easter-eggs

[sharp flame]

both in the most recent #official-art

:)

[leaden dock]

thx

[sharp flame]

the string is found along the bottom

[fringe trench]

#easter-eggs message

[timid solstice]

hey, check the pins 🙂 shows all todays findings

[sharp flame]

and the pixel is top left

[leaden dock]

are these the 2 most recent clues for 1e?

or is there more

[sharp flame]

I mean all the clues are in the image

in terms of recency they are all the same time

at the second the image released, if that's what you're asking

[leaden dock]

ok yeah

[crude topaz]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1089970867322228816

might needs an update

[leaden dock]

and i saw there was some kinda break until the 27th for the 1e puzzle right

[sharp flame]

@slender lodge when you are next online <3

[fallen jasper]

Look what day it is

[sharp flame]

not the 27th...

[fringe trench]

tier 1E just started, so theres only this one image to go off of. usually there are more clues posted as time goes on, since we usually cant figure out the password from the first image lol

[fallen jasper]

[leaden dock]

ah ok

[timid solstice]

usually

[leaden dock]

was a bit confused about the date cuz my timezone is way ahead

[timid solstice]

lets do it this time

[sharp flame]

the tier started when that image was posted in #official-art technically

[leaden dock]

ye

gotcha

[timid solstice]

I am so determined

[sharp flame]

I wouldn't say it's IMPOSSIBLE...

[slender lodge]

oh what do i need to change

[sharp flame]

nothing just the updated string

I think it's safe to say we found it

[slender lodge]

okii

[fallen jasper]

At least hold off until we get a couple of new clues. One of them might be really cool.!

[sharp flame]

it's also probably really useful for Rob

if he can just look at that compilation image

[slender lodge]

ill just update them on discord for now

its juist a change of url

[sharp flame]

can you guys find anything on 206888?

could always be 2068/8/8

[crude topaz]

dead end so far

[timid solstice]

20 68 88

[fringe trench]

maybe move onto the other clues

[leaden dock]

for the string, how was it decided which were E's and which were F's?

[fringe trench]

like the lakes and the crosses

[crude topaz]

brute force i guess

[sharp flame]

imagine if we had to decode it twice hahaha

also I still am unsure what to make of this

[timid solstice]

#easter-eggs message

[sharp flame]

I think it could be referencing Total Internal Reflection

[sharp flame]

brute force, hehe

[timid solstice]

well not really

you could count me looking at 2,609 fonts as brute force too

[sharp flame]

total internal reflection

[timid solstice]

fresh thoughts on this?

what if its a D-pad

centre doesnt make sense though

[sharp flame]

The red and blue always go together...

so weird how they flip at the end

[slender lodge]

how many degrees is that

[sharp flame]

no way of knowing, it's 3d and all

[slender lodge]

true ;_;;

i opened photoshop and then realised

[sharp flame]

gonna head to sleep now...

was a great day for EEs though!

[timid solstice]

gn!

[fallen jasper]

[crude topaz]

nn

[spice belfry]

damn i thought i was onto something but it was a dead end

[slender lodge]

what a nice start to the EE

goodnight fishcake

[spice belfry]

was thinking splitting 206888 up to two parts and using 206 for a Julian date

the julian date is jan 25th

but i dont think that matters

wait its july 25th

[timid solstice]

ok hear me out

this is from a previous tier, I think its an MD5 Hash and the gaps were missing characters!
1404E210DDFD 4FA5E227933D2 1A3DC

[slender lodge]

how many characters were there in this

oh shit it is 30

2 missing characters = 30+2 = 32

[fringe trench]

quick mafs

[fallen jasper]

Try 42 or 12

[crude topaz]

EE

[timid solstice]

need Aroktyoe's tricks

[fallen jasper]

Or that

[fringe trench]

u mean 44?

[spice belfry]

damn wish i knew how to use a rainbow table

[fringe trench]

oops replied to wrong person lol

[timid solstice]

[fallen jasper]

Oh it's 44 right

[spice belfry]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_table @timid solstice

[fallen jasper]

42 sounded odd

[spice belfry]

still looking for a password right?

idk was worth a shot

[slender lodge]

when in doubty

[crude topaz]

brute force?

[sharp flame]

give a shouty

[slender lodge]

almost

its just 2 numbers

i wonder what they could be

[sharp flame]

How did it look originally?

[slender lodge]

1404E210DDFD 4FA5E227933D2 1A3DC

103 different combinations

sigh

[timid solstice]

16^2, which is 256.

[fallen jasper]

Well it's better than having 356 of them

[slender lodge]

oh my god i forgot about A to F

i was gonna do it manually but nvm

[timid solstice]

lol

[slender lodge]

https://www.md5online.org/md5-decrypt.html

[sharp flame]

No but like

The actual clue

were there spaces or like | these things

[timid solstice]

#easter-eggs message

[slender lodge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1011929497139953744/1055175835801358397/image.png

[sharp flame]

wait

Empty = 0

Replace the missing spaces with 0

[slender lodge]

i tried :))

[sharp flame]

try it

ah

[fringe trench]

lmao thats horrible to read

i dont think its a hash

[slender lodge]

lol it is

[sharp flame]

How are you so sure

[fringe trench]

since its split and has dashes too

[slender lodge]

sure of wha5t

that its a hash?

[timid solstice]

ah forgot about the -

[slender lodge]

it also contains 30 numbers and 2 dashes so thats why

ah i dunno, ima go back to studying a bit, ill pop back up later 👋

[crude topaz]

grilled cheese time

[spice belfry]

hmm

rainbow table

[timid solstice]

hmmm

[spice belfry]

idk seems like it could be something

its made for cracking md5 hash

[fringe trench]

we already figured out the hash tho?

[sick stone]

there's something from last tier though

[fringe trench]

this one? thats not a hash #easter-eggs message

[sharp flame]

Just loose ends I guess

[sharp flame]

Could be..

[sick stone]

that color is a bit ocean like tho...

