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Decode kernel panic from QR Code photo

https://gist.github.com/skorotkiewicz/c59e591c26661cb52b06afc42d8ac546
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For context, kernel panics seem to sometimes be encoded as a URL in the QR code by distros. The panic text is encoded as a numeric parameter. For example:

  https://jexposit.fedorapeople.org/drm-panic/#?a=x86_64&v=6.17.0-rc2+&z=64016708045408584681305161836175901065787789727173061004041671633088591186286363786562987653814347942450168430510852681524688435157911241621365859153819732690406649525043247774110913752991389170560320455163781439079986337356710273501164645667555084821480237326301207073831710176482850121513079951455217310046422632328303510474264780788030301611164774573122018172510304672562667379831349924441560360997679573341401750485619388375493[... many more digits]
That's from the QR code image at:

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f45-change-proposal-d...

This script is to decode such kernel panics without needing to provide it to an external service.

In the particular URL example, the panic is not necessarily sent to a server, because it's in a URL fragment (`#`), but still.

I think that's a really good idea! Would love to see this upstream
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