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		RicoElectrico on July 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcod... PDF417 has non-square pixels (or rather as it's called in barcode nomenclature "modules") which feels very janky - it was meant for linear scanners after all. Oh, and quoting Wikipedia: In practice, a PDF417 symbol takes about four times the area of a DataMatrix or QR Code.

ssl-3 on July 8, 2024 [–]

Yes. They're clearly different things.

Which of these aspects offers a functional improvement in this application?

("Feels janky" doesn't quite cut the mustard, I don't think.)

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