Got water on my mind

[sick stone]

stop it, I don't wanna think about VM

[crude topaz]

eh not even close

[fringe trench]

the pixels color is a lot darker than that

[crude topaz]

yeah noticed

i dont have photoshop anymore 😦

[hidden nacelle]

you could use photopea

[fringe trench]

so we have 2 stretches of road to look at. 1 in Scotland and the other in Sweden:
Scotland:https://www.google.com/maps/dir/57.1461492,-4.9584193/57.2146877,-4.6176037/@57.1841865,-4.8633292,11.95z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-4.8013691!2d57.173708!3s0x488f200eaa29c5b9:0xaf4ccf3dd99df09b!1m0!3e0
Sweden:https://www.google.com/maps/dir/423+63+Torslanda,+Sweden/Torslanda,+Gothenburg,+Sweden/@57.7522767,11.7829134,13z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x464f8a4bde9f204f:0xb0190781071e263!2m2!1d11.8336934!2d57.7762892!1m5!1m1!1s0x464f8953537e23ab:0x7667e283105bee69!2m2!1d11.7676685!2d57.723152!3e0

[fallen jasper]

Why exactly?

[fringe trench]

the zipcode and coordinate hints

[fallen jasper]

Well, the swedish one

[fringe trench]

the zipcode is for sweden

[fallen jasper]

There's two leads in Torslanda, it's either the Thor one or the Volvo one.

[fringe trench]

two things i looked at at Scotland: the River Moriston itself, which connects to Lach Ness (dino connection?), and the Glenmoriston Footprints (saints footprints). couldnt really find any connections with either of them, but there might be something. closest i got was the footprints were from an evangelist who i think preached about Amos 4:12 or something (close to the unsolved "44 12" portion of the coordinates)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenmoriston this is in the middle of the two coordinates

[hollow stirrup]

Telford was consulted in 1806 by the King of Sweden about the construction of a canal between Gothenburg and Stockholm. His plans were adopted and construction of the Göta Canal began in 1810. Telford travelled to Sweden at that time to oversee some of the more important initial excavations. ``` hmm

[fallen jasper]

Yeah

Gota Canal, Thomas Telford and his friend William whatever his name is being both foreign members of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences.

[fringe trench]

which william lol

[fallen jasper]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[fringe trench]

Sir William Pulteney?

[fallen jasper]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chambers_(architect)

He's mentioned earlier in the article, he was his mentor I believe?

[fringe trench]

He(Thomas Telford) worked for a time in Edinburgh and in 1782 he moved to London where, after meeting architects Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers

cant find anything on him being his mentor

[fallen jasper]

I don't think it's as important as Thomas having a connection to Sweden

[fringe trench]

yeah

[fallen jasper]

After duly delivering up the horse, Telford proceeded to present a letter with which he had been charged by his friend Miss Pasley on leaving Langholm. It was addressed to her brother, Mr. John Pasley, an eminent London merchant, brother also of Sir Thomas Pasley, and uncle of the Malcolms. Miss Pasley requested his influence on behalf of the young mason from Eskdale, the bearer of the letter. Mr. Pasley received his countryman kindly, and furnished him with letters of introduction to Sir William Chambers, the architect of Somerset House, then in course of erection. It was the finest architectural work in progress in the metropolis, and Telford, desirous of improving himself by experience of the best kind, wished to be employed upon it. He did not, indeed, need any influence to obtain work there, for good hewers were in demand; but our mason thought it well to make sure, and accordingly provided himself beforehand with the letter of introduction to the architect. He was employed immediately, and set to work among the hewers, receiving the usual wages for his labour.

Mr. Pasley also furnished him with a letter to Mr. Robert Adam, another distinguished architect of the time; and Telford seems to have been much gratified by the civility which he receives from him. Sir William Chambers he found haughty and reserved, probably being too much occupied to bestow attention on the Somerset House hewer, while he found Adam to be affable and communicative.

Yeah no Telford didn't like him LMAO

[strange silo]

isn't that the electric volvo company?

[fallen jasper]

I still can't figure out what Torslanda is supposed to be doing here? Like the only hint that I can see of it being connected is that Torslanda is within the municipality of Gothenburg & Telford made the canal that goes from Gothenburg to Söderköping. \

Oh you're not wrong Momo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polestar

Hmm

[strange silo]

I knew it

[fallen jasper]

It's also based in Torslanda...

[strange silo]

where is torslanda

[strange silo]

sounds like its norse

where is that?

[fallen jasper]

So Volvo has a production plant there that makes cars, but Polestar they bought out in the late 1990s and moved the headquarters to Torslanda.

[fallen jasper]

Sweden

[strange silo]

ohh the developers home

I thought you know all the easter eggs like the developers friend

[fallen jasper]

No

Also this was already known I'm just slow

[strange silo]

so how did you became a mod

[strange silo]

oh

[crude topaz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torslanda_Airport

[fallen jasper]

Well that's another Volvo connection

[crude topaz]

Blue Hangar

[strange silo]

how is that a volvo connection

[crude topaz]

anyway, just dead ends for me

[fallen jasper]

Until 1995, Volvo housed its collection of historic vehicles in "The "Blue Hangar" (Den Blå Hangaren). Now they are located in the Volvo Museum, a few kilometres away.

[strange silo]

oh thats cool

[crude topaz]

266888 is blue...

[strange silo]

I didn't really look at the easter eggs here so can anyone summerize what has been found till now and will save it as a thread ?

[tulip matrix]

Is this cheating? 😅

Both roads travel SW to NE

[fringe trench]

hahaha i thought of using chat gpt too but imo its cheating :P

[fallen jasper]

This is what I'm up too rn

[strange silo]

btw sincode is a thing you can use that costs 1$ for the first month and you can do pretty much whatever type of ai you want this is not an ad I just found this a couple days ago and its like a cheat code

[fallen jasper]

https://padlet.com/Kyne/the-promise-t1e-clues-connections-v3wvs675l9dvztxa

[strange silo]

whats this?

[sick stone]

everything

[strange silo]

oh summary of what you guys have found till now?

[fringe trench]

do you know much about the easter eggs for the finals? its been going on for like months now

so it depends how much u wanna catch up on lol

[strange silo]

I barely know anything

[fallen jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/he-cant-keep-getting-away-with-it-gif-19335672

[fringe trench]

lmao thats funny as fuck

[tulip matrix]

Haha right?

