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submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Context: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This is the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night, in a kid staring at the stars way. How cool.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago

Look up "Lemino - Cicada" on youtube. Hands down the best under 1 hr description of the entire ordeal.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Some libertarian dingus put up his cleverest puzzles in search of suuuper geeeniuses, who could singlehandedly get on his level. Then he threw a tantrum and took it all down because it turns out people are smarter when they work together.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Even better, several government departments ripped this off as part of a recruitment drives

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

cumtext?

[–] Vivendi 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Stupid ass online cryptic game/ARG

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh isn't that Cicada 3301?

oh fuck it's been so long since I head anything about that! Is that really all it turned out to be?

Is there any sources to verify mindbleach's claims?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Ahh the original ARG

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's da solution tho

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Clearly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i think the captcha is PfP

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

no wait its PrP