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how to auto/random generate the "gravatars" like on StackOverflow?

How does Stack Overflow for users auto-generate the gravatars for those who do not create a picture or who have not created a Gravatar icon?

Where did these avatars comes from?

Duplicate of what is the algorithm used to generate those little gravatar identicon images? which is itself duplicate of How do you generate that default avatar in Stackoverflow?...

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Andreas Grech  2009-01-02 00:10:48
Hi, is there an example of an implementation I could swipe for Ruby on Rails?
AFG  2009-04-02 20:36:17
Check out these links: http://douglasfshearer.com/blog/gravatar-for-ruby-and-ruby-on-rails | http://slightlycoded.com/blog/ruby-on-rails-gravatar-simple-integration
Andreas Grech  2009-04-02 20:53:16

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