Wouldn't it be nice to generate the colour in HSL and/or clamp/normalise the luminosity so it's always darker than the background and prevent "invisible" avatars, such as the one generated for @lexicality?
Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
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#282Re: Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
#283Reply here if you just want to see how your username looks like, so we avoid noise and keep that Show HN on the top. comments are really interesting
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#284This is awesome hahaha
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#285Mine looks like an ovary, neat idea tho!
Re: Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
#286Reply here if you just want to see how your username looks like, so we avoid noise and keep that Show HN on the top. comments are really interesting
am i lucky?
Re: Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
#287Reply here if you just want to see how your username looks like, so we avoid noise and keep that Show HN on the top. comments are really interesting
test
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#288Re: Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
#289Earlier quoted context omitted.
You got Cthulu!
And I think yours is an upside-down helicopter!
It almost looks like a minimalist wolverine! [1]
[1]: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2b/e7/cb/2be7cb420de47ac68e1345f4a...
Re: Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
#290Reply here if you just want to see how your username looks like, so we avoid noise and keep that Show HN on the top. comments are really interesting
cool!