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Welcome, cryptanalyst

66 pointsby vnagpalover 10 years ago

21 comments

sp332over 10 years ago
Last time I visited, it had a message like "You can only log in if you have logged in before." Is this part new, or is it just a different way to enter?
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phakerover 10 years ago
If anyone involved is reading this -- please make the timer a bit more obvious. I opened the link, went back here, then made a quick wikipedia safari and when i got back to it timed out with no indication that i can restart it. :(<p>edit: The console could use a little error checking, if the request dies (i had referrer disabled), it prints &quot;requesting xxxx...&quot; and then nothing. Tsk, tsk :)
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sjrosenover 10 years ago
I completed a few of these foobar challenges, and I&#x27;d love to keep working on them, but it seems to have stopped working for me. I can no longer save files in the editor, and I get a &quot;Not Found&quot; error when I run the verify command. Anyone else run into this bug (and maybe figure out a fix)?
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peraover 10 years ago
This game is not working correctly on my browser (FF33). I tried several times and waited until the end because nothing was happening... then tried with chromium and it did work :-&#x2F; (btw noscript is turned off)
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TrainedMonkeyover 10 years ago
This is entrance to foobar. It is pretty easy to figure out crossword using either a calculator to convert bases or (wolfram alpha for the lazy) and [0] for regex. I have not used regex in years, but got in easy.<p>[0] <a href="http://www.regexr.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.regexr.com&#x2F;</a> . Hint mouse over regex after you type it for explanation of what will match, try it out in the text editor below. Fairly trivial.
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wernerbover 10 years ago
Kinda surprised to be challenged like that suddenly, but managed to pull through with my (t)rusty regex-foo.<p>Foobar is fun and well made! Passed the first challenge in a few minutes and will continue tomorrow. Try to start challenges on foobar only when you want the timer to start (e.g., not when you need to go to bed like me..). Thou shan&#x27;t worry much on the first challenge though, it allows for 48 hours.
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chmover 10 years ago
What does something like \D{2}\S{3} mean? Out of context it seems a bit... cryptic ;)
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ankushioover 10 years ago
I completed this puzzle. It then takes you to the foobar puzzle which was posted a while ago. It has a series of challenges. After completing the first challenge, it says &quot;Max active challenge count reached&quot;
pronoiacover 10 years ago
I passed the crossword! If you fill in the blanks with, say, &quot;a&quot; you can check your answers as you go.<p>I&#x27;m now facing a small coding challenge: 48 hours to come up with code with Python or Java (my choice).
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huhtenbergover 10 years ago
Doesn&#x27;t work.<p>Upon completing the crossword the page auto-submits the solution and gets &quot;403 Forbidden&quot; in response. Something got broken somewhere or someone has pulled the plug.
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toothbrushover 10 years ago
Okay, that was an exercise in frustration. By the third timeout i was pretty confident i had the answers right, but nothing happened. :(
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rtkweover 10 years ago
Neat puzzle. There are coding challenges if you manage to pass the crossword. Guessing it&#x27;s some kind of broad net recruiting?
silveiraover 10 years ago
I tried 3 times on Firefox and it was always saying 4&#x2F;5 correct. Then I tried on Chrome and I passed to the foobar terminal.
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sireatover 10 years ago
Hmm, &quot;This cipher machine is jammed. Come back and try to crank it up later.&quot;<p>I suppose that is some sort of HN effect.
sarciszewskiover 10 years ago
I managed to get 2&#x2F;5 correct. I guess I&#x27;m still far too much of a noob for these things :P
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BWStearnsover 10 years ago
4&#x2F;5.... will any correct regex match count as accurate or are they hints at a specific answer?
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im3w1lover 10 years ago
What happens if you make an incorrect submission for the coding challenges?
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magnusg7over 10 years ago
Looks pretty easy, I wonder if google recruits like this?
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M194over 10 years ago
6 lines of pythoncode for 1. puzzle. anyone less?
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jeffreyrogersover 10 years ago
It restarts with new answers if you time out.
zoharjover 10 years ago
I will sell the answers for $15. Contact me at zo.har.j@gmail.com
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