Re: The lost key

On 4/7/2025 10:35 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote:

On 27/03/2025 19:25, Richard Heathfield wrote:

Here's a challenge for you.
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I lost my key, so it's not locked.
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 Now that America has got itself up and out of bed, I promised you all a hint.
 Hints are tricky. Too subtle, and they may serve only to confuse. Too blatant, and they spoil the game. I suppose I'm looking for a way to provide the minimum nugget of information that will be genuinely useful.
 Having thought long and hard about this, I've settled on something you might not actually recognise as a hint, but I assure you that it is possible to throw it into the pot along with the information you already have and deduce something extremely useful.
 $ scos2 e 225 541 < hint.txt
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I sent you an email. I have to get back to work, but I hope I am getting a little bit closer wrt your "hint"... ;^o
Thanks.