Pick a nearby object. What letter does its name begin with? Convert that from a letter (base 26) to a number and truncate.
Probably has some systematic bias from the names of common everyday objects overwhelming it, but a decent start.
EDIT: Oh wait… that also has the problem of being biased because you’re truncating and there are only 26 numbers. Maybe the bias against zxwq will almost cancel it out?
Pick a nearby object. What letter does its name begin with? Convert that from a letter (base 26) to a number and truncate.
Probably has some systematic bias from the names of common everyday objects overwhelming it, but a decent start.
EDIT: Oh wait… that also has the problem of being biased because you’re truncating and there are only 26 numbers. Maybe the bias against zxwq will almost cancel it out?