[fringe trench]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CLzGtj2w2elVkqEdPV6NgqRiszNAxnwIANXHK-Pa1Bk/edit

[fallen jasper]

So we got the hash down to show uh

206888

But now we're stuck on what that actually means

[strange silo]

what does this even mean?

[fringe trench]

like half of the easter eggs relate to eggs

[strange silo]

no the arrow

[strange silo]

thx

[fringe trench]

oh, we found coordinates for two locations, which is at either end of the arrow along that road. basically the road points to the island

[tulip matrix]

It's just a meme
The arrow follows road A887 (which is one of the coordinate clues) and just happens to point towards and island with a name similar to egg

[fringe trench]

it cant be just a coincidence

[sick stone]

🥚

[tulip matrix]

I'm looking at the other road now hoping to see it point toward something of interest

[sick stone]

Wouldn’t be the first coincidink

[strange silo]

oh cool

I only found this

[fallen jasper]

Where's the other road at? I thought the Swedish one was juyst the zipcode?

[fringe trench]

its two zipcodes

[strange silo]

and this both on google photos when searching the number with sweden

[tulip matrix]

#easter-eggs message

Torslanda to the zip code

[fallen jasper]

Hmm

Not really seeing anything

[strange silo]

have you guys looked at the wiki page of torslanda?

[fallen jasper]

Yeah

[strange silo]

oh

wait what do these easter eggs even lead to?

[fallen jasper]

More easter eggs

[strange silo]

like what are we looking for

a new map? gamode?

[fringe trench]

for this https://www.reachthefinals.com/tfee-level2

each tier requires a password, we are trying to find the passwords

currently on tier 1E, which just started

[fallen jasper]

Hmm

So Telford was working on the A5 road, one of the regions he had to work with to get the road done is uh, snowdonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdonia

[tulip matrix]

What's weird is that 423 63 brings a result of Torslanda in maps but highlights the region of Nolvik
but when I mouse over Torslanda on the map the postal code is 423 33
Another maps discrepancy

[strange silo]

hey it was fun but I gotta go gn

[tulip matrix]

bruh

[crude topaz]

Thomas Telford, one of Britain's greatest engineers, was buried in the centre part of the nave of Westminster Abbey on 10th September 1834, having died on the 2nd at 24 Abingdon Street, Westminster. The original small gravestone was replaced in 1974 by a metal one and reads:

1757 THOMAS TELFORD 1834. PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

Sir William Chambers, architect, is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, beside fellow architects Robert Adam and James Wyatt. The inscription on his grave reads:

SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS, Knight of the Polar Star ARCHITECT Surveyor General of His Majesty's Works, F.R.S. F.S.A & R.A. Died March 8th 1796, aged 74

[fallen jasper]

I'm not entirely sure how relevant William Chambers is anymore

He's either a tie in to the snowflake found on the image via the Polar Star thing, or just a secondary clue.

[crude topaz]

im kinda looking at churches regarding the crosses in the picture

[fringe trench]

thats sick

[fringe trench]

yeah i was thinking maybe grave yards?

[tulip matrix]

crosses you say?

[fallen jasper]

[tulip matrix]

this is from the who needs water image on the 1D password page

mostly gibberish but a few phrases come thru as Squad pointed out before

a lot to do with water

[uneven compass]

why is this emoji in here✍

[tulip matrix]

[tulip matrix]

there's a few emoji's in there

[uneven compass]

weird

[tulip matrix]

I think it's a misinterpretation by the computer tbh

certain combinations of symbols can generate emojis

[uneven compass]

you're probably right

[crude topaz]

ugh, its a big rabbit hole this

ima go pass out lol

[uneven compass]

it's pretty long which makes it difficult to translate fully

[tulip matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/alice-rabbithole-falling-tumbling-bye-gif-5308157

[crude topaz]

think the focus is on the newest picture though

[uneven compass]

ah ok

[tulip matrix]

I see Hong Kong pop up a few times
Hong Kong map in THE FINALS when?

[crude topaz]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1089970867322228816

this image contains crosses...

[fallen jasper]

Yeah, it's why we'

re looking for them

[crude topaz]

im just explaining what im looking at/for

[uneven compass]

im messing with trying to translate the chinese and when you do it in traditional its completely different from simplified

idk what it means though

[crude topaz]

yeah its wierd, if you open up any other image it does not look like that

[fallen jasper]

I don't think it's actual text being hidden in it

[crude topaz]

false lead

[tulip matrix]

"We have the Earth Chestnut"

[uneven compass]

🌰

🌎

[slender lodge]

Bahahahah

[crude topaz]

make a t-shirt with that lol

[fringe trench]

ahahahaa

[uneven compass]

one sec

[tulip matrix]

All your nut are belong to us

[crude topaz]

haha

[uneven compass]

preorder now

only $19.99

[tulip matrix]

I'll take the lot!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_chestnut

also known as a Pignut

[uneven compass]

updated:

anyways back to ee hunting what do you all think the crosses refer to?

[crude topaz]

We have the Earth Chestnut obv.

[uneven compass]

ahhh okay mb

[crude topaz]

no idea actually

[uneven compass]

yeah that's pretty vague

does this help?

basically is what different color crosses mean

i just looked up "what could different color crosses mean"

[crude topaz]

their not colored that way

[uneven compass]

then im lost

[tulip matrix]

Looks like the blue and red are always in pairs and the green is only paired with green so the pattern can be filled in a bit?

[fallen jasper]

Looks like it could be uh

[fringe trench]

hahahaha thats gold

[fallen jasper]

The one on the far left is another pair of greens, the one on the fair right is also another pair of greens, and the remaining 2 are red and blue?

[fringe trench]

yeah i only colour coded them to visualize their distribution

the only thing that matters is their shape and position

[tulip matrix]

which was extremely helpful btw lol

[tulip matrix]

Are you saying like this?

