[HN Gopher] Zint
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       Zint
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 54 points
       Date   : 2024-04-17 05:59 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (zint.org.uk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (zint.org.uk)
        
       | andrewstuart wrote:
       | I literally could not see the content of the front page because
       | it was wall to wall advertisements.
       | 
       | I presume the ad spammers spammed it onto the front page of HN to
       | pump up the ad views.
        
         | denkmoon wrote:
         | Why would anyone browse the internet without a blocker?
        
           | doublerabbit wrote:
           | Because my workstation for a $corp doesn't allow ad blockers?
        
           | andrewstuart wrote:
           | I believe in advertising - it pays for much of the internet.
        
         | wakawaka28 wrote:
         | It looks like a legit open source project. Strange that you
         | would see any ads on it. I see zero ads but I also have uBlock.
         | 
         | Edit: I just opened it with ads. Looks like a basic ad setup,
         | but there are a few places where the ads are inserted on the
         | page. Looks a bit excessive but maybe some of them are supposed
         | to be smaller ads instead of big header ads like we see. It
         | could be a typo in their template or something.
        
         | throwaway2046 wrote:
         | You might prefer the GitHub repo: https://github.com/zint/zint
        
       | pyinstallwoes wrote:
       | The Aztec Code is cool
        
       | doublerabbit wrote:
       | An TCL equivalent & live-demo, at the TCL wiki: https://wiki.tcl-
       | lang.org/page/zint
        
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