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Re:Q1K3 - An homage to Quake in 13kb of JavaScript by fsiefken on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:56AM (#28521233)
wow, it almost but not quite fits into a qrcode. makes me think of distributing mini games through qr and js
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Re:Q1K3 - An homage to Quake in 13kb of JavaScript by croon on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:10AM (#28522940)
Off topic but related, if you haven't heard of Pico-8, the "cartridge" PNG format it uses is a fun read [0].

[0] https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/P8PNGFileFormat

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Re:Q1K3 - An homage to Quake in 13kb of JavaScript by nougatbyte on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:10AM (#28521315)
https://youtu.be/ExwqNreocpg Itsn not js but at least one a qr code
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Re:Q1K3 - An homage to Quake in 13kb of JavaScript by lifthrasiir on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:04AM (#28521279)
QR code can only contain up to 2953 arbitrary octets, which is way smaller than the imposed 13 KB limit.
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Re:Q1K3 - An homage to Quake in 13kb of JavaScript by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:21AM (#28521414)
Standard QR codes maybe, but you can make bigger ones and there's QR-like systems that use colors and the like as well to store more data.
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