[fallen jasper]

Yeah

[tulip matrix]

that is a nice uniform pattern

[fallen jasper]

Maybe.. hmm

Don't know what else it could be since that one on the far left breaks the pattern

[tulip matrix]

maybe it implies the pattern continues

could maybe match it up with the number/letter string on the bottom to decode it somehow?

[crude topaz]

code is already solved

[tulip matrix]

oh I missed that

[crude topaz]

answer was 206888

[fringe trench]

yeah, it is the hex value of the pixel in the top left

[tulip matrix]

gotcha

so 206888 is probably mega important

[fringe trench]

probably

or the colour itself is?

actually its probably the code, the pixel probably just acts as confirmation

[crude topaz]

i give up i cant find anything connecting each lead, night night

[fallen jasper]

Hmm

[tulip matrix]

similar but not quite

[fringe trench]

hmmmmm

i have a feeling we might have to swap the 00 on the first postcode with another 2 numbers

because 00 doesnt exist

[tulip matrix]

iseul-t page is also veeeery close
but not the same

[fringe trench]

i forgot, post codes are an entire region, not a specific location lol

[random nova]

i wanna get into the hunt but i feel like im so behind lol

[fringe trench]

well its the beginning of the new tier, so youre at a good point to join. just read the newest pinned message to see what we've found so far in the latest clue

[hidden nacelle]

this is what we found so far in the new art

[random nova]

does anyone know the point to this easter hunt? just curious what the goal is

[hidden nacelle]

we have no clue, think its just for the community to engage in

[random nova]

what if when the hunt gets completed they released the game lol

that would be crazy but they shoulnt

[fringe trench]

theres small rewards sometimes. like we found a hidden image in the beta trailer, which hints at either a new map or at their other game, Arc Raiders

[mortal ivy]

Good job solving the code at the bottom! We finally have our first linked clues 😄

[pure loom]

This is very good!

[hidden nacelle]

credits to swa for making it

[fallen jasper]

guys i know its probaly been asked but what was the countdown for

[hidden nacelle]

#official-art message

new art

[timid solstice]

Specifically the countdown was when th 'EE-vacation' was going to end. It gave us time to play the beta and have a short break

[nimble iron]

What has been found since the hash decoding? I was sleeping lol.

I still have a bit of school left so I can help in like 2-3 hours.

[timid solstice]

Nothing else yet really

some cool line ups on the map of the river pointing to Stockholm

[tulip matrix]

Imagine a map in Area 51 lol

An Easter egg on that map would obviously have something to do with aliens

Sprawling underground bunkers to fight in

[mortal ivy]

I'm a bit stumped by the pixel and the md5 hash 🤔 Why would the pixel color be 1f6888, just 1 red value away from 206888? 😶‍🌫️

[tulip matrix]

206 888
CAG III
Third volume of Greek Commentaries on Aristotle?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commentaria_in_Aristotelem_Graeca?wprov=sfla1

[mortal ivy]

Has someone else pointed this out: River Moriston runs out into Loch Ness

(A search in the chat says yes)

Thanks @proud minnow!
My wife wanted to go to Scotland for her birthday, but didn't have any general plans.
I guess we have some locations to visit 😉

[sharp flame]

Compression

exporting colour #206888 pixel at 100% quality for a jpg still turns it into #1f6888

you can try it yourself

if you wanna rabbithole then you can theorise that Rob already knew this, and did it on purpose to hide the true meaning of the pixel...

[mortal ivy]

Ah nice, that explains it. I couldn't believe that the Embark team would have made such an honest mistake to use the wrong color

Oh... 🤔 ⛳ 🐇

[sharp flame]

I suppose he could've checked it 100 times in the photoshop file... and it would still be 20

but he never exported it, reopened it in photoshop and then rechecked the pixel

to see that it was now 1f

even if the clue is 1f, it holds a decently large uncertainty with it now

the 206888 is numerically provable so it's really safe to just stick with that

unless... we are supposed to take the difference between the two values

[tulip matrix]

safe assumption? In this EE hunt?

Great Scott!

[sharp flame]

kk I have a connection

or 2

kk first of all when considering the snowflake

before I say the thing I think connects them we should also consider snowflake just pointing to the Poles --> Polar star

but then also we have several connections to refraction and total internal reflection

and then also the snowflake

• Rainbow : is formed when light internally refracts through many water droplets in the air
• Snowflake : distinctive refraction and light dispersion due to the refraction of light in their crystal formation

then yeah this ray of light reflecting

Total Internal Reflection:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_internal_reflection#History

^^ so if we wanted to connect the clues to an overarching branch of science then here ^^

[mortal ivy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rick-and-morty-im-in-you-son-of-a-bitch-gk3R16JhLP8RUka2nD

[fallen jasper]

Well considering we're back at Descartes I think that's a good sign

[nimble iron]

also the offset of the pixel to the hash could lead to redshift

which also leads to refraction

so reddening is a better way to describe our use for redshifting

[sharp flame]

the river moriston seems to be something else however

unless we take the Telford Bridge which is at the River Moriston falls --> rainbow

[fallen jasper]

Maybe it's both?

It's a rainbow, and also a clue about light refraction?

[sharp flame]

most of these are 'both'

in fact I'd say all the clues we have are 'both's

it's just that it's also safe to assume we haven't discovered the other end of the 'both' yet haha

but yeah I think for this one the 'both' is the rainbow at the falls

now we just have to find its other connection (presumably through Telford)

[fallen jasper]

I still can't figure out how Torslanda fits into everything

I'm guessing it's Polestar being based there, is the first thing at least.

[sharp flame]

could be the hometown of someone else too

[sharp flame]

oh, also, Torslanda = Thor's Land

Thor = god of lightning, thunder, storms...

pretty direct rainbow link

[fallen jasper]

Hmm

[sharp flame]

I assume if there is a secondary connection to Torslanda I'd say it's thunderstorm -- > rainbow

it doesn't seem like what it's primarily referring to

[fallen jasper]

Is the polestar thing from this tier or is it a holdout from the last tier?

[nimble iron]

i have something interesting...

