Truly unacceptable. (I look like an alien head!)

But Space Invaders is a classic!

Only commenting so I can see my avatar...

How dare you, you cyan flower vase on wheels :) I'm a spiky small yellow watchtower, yay.

And me? A green butterfly?

Yup. Or a trophy/ a goblet maybe? Not sure if green stands for 1st, 2nd or 3rd price though, up to you to decide :)

hi everyone :) I am a happy jumping frog :)

Commenting to see mine. Edit: Excellent! It's a blob.

Let's see what mine is Edit: I love it! A little bug :)

Looks like Shrek's forehead. Posting for my own avatar reveal...

I am an inverted android?

This should be pretty easy to make into a userscript if browsers still support that. I haven't checked on that in half a decade or so

also i wanted to see mine too

This is fun, and can easily be added as a userscript. I might look to do that a little later.

// ==UserScript== // @name HN icons // @namespace https://news.ycombinator.com/* // @version 0.1 // @description try to take over the world! // @author some people on HN // @match https://news.ycombinator.com/* // @icon data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw== // @grant none // ==/UserScript==

(function() { // Initial concept is from: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30668137 (tomxor) // The script we are using is from: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30670079 (onion2k) 'use strict'; let observer = new IntersectionObserver( (entries) => { entries.forEach((entry, i) => { if (entry.isIntersecting) { const p = 2; const c = document.createElement('canvas'); const x = c.getContext('2d'); c.width = 18; c.height = 14; const s = entry.target.innerText; const r = 1;

            if (s) {
            for (
                let s = entry.target.innerText, r = 1, i = 28 + s.length;
                i--;

            ) {
                // xorshift32
                (r ^= r << 13), (r ^= r >>> 17), (r ^= r << 5);
                const X = i & 3,
                Y = i >> 2;
                if (i >= 28) {
                // seed state
                r += s.charCodeAt(i - 28);
                x.fillStyle =
                    '#' + ((r >> 8) & 0xffffff).toString(16).padStart(0, 6);
                } else {
                // draw pixel
                if (r >>> 29 > (X * X) / 3 + Y / 2)
                    x.fillRect(p * 3 + p * X, p * Y, p, p),
                    x.fillRect(p * 3 - p * X, p * Y, p, p);
                }
            }
            }

            entry.target.prepend(c);
        } else {
            if (entry.target.firstChild.tagName === 'CANVAS')
            entry.target.firstChild.remove();
        }
        });
    },
    { rootMargin: '0px 0px 0px 0px' }
    );

    document.querySelectorAll('.hnuser').forEach((user) => {
    observer.observe(user);
    });

})();

the header formatting is broken. You should make a think on pastebin instead

Works a treat. Thanks, weird semaphore thing!

How dare you! Edit: ooooh, mine's a beetle!