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While watching this, I started wondering how much of the code base you could OCR from the video.
by michaelmior 13y ago
While watching this, I started wondering how much of the code base you could OCR from the video.
- alexrson 13y agoInteresting question. I guess it all depends on how much he jumps around between files and different parts of files. There's a scene in Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson which is similar to this problem. The protagonist is in jail with a laptop which has the location of treasure on it encrypted by a WWII Enigma machine. However, the bad guys can see his screen at all times, so he needs to write the code to crack the cipher without looking at the data. I won't spoil how he does it because I recommend reading the book.
- michaelmior 13y agoThanks for the book recommendation :)
- serickson 13y agoWe're planning on open sourcing the whole site in the future anyway, so you'll be able to get your hands on it directly soon enough!
- michaelmior 13y agoAwesome! Glad to hear it :)