[sharp flame]

Vega was temporally last tier

in terms of when we found it

[fallen jasper]

Ah

[sharp flame]

but

[fallen jasper]

So it's probably not completely relevant to this tier but is still overall relevant

[sharp flame]

well we weren't supposed to connect it to last tier

[fallen jasper]

[timid solstice]

vega saga

[sharp flame]

we were supposed to find it afterwards and then backwards-connect it to Tier D which woulda been a while ago

[fallen jasper]

I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more just to find vega

[timid solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/but-i-would-walk-500miles-himym-how-i-met-your-mother-gif-15323011

[sharp flame]

to be more clear:

so clearly it's meant for this tier or after

[fallen jasper]

Yeah

[sharp flame]

(or less likely a diamond clue)

(but still possible)

[fallen jasper]

We are smart eggs that dig deep into a bunch of other unrelated knowledge on the forest of all knowledge while avoiding the somewhat easier answer

[timid solstice]

i like this

[sharp flame]

I'm the type of person to finish a 12 storey homebase before even entering the nether 🗿

[fallen jasper]

I have yet to go into the nether

[sharp flame]

could be.. but they are missing on purpose

[nimble iron]

it may be a bit useless and overthought but if you convert the hexcode of the pixel/hash to wavelength of light you get 481.92nm (the hash one) and 481.95nm (the pixel one)
the centers of the crosses are exactly 48 pixels from another appart.

do what you want with that info

[timid solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/bring-ii-on-catch-catching-pocket-put-in-pocket-gif-10066519

[sharp flame]

well technically its sqrt(2x48x48)

pixels apart

if you use pythagoras

hehe

[nimble iron]

why?

[sharp flame]

oh nvm

[nimble iron]

another potentially important factor to the crosses is that there are 6 of each kind so an equal ammount of each

[sharp flame]

I thought you were measuring the diagonal distance

[nimble iron]

nah

[sharp flame]

didn't see what the image was actually representing haha

[timid solstice]

crosses puzzle

[nimble iron]

but yeah maybe a bit overthought

[sharp flame]

also how do you just turn them into the wavelength of light 😭

[timid solstice]

its place in the spectrum I guess

the hue

[nimble iron]

every color is a wavelenth of ligt

electromagnetic waves

[nimble iron]

and a composition of R, G and B

[sharp flame]

I know why, but HOW

like what equation/tool

[timid solstice]

here

[nimble iron]

https://encycolorpedia.com/206888

[nimble iron]

or you just use physics

we are doing optic rn

so i kinda was reminded of that

[sharp flame]

didn't know there was an equation though

[timid solstice]

I’m testing this right now

🙂

[fallen jasper]

[nimble iron]

kinda, if u want to do it properly you have to let the light pass through a double slit an measure the distance between the interference peaks and use some trigonometric equations to get the wavelength. you also need the (idk what gitterkonstante in english is) lattice constant to figure it out(1/distance between the slits in the doubleslit).

not the best explanation i guess

[sharp flame]

nono that's good

just again not sure how you can produce that light using its hexcode

you need some sorta device for that

[nimble iron]

it propably follows a function of some sorts

or an estimation of a function

[sharp flame]

yeah and if you know that function or whatever you can skip the experiment tho right

[nimble iron]

yea

[sharp flame]

cause you know the speed of light so if you have its frequency, you have wavelength

[nimble iron]

true

[sharp flame]

λ = v/f

[nimble iron]

in this case λ = c/f

[sharp flame]

very interesting stuff

[timid solstice]

eggs

[sharp flame]

thank god I actually apply what I learned in school at least once in life..

😭

[nimble iron]

but yeah idk if this is relevant

[sharp flame]

eggs

[nimble iron]

gotta go eat, cya in a bit!

[timid solstice]

we didnt solve egg in 24hrs 😢

[sharp flame]

crine rn

[timid solstice]

Rob will think we are no longer strong

but weak hunters

[fallen jasper]

He has faith in us 🙏

[sharp flame]

96 days 💀

YO

chat makeover!!

[timid solstice]

yes its happening

[fallen jasper]

The emojis are spreading

[timid solstice]

but it it reminds me of a crypto discord now 😦

[fallen jasper]

[sharp flame]

you gotta have been in a few to know that lol

[timid solstice]

yep NFTS and stuff, anyway offtopic

[sharp flame]

anyway we have good progress on the first pic

can someone find this in the main pic and lmk what they think?

I think it looks intentional

[timid solstice]

i noticed it too

its too sharp for the surrounding areas

so agree

[nimble iron]

alright i got my food. plz dont post any weird gifs (like what happened yesterday)

[timid solstice]

it must be intentional

[fallen jasper]

I was going to say we should look at this ring

Then I realized it's a guy shooting not a ring lol

[sharp flame]

what ring

[fallen jasper]

I'm really good at seeing nothing

[nimble iron]

i dont really see anything hidden in that flare

[sharp flame]

hmmmm

[mortal ivy]

On that topic, what is the thing right to the left of the line kyne drew?

[fallen jasper]

[nimble iron]

the wheelchair sign

?

ah yes the weelchair sign

[mortal ivy]

Oh, is that what it is haha

[nimble iron]

we talked abt a bit

[fallen jasper]

It looks like this to me (pls don't bully my mind works in weird ways)

[mortal ivy]

This channel didn't use to be this active, so I am unable to keep up when i've been away for just am hour or so now 😦 I used to read up on all that i missed and summarize it twice a day or something 😭

[fallen jasper]

https://padlet.com/Kyne/the-promise-t1e-clues-connections-v3wvs675l9dvztxa

[nimble iron]

i get the pain

[fallen jasper]

We've got this clues and connections now

I need to update the cover image

[sharp flame]

I can see the spider

[fallen jasper]

Fish

I adore you

But where on earth is the spider

[fringe trench]

i dont see any spider either lmao

[nimble iron]

because of robs reactions i think he meant the offset on purpose

[timid solstice]

im not the only one then

[sharp flame]

ooooh

[fallen jasper]

Oh

I kinda see it now

[nimble iron]

u guys didnt see that?

[fringe trench]

are those all his reactions?

i never saw them

[timid solstice]

this angle kinda matches #easter-eggs message

[nimble iron]

i checked 2 hours ago to catch up and i saw them

[fringe trench]

why did i click the spoiler, even though i knew what it was

[timid solstice]

im sorry!

