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1. Ellie (noelle@elekk.xyz)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2018 20:24:39 UTC Ellie

   Suggestion: when you're building a user database, assign each user a 16-digit hexadecimal number as a unique identifier, disallow that internal identifier from changing, and let everything else change.

   Want to change your username? Great. Want to change your email? Fine. The unique hex ID is all that matters.

   16 hex digits is enough collision space to give every person on earth about 2.5 /million/ accounts on your system, but short enough that you can write it down on a post-it note.

   • Hallå Kitteh repeated this.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Mar-2018 15:59:29 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • ⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️
     @noelle @pnathan Hey maybe this is yet another good use for those word phrases they use for e.g. brain wallets.
     
     "What's your id?"
     "Oh, it's fairy bicycle tobacco omelet moped barnacle."