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Billions of Code Name Permutations in 32 bits
- bitwize 5y agoCool. Now Ubisoft will never want for Splinter Cell game subtitles until the sun becomes a red giant. Hmmm... Splinter Cell: Red Giant...
- tempodox 5y agoEntirely possible, both “Red” and “Giant” are in the word sets mentioned in the article.
- tgv 5y agoWhat's the difference with picking a random adjective and a random noun given the seed? I'm also not sure that there are billions of such code names in practice, since there are only a few thousand adjectives and some 20000 nouns.
- codezero 5y agoThis same link front-paged from a later posting so here are some more comments! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28537380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28537380
- rocqua 5y agoI think it might have been nice to _not_ vary the starting seed. Instead having each playthrough of the game start with the same mission name, but then vary wildly from there.