It’s of course possible, but the spec is trying to avoid this. There are multiple “masking patterns”, and the algorithm should choose one that gives fewest “penalty points”. Large single color areas are a lot of penalty points, so QR algorithm is trying to avoid them.
Yeah, it's not mandatory. The specification itself recommends a very concrete algorithm though, and one of its criteria is literally the average density [1].
The primary one is that in the presence of byzantine faults it goes for consistency over availability, however the Avalanche ecosystem generally prefers that choice.
That “good summary” video is anything but, and contains numerous incorrect claims, starting with not being aware of differences between tokens and chains. He claims that Binance hasn’t provided any “Token addresses”, when they provided their ETH addresses (that contain tokens).
HN already has a “reply” link below the comment. Adding “upvote” would solve both the timing (noticing upvote after reading the comment) and usability (solves touch target size on mobile).
In addition to all the recommendations about supporting his Patreon, I also recommend following him on Twitter and clicking the bell icon: he only tweets when new articles are published, a very worthwhile notification.
I host a nationwide radio show that we also publish as a podcast. Podcasting is not radio, as much as I'd enjoy that. We are the only show I'm aware of that publishes "show notes", links to things we talk about on the radio, encouraging listeners to check those things out. We are also deeply tied to the schedule: some of my favorite podcasts vary greatly in length, our show is exactly 25 minutes every time, with a reminder "what show you are listening to" around 12 minutes.
Radio is still great at having massive, immediate, but highly passive audience. In every other regard, podcasts are so much better.
I found one particular example of the opposite change quite annoying. In the TV Show “Suits”, the premise is that a character Mike has incredible photographic memory, can to read books and evidence at unbelievable speeds. As the show went on, this unique trait was almost completely removed. I think by season 3 it was just gone completely, turning the show into a regular law drama.
