The feedback he receives is quite fun: https://www.nayuki.io/page/poor-feedback-from-readers
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The characterization of some of these senders as lazy is simply not true: I once engaged with a student who wrote like some of those examples and was trying to contribute to a FOSS project I ran; he turned out to be an excellent contributor who nobody could reasonably say was lacking in either skill or effort. It is usually just a combination of shyness and excessive respect that produces these 'lazy' requests. And, frankly, using words like 'ur' and 'thx' are how some 100% native speakers of English write. (The ever-relevant XKCD strikes again, #1414 this time.)
I consider myself to be extremely lucky that my native language happens to be the lingua franca of the computer industry if not the world, and even luckier that I don't have any impediment such as dyslexia that would hinder me capitalizing on that good fortune to the full.
And finally, yes, most of what one receives online is spam. Lots of spam, in fact, but when someone makes as least as much effort to contact me individually I try to make at least that much effort in return.
[1]: https://pdf.ahaprintables.com/pdf/preview/aha/zebra-puzzles-... (PDF)
And then there's "that shameless country", "that needy country", "that unspeakable country", as others have pointed out. ... really? Yeah, we've all gotten spammy emails from Indian senders, joking about it is one thing, but that's just gross.
The blog owner exudes elitist vibes in the commentary. A quick skim of the blog reveals a request for Bitcoin donations, suggesting $3 as the amount, without considering that a large portion of this donation will be eaten up by fees. </rant>
https://greggman.github.io/qr-code/
might add more options but in truth I don't think most users need the options
In some cases, Nayuki is not even happy with people pointing out legit errors in their blog. For example,
> I want to use the parameters [...] and > > invNTT(NTT(invec)) !=invec ?
Reed Solomon was about two thirds of the way through the semester, and the gist is that it's based on polynomials - with enough points you can define exactly where the polynomial is - so include some extra points and that way if some get lost along the way you can recreate them.
The rest of it is how to apply that for binary data (finite fields). Which is mathematically beautiful, but where they get somewhat complex.
I can see why these racists come to the conclusion that all Indians speak a certain way. If they see something written with a few quirks common to Indian English they confirm their bias that all Indians speak and write that way. If they see text without that tell, their bias is still confirmed because they conclude this person must have grown up elsewhere.
For the racists at the back - language diverges over time. That’s perfectly normal. As the reader/listener it’s easier for us to make the effort to understand than it is for someone to change how they speak. If you’re ok with making an effort to understand unusual words and phrases used by Australian, Scottish, Irish, Kiwi people but you won’t do the same for Indian people, reflect on why you do that.
People from NZ change most “e” sounds to “i”, so they’d eat pincakes for breakfast for example. I find that quirk endearing. Or Australians using words like ute, jaffle etc. But somehow only white English speakers are given the benefit of the doubt when they do this? Why can’t Indians get the same thing when they’re speaking their second language?
https://www.thonky.com/qr-code-tutorial/error-correction-cod...
https://dev.to/maxart2501/let-s-develop-a-qr-code-generator-...
Not just change how they speak, but learn entirely new concepts that do not exist in their language, and that they have no intuition for. I'm currently teaching German to somebody whose native language has no tenses, no cases, mostly no plurals, essentially no genders, different phonemes, and is written in a different script.
Having to not just learn these concepts, but be familiar enough with them to form an intuitive understanding and use them correctly in most instances, at a near-native level, is something that takes a decade or more for an adult. To be dismissive of somebody who makes that effort is pathetic.
The part I'd also like to know about is error correction, if you have anything useful related to QR codes for that.
I am looking for a guide that walks you through implementing all the algorithms necessary after you have the decoded raw image data.
If someone does it, it means they’re racist. The act itself isn’t racist, but I’d bet dollars to doughnuts that they’d have other racist opinions and do racist things.
Since I backpacked for 5 years, I started to have a shallow understanding of culture differences but enough to make me think that people from two or three cultures aren't really great to interact with. I keep these to myself, voicing it would say more about me than them.
I would challenge the notion that a "movement" can push back against criminals. This is a law enforcement issue and a difficult one at that because law enforcement doesn't have real time insight into money transfers.
If it is any comfort, India is a democratic country and the government is somewhat receptive to the needs of the people. With Indian people suffering from financial crime and complaining about it the government could start to crack down on it.
I haven't lived in India for decades, but saw an interesting TV show about a famous phone phishing operation run out of a small village in Bihar state. It's fiction, but based on a real news report.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamtara_%E2%80%93_Sabka_Numb...