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Unicornify

127 points by danielovichdk 6y ago

claxo 6y ago
:( code was in a Mercurial repo at bitbucket, now the repo link gives "Repository unavailable Bitbucket no longer supports Mercurial repositories."
- shakna 6y ago
  Seems there's a number of dead links when trying to hunt down this project, all related to features being dropped by the host. It was here [0], for a while. Unfortunately... > Go 1.9 is no longer available. Please refer to https://goo.gl/aESk5L https://goo.gl/aESk5L for more information. I think this [1] is a working Python implementation of the project. [0] https://unicornify.appspot.com/ https://unicornify.appspot.com/ [1] https://github.com/codingisacopingstrategy/unicornify https://github.com/codingisacopingstrategy/unicornify
- CornishPasty 6y ago
  Software Heritage have a copy of it here https://bitbucket-archive.softwareheritage.org/projects/ba/balpha/go-unicornify.html https://bitbucket-archive.softwareheritage.org/projects/ba/b... Not sure exactly how to do it (not used mercurial in a long time), but I extracted the repository tarball to a directory then used hg clone to make the code usable/readable
smabie 6y ago
I feel like these unicorns would be great for a geocities page.
hombre_fatal 6y ago
I used https://unicornify.appspot.com/ https://unicornify.appspot.com/ (defunct) for avatars on my forum in its early days when I had other features to build beyond avatar upload. Until the unicornify service died, I used it for default avatars. My users loved it, especially since it was generated from hash(userid, username). You'd sometimes get a unicorn grazing in the distance or one up close staring down the camera. There were jokes about whether you were part of the green / blue / brown unicorn faction. And even years later, since it was the default avatar, people would joke about "fine, then remove your current avatar and see who you really are, I bet you're one of those filthy Greens!" Good times. I've tried reading the code on many occasions, but I don't think I'll ever understand graphics. https://github.com/codingisacopingstrategy/unicornify https://github.com/codingisacopingstrategy/unicornify
mediumdeviation 6y ago
For context - this was used for Stack Overflow’s 2010 April Fools https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/37328/my-god-its-full-of-unicorns https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/37328/my-god-its-fu.... The algorithm for generating a unicorn from a hash is quite interesting. It looks like the site is down, but thankfully the internet archive has a mirror https://web.archive.org/web/20100428132341/http://unicornify.appspot.com/making-of https://web.archive.org/web/20100428132341/http://unicornify...
dusted 6y ago
yarn add unicornify require('unicornify')(hash, {width: 512, height: 512, format: 'png'}).readStream( (err,data)=>{ /* yeah baby, yeah! </austinpowers> */ });
fouc 6y ago
https://unicornify.pictures/avatar/aa2a4aa8a5aa0af?s=128 https://unicornify.pictures/avatar/aa2a4aa8a5aa0af?s=128
xg15 6y ago
This sounds like a great alternative to SSH's RandomArt key visualizer. I can't memorize some opaque string of letters and numbers, but if keys are represented by unicorn avatars, changes would definitly be noticed.
royletron 6y ago
Damn the worse news is the source isn't accessible because BitBucket now doesn't support Mercurial repos... as of yesterday they're not accessible :scream!
outadoc 6y ago
I love how this page has links yet isn't even HTML. Let me introduce you to 1993 :)
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solstice 6y ago
Fun! The number at the end of the url controls the size of the picture (32-128). You can just replace some digits/letters in the hash to craft a new unicorn

127 points by danielovichdk 6y ago

:( code was in a Mercurial repo at bitbucket, now the repo link gives "Repository unavailable Bitbucket no longer supports Mercurial repositories."

shakna 6y ago
Seems there's a number of dead links when trying to hunt down this project, all related to features being dropped by the host. It was here [0], for a while. Unfortunately... > Go 1.9 is no longer available. Please refer to https://goo.gl/aESk5L https://goo.gl/aESk5L for more information. I think this [1] is a working Python implementation of the project. [0] https://unicornify.appspot.com/ https://unicornify.appspot.com/ [1] https://github.com/codingisacopingstrategy/unicornify https://github.com/codingisacopingstrategy/unicornify
CornishPasty 6y ago
Software Heritage have a copy of it here https://bitbucket-archive.softwareheritage.org/projects/ba/balpha/go-unicornify.html https://bitbucket-archive.softwareheritage.org/projects/ba/b... Not sure exactly how to do it (not used mercurial in a long time), but I extracted the repository tarball to a directory then used hg clone to make the code usable/readable

smabie 6y ago

I feel like these unicorns would be great for a geocities page.

hombre_fatal 6y ago

I used https://unicornify.appspot.com/ https://unicornify.appspot.com/ (defunct) for avatars on my forum in its early days when I had other features to build beyond avatar upload. Until the unicornify service died, I used it for default avatars. My users loved it, especially since it was generated from hash(userid, username). You'd sometimes get a unicorn grazing in the distance or one up close staring down the camera. There were jokes about whether you were part of the green / blue / brown unicorn faction. And even years later, since it was the default avatar, people would joke about "fine, then remove your current avatar and see who you really are, I bet you're one of those filthy Greens!" Good times. I've tried reading the code on many occasions, but I don't think I'll ever understand graphics. https://github.com/codingisacopingstrategy/unicornify https://github.com/codingisacopingstrategy/unicornify

mediumdeviation 6y ago

For context - this was used for Stack Overflow’s 2010 April Fools https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/37328/my-god-its-full-of-unicorns https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/37328/my-god-its-fu.... The algorithm for generating a unicorn from a hash is quite interesting. It looks like the site is down, but thankfully the internet archive has a mirror https://web.archive.org/web/20100428132341/http://unicornify.appspot.com/making-of https://web.archive.org/web/20100428132341/http://unicornify...

dusted 6y ago

yarn add unicornify require('unicornify')(hash, {width: 512, height: 512, format: 'png'}).readStream( (err,data)=>{ /* yeah baby, yeah! </austinpowers> */ });

fouc 6y ago

https://unicornify.pictures/avatar/aa2a4aa8a5aa0af?s=128 https://unicornify.pictures/avatar/aa2a4aa8a5aa0af?s=128

xg15 6y ago

This sounds like a great alternative to SSH's RandomArt key visualizer. I can't memorize some opaque string of letters and numbers, but if keys are represented by unicorn avatars, changes would definitly be noticed.

royletron 6y ago

Damn the worse news is the source isn't accessible because BitBucket now doesn't support Mercurial repos... as of yesterday they're not accessible :scream!

outadoc 6y ago

I love how this page has links yet isn't even HTML. Let me introduce you to 1993 :)

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solstice 6y ago

Fun! The number at the end of the url controls the size of the picture (32-128). You can just replace some digits/letters in the hash to craft a new unicorn