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[โ€“] [email protected] 107 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

KolibriOS, arguably the smallest modern GUI OS at 1.44MB, could be encoded on ~142 of them. I shouldn't find that interesting but I do. MikeOS, which is an operating system used to teach about OS design, could fit on ~74.

Making this a very dumb very impractical but nonetheless legitimately viable method for non-electromagnetic OS storage.

[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

I see an engraved stone wall with people slowly moving infront, each scanning a new qr code...

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