larryboyko

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   by larryboyko 2y ago

   Yes, there are a variety: logic problems, word puzzles, alphametics, various kinds of ciphers -- transposition, substitution, steganographic --, some coding challenges, and a whole slew of other puzzles that I don't quite know how to c
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   by larryboyko 2y ago

   And hopefully this one won't take 85 years to find its audience ...!
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   by larryboyko 2y ago

   Perhaps I too should have offered a prize to the first to solve it!
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   by larryboyko 2y ago

   Suitable for all ages, I think, though there are a couple of cuss words a few dozen chapters deep ...!
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   by larryboyko 2y ago

   Some slight edits and revisions, yes, but the substance of the story hasn't changed. Thanks for playing!
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   by larryboyko 2y ago

   I believe I'd call it finished now; hopefully Christine would agree. :)
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   Show HN: Dimity Jones in Puzzle Castle: An Electronic Escape Novel(obnakwa.itch.io)

   44 points by larryboyko 2y ago|11 comments
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   Show HN: Voicemail Art

   2 points by larryboyko 2y ago|0 comments
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   by larryboyko 2y ago

   Thanks for the feedback! The tricky part of this puzzle is how to handle spaces. Prose sentences have regular spacing rules that the ensuing ciphertext doesn't follow. For instance, what to do with several spaces in a row? Should they
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    by larryboyko 2y ago

    Thank you.
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    by larryboyko 2y ago

    Thank you.
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    by larryboyko 2y ago

    Ah ha! That's an older version alright. Latest at https://github.com/larryboyko/dimityjones/blob/main/DimityJo... (I hope I've fixed the error ...!)
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    by larryboyko 2y ago

    Hm. My 01.txt that yields the expected SHA256 sum of a2e617919bc0b981a4f9bb8470ed37d189958e4c5b167e58b417a84c29a66c29 is: ... 0x3e1175 bytes long ... starts with «Congratulations!» ... ends with «ZO?-m[FmGp-+;KM»
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    by larryboyko 2y ago

    This is odd! We can visually troubleshoot this, and see that the first characters following 1.##### are «Cnrtltos » and the final characters at the end of the (original) file are «!niauago». Taking [SPOILER] alternately the first of the fir
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    by larryboyko 2y ago

    >This may not have any other real purpose than to be a piece of art. Christine would've loved this answer.
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    by larryboyko 2y ago

    >I see that I removed one newline character at the end of the file Hm, strange. I don't see, and there shouldn't be, an extraneous newline at the end of the (original) file.
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    by larryboyko 2y ago

    The whole new text that has been transformed. A little earlier, the editorial instructions read: "These hash values, or checksums [...], were generated by the SHA-256 algorithm -- implementations of which you should easily be able to f
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    by larryboyko 2y ago

    Thanks! Hope you enjoy it.
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    by larryboyko 2y ago

    Thanks. Hope you enjoy the novel.
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    by larryboyko 2y ago

    Thanks for the suggestion. I started a catch-all discussion on the github page.
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    Show HN: Dimity Jones in Puzzle Castle: An Electronic Escape Novel(github.com)

    110 points by larryboyko 2y ago|33 comments