@maikel@vmst.io @adbenitez@mastodon.social I was more thinking something like the console library that generates an ascii art for an ssh host when it asks you if you trust it, given it's much easier to see if the image is the same than eyeballing 20+ character hash.
Let me see if I can track one down to link to, my mind is blanking on names at the moment.
@maikel@vmst.io I think I'm trying to solve the same issue? If José and José are both in your contacts, and neither have assigned a picture or surname, at the moment you're a bit stuffed telling who is who. But your contact list knows they're different, so there must be some unique identifier under the hood.
I was wondering if in the absence of a user chosen picture you could generate an image from that unique identifier to allow you to see which José is which.
@maikel@vmst.io Or, you know, maybe I've just failed at basic reading comprehension in which case I'll leave you to it! It's been known to happen...
@maikel@vmst.io I did too until a blond friend of mind took objection, which... with hindsight I get actually.
I now tend to have moments of being away with the fairies instead, on the basis that I haven't yet met any fairies to offend with the saying and I'm not sure they'd find being distracting offensive anyway!
