[L2Ork-dev] Creating a unique identifier for each pd client

[Ivica Bukvic]

It's a surprise ;-) Will share it hopefully soon.

Best,

Ico

-- 
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Director, Creativity + Innovation
Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology

Virginia Tech
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School of Performing Arts – 0141
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-6139
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 15:31 Jonathan Wilkes <jon.w.wilkes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Btw-- what are you building?
>
> -Jonathan
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 2:58 PM Jonathan Wilkes <jon.w.wilkes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 2:22 PM Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Any ideas on how to generate a unique ID to each client without manual
> > > user interaction and in a way that is platform-agnostic? I imagine one
> > > could leverage client's network MAC address or unique computer
> > > identifier but am unaware of how this can be retrieved in an
> OS-agnostic
> > > way inside pd-l2ork/purr-data.
> >
> > If you have a centralized server then the server can go the same route as
> > the implementation of dollarsign zero and increment a global var for each
> > new client.
> >
> > If the client needs to generate the id themselves then you can have each
> > client use a random number generator to assign themselves an ID.
> >
> > There's also an ID buried in each installation of Chromium that is unique
> > for that installation. (One of many good reasons I start Purr Data with a
> > flag to Chromium that ties it to a chair and duck tapes its mouth shut.
> :)
> >
> > -Jonathan
> >
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Ico
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
> > > Director, Creativity + Innovation
> > > Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology
> > >
> > > Virginia Tech
> > > Creative Technologies in Music
> > > School of Performing Arts – 0141
> > > Blacksburg, VA 24061
> > > (540) 231-6139
> > > ico at vt.edu
> > >
> > > www.icat.vt.edu
> > > www.performingarts.vt.edu
> > > l2ork.icat.vt.edu
> > > ico.bukvic.net
> > >
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