The image in this post displays its own MD5 hash
I keep imagining the fantasy scenario where some day I stumble on a software download or repo or something. Nothing special, no fanfare, just a random piece of code to do some random task.Inside the repo or zip, is a simple text manifest file. The file has some bog standard readme stuff and then lists all the files and their hashes, you know, so you can check nothing's corrupted whatnot.But in that list of files, is a line item for the manifest file itself and along with its own hash! Something that on the surface looks completely innocuous but becomes profoundly impressive as you ponder it.Kind of a low-key [fridge brilliance](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridgeBrilliance) kind of flex.[Bonus] I'm also reminded of this paper: https://vision.cornell.edu/se3/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ge...