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Here’s what it takes to become a human QR code reader.

With a little casual hexadecimal memorization and pattern recognition skill, you can become a QR code-reading machine — no pesky computer required!

The black and white boxes represent binary 1s and 0s, respectively, and it’s read in a zig-zagging pattern up and down the code, starting from the bottom-right corner. Check out this handy guide to learn how today!

A screenshot showing a QR code and visual cues to help decode it, along with details about how the patterns can be interpreted.
See? It’s easy. Guide written by Piko and blinry for the 37th Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Screenshots: Wes Davis / The Verge
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