[timid solstice]

yeah good spot

these things can get missed

[sharp flame]

the reaction was just a while after the message was sent I assume

[nimble iron]

ah ok

[sharp flame]

but I always to a big scrollback to check for reactions

takes a while though

[timid solstice]

it was late though

so many was this morning

[sharp flame]

no other reactions it seems before that one

[timid solstice]

i really really wish reactions were searchable

[sharp flame]

okay! so this is on purpose!

[timid solstice]

are they on better discord?

[mortal ivy]

We should create a little bot "If rob reacts with 👀, then Ping @ here"

[timid solstice]

good job on splitting up that message and the train of thought

[nimble iron]

good idea

[sharp flame]

can that even happen?

[sharp flame]

haha, calculated

[timid solstice]

we have learnt

[mortal ivy]

I'm not sure how discord works, but perhaps a "user" that is a bot?

I'm not a dev, I just work with no-code automations 😅

[sharp flame]

I will assume is basically Rob's 👍

hmm

so the Redshift aspect is pretty strong now

[fringe trench]

theres an observatory on Eigg island

[sharp flame]

I still think those two clues also must have a double meaning

using the value 206888 or 1f6888 or

the 6888 they have in common

[nimble iron]

206888*

[sharp flame]

thanks

lemme just close the 688AD tab

[timid solstice]

44 12, maybe is another coordinate....

[solar glade]

me rn

[timid solstice]

a 3rd

[sharp flame]

honestly pinned messages is the way to go

[solar glade]

i’m just gonna live in Wiki channel

[sharp flame]

cause that compilation will include everything that we have 'found'

without any speculation

[mortal ivy]

Yeah, but I think knowing the conversations that has happened really helps getting a better grasp on the overall picture

Just like that I found that Loch Ness had already been found as the end point of River Moritson

[sharp flame]

6888

egg

no further explanation required

[fallen jasper]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/44°00'00.0"N+12°00'00.0"E/@43.9556808,11.5578876,9.33z/data=!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d44!4d12

[sharp flame]

don't think it's a coordinate

there is no comma..

[mortal ivy]

44 12, tap code 👀

T B

[sharp flame]

like there is nothing between 44 and 12

[tulip matrix]

At least the password has probably been mentioned already

[mortal ivy]

n3ss13 is the password

in case you missed it 🤷

206888 is the color of nessies skin

Snowflake AND double rainbow* is the uniqueness of nessie

[timid solstice]

If it was 44 44 12 = T T B it could mean the Thomas Telford Bridge

[sharp flame]

OHHH

Telford bridge

wait

sorry flex

haha

just came into this chat to say that

no way did we just get it at the same time 😭

[timid solstice]

hehe

[fringe trench]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Telford#Bridges_designed_by_Telford

[timid solstice]

is it known just as that?

[nimble iron]

@slender lodge can you give me that list?

[timid solstice]

i was making chatgpt do that for me
it was saying why would you do that, MD5 is insecure blabla bla
256 combos too computationally hard blabla

[fallen jasper]

It's called either the Telford Bridge or the Thomas Telford Bridge

[sharp flame]

on his Wiki

haha the fact we'd been looking around Telford Bridge and Telford

but yeah right under our noses

coordinates of the river + T.B.

= Telford Bridge

[timid solstice]

we mentioned tap code before = tb , but didnt see the bridge at that point

this is why its good to post anything

@mortal ivy gj !

[sharp flame]

the power of teamwork

[mortal ivy]

💪 Call me Tapper, because I'll tap you right now 😉

[fallen jasper]

The village's most visited attraction is the Thomas Telford bridge, built in 1813, which crosses the spectacular River Moriston falls. This bridge used to form part of the main road between Drumnadrochit and Fort Augustus but was **replaced **in the 1930s with the new bridge used today.

How do you visit a bridge that hasn't existed in nearly 100 years

[mortal ivy]

TIME TRAVEL, DUH

[sharp flame]

River Moriston falls being a rainbow reference is also decently strong then

as a secondary kinda thematic connection

but Telford himself seems to be our first big name

in this whole thing

[fallen jasper]

Oh it still exists

[tulip matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/tardis-gif-21240526

[sharp flame]

kk, nice, done and giftwrapped

[fallen jasper]

Let me update the clues & connections page

[fringe trench]

oh

Telford has an award named after him called the Telford Medal, which was awarded by the British Institution of Civil Engineers, aka ICE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telford_Medal

[fallen jasper]

Hmm

[mortal ivy]

ty! You nailed both the vehicle I was thinking of and the "hidden" joke of using duh in the context ❤️

[fallen jasper]

What do we want to work on looking into now?

[fringe trench]

wait no this is dumb, ignore me, its british i should go to sleep

[sharp flame]

crosses

[fallen jasper]

I think the Telford Medal is a good connection with the snowflake. Torslanda might be the connection to the Gota canal Telford oversaw.

[sharp flame]

ice = polar

polar star?

connects snowflake from earlier and also ICE

I talked about ICE earlier

Telford was the first president

basically founded it

so yeah even stronger connection

[fallen jasper]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telford_Medal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Polar_Star

[tulip matrix]

/telfordcrossing

[sharp flame]

here

[mortal ivy]

I'm always thrown off guard when we start discussing swedish things like Göta kanal 😂

[fallen jasper]

Man I got so excited for a second

Thought there was a new image in the press drive but it was just the art from yesterday

[sharp flame]

might have a new message..

[sharp flame]

(in metadata)

[fallen jasper]

There it is

[sharp flame]

Is the order of the Polar Star still only connected through that one guy that Telford once served under who was a knight of that Order

[fallen jasper]

For now yeah. I'll go looking to see if there's any other connections

[fringe trench]

oh yeah, before i forget, someone asked for it so heres the previous version of the image with the non-blured postal codes. the only differences between the images are the random compression artifacts and the blured text region. i also posted another image with only the differences between the images (blown out ofc, because the differences are miniscule in values)

[fallen jasper]

I can't find any other connections to it

[sharp flame]

yeah same

[fallen jasper]

Jessop was in the unusual position of bridging the gap between the canal engineers and the railway engineers who came later. His name did not gain the lasting fame that it deserved because of his modesty. Indeed some of his works have been wrongly attributed to engineers who acted as his assistants. Unlike some engineers, such as George Stephenson, Jessop did not stoop to undignified wrangles with fellow professionals. He was highly regarded by almost all those who had worked with him or for him.

