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Decimen Optical Transfer: fountain-coded QR file transfer

https://github.com/bashalarmistalt/decimen-optical-transfer
13•ksec•2d ago

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elric•46m ago
Neat, finally an easy way of transferring files between devices that doesn't rely on online services -- no clue why we didn't solve that ages ago.

Adding encryption shouldn't be hard, as long as you can communicate the keys out of band.

Could probably achieve the same result using audio instead of video, but maybe that would be too annoying?

kooi•30m ago
As someone who has implemented acoustic modems (underwater comms)... yes, yes very annoying. It's like a demonic dolphin.

Bringing it into the ultra sonic band would help.

bigiain•18m ago
I had a Timex Data Watch over 30 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Datalink

It'd transfer phone numbers and calendar entries to the watch by blinking the screen of your computer. Kinda a 1 pixel version of this.

(I wonder where that ended up? From memory I threw it in a drawer when I finished the Windows 95 project I'd been working on, and switched to Mac. There was no Mac software to talk to it.)

atoav•1m ago
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kooi•28m ago
Fountain codes are so lit

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Decimen Optical Transfer: fountain-coded QR file transfer

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