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Re:You'll regret using natural keys by ceejayoz on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @08:20AM (#40583980)
Just take out the vowels and numbers that can look like vowels. Nixing 0 means no b00bs IDs, and avoids 0/O; I usually take out 1/I as well.
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Re:You'll regret using natural keys by fnordsensei on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @01:52PM (#40588086)
That goes some of the way, but I can think of a few problematic sequences that are only consonants and/or numbers.
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