Did William Jessop come back from the grave and write this lmao

[crude topaz]

We have the Earth Chestnut

[sharp flame]

yoo @slender lodge

[slender lodge]

Elloo

[sharp flame]

how ya doin

[slender lodge]

Had a good 10h of sleep I feel amazing

How's the hunt going

[sharp flame]

well!

we 'solved' the River Moriston clue

I think I made a connection or two between clues too (accuracy questionable)

[slender lodge]

Oh shiiit

Lmaooooo

Ima have to scroll up quite a bit

[sharp flame]

also could ya add this reflected light as maybe a clue on the image?

[slender lodge]

Sure will do

[sharp flame]

also it's just the coordinates of River Moriston

that we already knew

but there was 44 12 next to it

which was Tapcode for T B

[slender lodge]

Did we find out whattb stands for

[sharp flame]

yeah

Telford Bridge

right under our noses lol

[crude topaz]

whats the conclusion to River Moriston?

[slender lodge]

Oh I need to see the padlet I haven't caught up since yesterday

[crude topaz]

oh

[sharp flame]

Telford Bridge haha

that's what the 44 12 (T B) next to it means we think

[crude topaz]

makes sense

[sick stone]

you new here?

[sharp flame]

they have no idea...

[slender lodge]

Again accuracy questionable

[nimble iron]

im currently trying out the old hash 1404E210DDFD-4FA5E227933D2-1A3DC. is there any clues to the result/ inputs for the hex numbers?

[sharp flame]

It's a miracle we even found the md5 haha

[nimble iron]

because it was in a database yeah

[sharp flame]

it was?

oh well I suppose that's the only way to check it

makes sense

[nimble iron]

otherwise you need to bruteforce the hell outa that shit

using hashcat for example

[sharp flame]

isnt database just bruteforcing though

[nimble iron]

currently learning how to use it lol

[sharp flame]

no strategy or anything just trying randomly until you get it

kinda seems like bruteforcing

[nimble iron]

it has already been solved

so its in a database

[sharp flame]

not exactly solved..

I assume they encoded the strings

and recorded the encoded answers

[nimble iron]

how they got it idk, maybe by brute force

but yeah

[sharp flame]

how would hashcat work then

if not just trying it against known strings

[nimble iron]

wait i think because we didnt solve the hash last time, rob gave us an easier one this time👀

[timid solstice]

I think hashcat was used to bulk test all combinations

[sharp flame]

it seems to be a different format

[timid solstice]

if we knew the exact string we could have used any decoder

[sharp flame]

and also I don't think he can afford to consider single clues like that

he has 20+ per image

that we miss

[nimble iron]

u give it a hash and it test out if a hash from a list of "passwords" matches it. you can try all possible combinations of letters and or numbers with different password lengths. and this 256 times for the old hash💀. so database hash is probable.

[timid solstice]

is that SHA-256 ?

[sharp flame]

but yeah some previous ones (that we still haven't found) were crazy

like how do you hide a WHOLE QR code

[nimble iron]

password length and if it has letters/numbers/symbos is very important information to make bruteforce easier

[sharp flame]

this one is a bit/lot harder due to all that blur

but I really am stumped where these other clues could be

[nimble iron]

wtf show me

[timid solstice]

there were other numbers in that pic, 48, 82 etc

[sharp flame]

I can't...

[timid solstice]

best to read the doc

[sharp flame]

we haven't found it like I said lol

Rob just says these things

[nimble iron]

other numbers where can i find them??

[sharp flame]

that we haven't found

[nimble iron]

im just gonna bruteforce a database for now

[timid solstice]

oh you mean how would you hide one

not the other loading QR puzzle

[nimble iron]

how do you know it was there then?

[sharp flame]

^

[timid solstice]

you can hide a QR as binary

[nimble iron]

ok and how can you trust him??? jk

[timid solstice]

and a number for the matrix

[sharp flame]

Coordinates in a QR CODE

[nimble iron]

of the fckin moon

holy

[sharp flame]

btw we found none of these

[nimble iron]

ok so i can think complex

[timid solstice]

where is this from

[sharp flame]

totally

[timid solstice]

never saw it

[sharp flame]

nowhere

[timid solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/lord-of-the-rings-frodo-alright-then-keep-your-secrets-smiling-gif-26462584

[sharp flame]

either way

just trying different image manipulation techniques should sooner or later net us at least one clue

[timid solstice]

this is what i meant by binary to QR

https://www.dcode.fr/binary-image

the image can be a QR code

[sick stone]

Still trying to catch up, but my guys…. There isn’t. In hex the individual bits only signify which values to pass to the individual LED’s in a pixel, thus the resulting perceived color is a concatenation of individual monochromatic wavelengths. The hue we have decoded the hex for is most likely only possible to represent with polychromatic wavelengths, thus no single wavelength value can accurately portray it. Still catching up. I’ll be with you in a moment.

That was meant as a reply to @sharp flame at #easter-eggs message

[sharp flame]

👍

upping the exposure gives you these lines

also wanna point out there's a bit of chromatic aberration going on

[solar glade]

on-brand with RTF

[sharp flame]

I never noticed

when is chrom ab used?

[solar glade]

logo animations, transitions and such in trailers

[sharp flame]

interesting double triangle here

[slender lodge]

oh fish i just noticed the full double rainbow lmfao

[solar glade]

first thing that came to mind are truss bridges

[sharp flame]

I think they are supposed to be the same, yeah

[solar glade]

as in, symbols used when designing load-bearing structures

[sick stone]

Ok

Caught up

Good morning everyone!

[sharp flame]

hey! 👋

[wanton sundial]

Morning!

