Fun fact: With the help of a printer, you can put a picture on paper

Well, binaryEye in Android is giving me this:

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

Yep, that's what it is. JPG in base64.

You should be able to open it directly in your browser if you put data:image/jpeg;base64, in front of it.
Alternatively you can use echo 'the output you posted' | base64 -d > image.jpg
Alternatively, you can paste it to this website: https://base64-to-image.com/

Also thanks for the app recommendation. Works awesomely and is also open-source.
- You can also check out this: https://gitlab.com/Atharok/BarcodeScanner . The app has a better Material 3 based UI too with more features.
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(Not if it's an HP printer)

This was printed on HP printer. But a 20 year old one. Only gives me warning about low ink but still let's me print.

It also doesn't work with Windows past Windows 7, but I don't use Windows anyway.

Not sure if that QR code just doesn't work, or if the quality is too low for my camera to pick up.

Either way, probably shouldn't be QR code scanning a random joke code on Lemmy Shitpost.

Unfortunately, the only thing that scans it is the Scandit Demo app. I also tried zbarimg and this app that generated it.

At least that's the case when scanning from camera. The original QR code image I put in description scans.
Can we just assume it’s Loss?

I'm sure if I scan it it will be an image of Rick Astley.

Edit: It's just "07844730"

Try it again and you'll get a different number. Your scanner probably thinks there's EAN code in it.
- It's still the same
Never give it up, and never let it down.

I knew it. Damn you

I was originally thinking about blinking Firefox banner in the 88x31 style, but, you know...
Was it goatse? Please tell me it's not goatse.
- It's a secret

Well done OP, well done

I am impressed

I can't get this to decode with Google Lens or a few different online decoders.

Binary eye works, base you still need to base64 decode the jpg to

see

a glorious picture of Rick Astley
- A glorious picture that's been compressed down to 1.9kB to fit into QR code.
  
  also
  
  spoilers don't work like that here

I'm not risking it.

huh so that's what its for

For those wondering why this won't scan, there are several orientation and alignment squares throughout the qr code, making it a completely useless facsimile of a qr code

There's 40 different sizes (versions) of QR codes: https://www.qrcode.com/en/about/version.html