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They are not random. They are consecutive numbers in base36.
by bzb3 6y ago
They are not random. They are consecutive numbers in base36.
- ultrarunner 6y agoI recently saw it mentioned that another site's URL ids were consecutive numbers in base 52, and then base 36 here. I was previously only aware of the use of base 64, so my interest was piqued — why choose one over the other? It looks like the reason is that in base 36 information can be encoded in the 26 characters of the alphabet plus 10 numeric characters. In base 52 you can use the same, but case-sensitive and possibly without vowels. This makes it work nicely in URLs. I was going to ask the significance but thought I'd post what I found instead.
- CameronNemo 6y agoOh so that is what they meant by odd! The base36 number is odd (52574321 in decimal). https://duckduckgo.com/?q=vault+base36+to+decimal&t=ffab&ia=answer https://duckduckgo.com/?q=vault+base36+to+decimal&t=ffab&ia=...