On: It's My Monitor

[theandrewbailey]

That QR code will only work until the website gets redesigned, probably with the next fad.js

[Freak_NL → theandrewbailey]

Or more likely, like with the Lidl story last week, the domain expires, gets bought by some spammer, and will host Chinese porn ads in perpetuity.

[ooterness → theandrewbailey]

Presumably their second act as King Of The World will be to mandate the use of perpetual third-party hosting services. (e.g., A simple HTTPS host for static files that's run by the government and never deletes or moves a file.) Use of these services is required for sale of QR-labeled hardware.

[fmajid → ooterness]

Or mandatory registration with conservation authorities and copyright depositories like the Library of Congress, British Library, Biblothèque Nationale de France, etc.

[rhn_mk1 → theandrewbailey]

A dream - the code contains a hash which identifies the file. Like ipfs + bittorrent.