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Re:New ransomware written in JavaScript discovered by kristofferR on Monday June 20, 2016 @09:30AM (#11937865)
Beautifiers should use something like Gfycat uses for their URLs instead, that would be prettier and simpler/faster to understand.

> Most randomly generated URLs look like this: G1XeD4SwlHReDA. We thought it would be fun to do it differently. Our URLs follow the nomenclature: AdjectiveAdjectiveAnimal This is enough to give us a namespace of billions, while also letting humans write them easier. You’re welcome! https://gfycat.com/about

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Re:New ransomware written in JavaScript discovered by stincity on Monday June 20, 2016 @11:49AM (#11938789)
Wouldn't that just make the code more confusing? You'd get some random name that doesn't mean anything to what its intended purpose is. Keeping the simple 'a-z' scheme the beautifier does allows people to not use the variable name as a descriptor of what it handles.
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