Sing-song: a speakable encoding for long numbers and keys

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notarobot123•27 minutes ago

> vako-poku-piki-sino-dumi-wigo-bumo-subu-kuwu-suju-joku-wuru-libi-bafa-modu-pabu-zuro-kiva-givo-liju-pomu-ra

I like it. It feels like learning a magical incantation from some ancient lost language.

totetsu•33 minutes ago

input 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 sing-song baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-baba-ba

this is not memorable.. It could use another pass to handle repeatings words like K8s, or .. some set rhythm patters that help you chunk and remember the overall count .. Baba-BAba-baba, Baba-BAba-baba or something ..

They didn't mention Mnemonic major system in the prior, art.

atoav•25 minutes ago

How do you usually remember uuids or hashes if you have to?

Many people basically just read the start and the end and compare that, given the huge collision space.

I find 51ac0759fc4d far less memorable than kalo-tadu-komu-tigi. Also if I had to tell one of those over the telephone to my parents and my life depended on it I would choose the latter.

fwlr•17 minutes ago

I highly recommend adding example words to the IPA chart:

    a    i     o     u     b     d
    /a/  /i/   /o/   /u/   /b/   /d/
    cot  feet  frog  rude  bit   dig

etc.

Sing-song: a speakable encoding for long numbers and keys

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