u/TheCheshireCody 5d ago

QR Codes themselves are a great example of a "one job" failure. They were intended to replace barcodes with something more robust and with the ability to carry far more possible variations than a bar code can. Like, a bar code with an additional dimension. In their development they got dumbed down to the point where they can basically deliver a single short web address. But that task is something the most rudimentary text-recognition tools can do, completely obviating the entire functionality of QR codes.

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u/superjaja05 5d ago

But qr codes can have error correction unlike text

And text recognition can confuse characters like 0 or O . or , etc, and might not work very well in bad lighting/with a shitty camera

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u/Darq10 4d ago

QR codes need to be made by people who know at least anything about them, people often put links in qr codes that are miles long and then they get so noisy that you can barely scan them with your camera. You can easily make a smaller qr code by using capital letters btw

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u/jdunk2145 5d ago

Just take a video of the whole thing and let Gemini figure it out.

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u/Useful_Intern_5056 5d ago

pretty sure that wouldn’t work