[fallen jasper]

Hey Tim

[timid solstice]

Hey Tim

[sick stone]

Makes me think of the mask on the light class in one of the pictures that we got during our “break”

[quiet silo]

I gotta catch up with the EE but taking a couple days off from work to play the Finals Beta means I need to catch up in my office first 🥹 lmao

[sharp flame]

hahaha

worth it

[solar glade]

hey Ralliden!

[sharp flame]

#easter-eggs message

[quiet silo]

T-Rex?! It's the battlefield Dinosaur survival game mode all over again! lol

[sick stone]

Hmmm

John Dobson?

http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/morprd.html

[sharp flame]

there are 2

our one is just Telford

[sick stone]

Yup, why I said John Dobson

[sharp flame]

wdym

[sick stone]

Just trying to figure out where to go from Telford Bridge

[sharp flame]

ahh right

hmm I suppose we could look at the other Telford Bridge

[sick stone]

Morpeth Telford bridge seems to have been wrongly accredited to Thomas Telford

[sharp flame]

Well he was there

supervising

[sick stone]

True

[sharp flame]

it's not a mistake, just I suppose undeserved

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TB

just in case the clue has a double meaning

[sick stone]

Terrific broth

Haha

Great name

[slender lodge]

hahahhaha

[sharp flame]

@nimble iron I can see you cookin something up

[nimble iron]

completely true, my mistake
but we can still represent both colors with a color that has a hue of 198 and no black/white offsets (00b3ff). this color can be assosciated with one wavelength, right?

[nimble iron]

scrapped it, was a dead end

[sick stone]

The problem is that hex hues are polychromatic at its core, so no. Individual R, G and B values are needed making it a polychromatic hue

Kind of like the color white, as it is all visible wavelengths combined(but they’re still individual wavelengths)

If you need more; look up magenta

[nimble iron]

ye but the visible spectrum has hues and theyre not polychromatic at its core right?

[sharp flame]

what's that?

don't think that's a thing..

[sick stone]

Correct, but colors like magenta are not represented on the visible spectrum as it is polychromatic

[slender lodge]

wait so i just now got the chance to check out the padlet and the TB progress
i understand that 44 12 is the tapcode for TB which could translate to Telford Bridge but whats the connection between the bridge and the river Moriston? is there a telford bridge near the river?

and how does it extned

[sick stone]

The visible spectrum is a spectrum of monochromatic colors. That means they are represented by their own individual wavelengths

[nimble iron]

according to this a hue of 198 will be representable\

[sharp flame]

never heard of this magenta thing..

don't think it exists..

[sick stone]

Haha

[nimble iron]

looks like its bound to violet red colors

[timid solstice]

it goes over the river

[sick stone]

According to that at least the listed colors/hues can not be represented

Doesn’t mean that list comprises all non-representable hues

[sharp flame]

telford bridge goes over that river yeah

[slender lodge]

ahh alright<3

[sick stone]

It’s not. It is bound to any combination of wavelengths that aren’t immediately neighboring. Since we are talking about a continuous spectrum there are an infinite number of colors on the spectrum (monochromatic colors), but an even higher order of infinity number of colors not on the spectrum represented by combinations non-neighboring wavelengths (polychromatic colors)

[nimble iron]

but maybe its the hue thats important and the reason he gave us 2 colors of the same hue

so we can forget wavelenght

[sick stone]

Since it’s a spectrum I guess you could say there are no immediately neighboring wavelengths, but the point stands

[sick stone]

In that case we only have 206888 and 1f6888 at face value to go by

[sharp flame]

could we perhaps turn them into decimal?

then take the difference between them?

like 325 and 404 were 79

this is what I got..

okay thats 2^16

makes enough sense..

[sick stone]

Can’t you subtract hexadecimals from each other? They’re essentially numbers represented in a different way

[sharp flame]

well i mean

if you turn that number there into hex

it's the same

[tulip matrix]

206888
1f6888
2061f6

[sharp flame]

to be more concise

[timid solstice]

What’s the ideas atm

With what we have

[slender lodge]

i guess we've only dug into coordinates and string

[sharp flame]

If we look at the refraction angle, we can net the light clue, the snowflake and the rainbows.

even Torslanda

then the corner pixel and hidden string are the same clue

[nimble iron]

how did you draw that line?

[sharp flame]

could also point to refraction/redshift

[slender lodge]

oh right the overlying connection between snowflake's reflection/refraction, the light clue, and the double rainbows + redshift

[sharp flame]

we gotta decipher the crosses

[slender lodge]

Also, how far did you guys get with Torslanda and how does that connect

[sharp flame]

but yeah we also have Telford Bridge

[sharp flame]

only that it's in sweden and called Thor's Land

(also Polestar)

[fallen jasper]

We got a couple of things that might connect to it, mainly that

[sharp flame]

but thinking about it from the perspective of people who aren't supposed to know about Vega, not much haha

[fallen jasper]

Telford went to Sweden and probably near Gothenburg to oversee the construction of a canal there.

[sharp flame]

eye jumpscare

[fallen jasper]

No eyes

[slender lodge]

wait what

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[timid solstice]

thanks kyne!

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??

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Just playing with you Swa

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bruh

making me sweat here

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Sorry LOL

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im like since when were eyes derogatory

😂

*puts shaky eyes instead *

[sharp flame]

makes it harder to scroll back and look for Rob haha

[timid solstice]

it should be imo

[slender lodge]

thats fair

ill use one eye from now

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weird

[sharp flame]

are they poking their eyeballs

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like this <888> but without the <> lol

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https://www.google.com/maps/place/58°50'11.0"N+13°58'36.3"E/@58.8363998,13.9745523

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frick

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ThCanal starts here btw

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duh try < >

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wait what's with this canal

[timid solstice]

Telford

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It's a canal in Sweden that Telford made https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göta_Canal

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[crude topaz]

So the swedish canal involved a lot more big engineers etc then Telford btw

Following the revolution in 1809 he became a member Government and, in the following year, received a promotion to rear admiral. He was also made chairman of the Göta Canal directorate charged with constructing a canal across Sweden. The canal, following a design by Thomas Telford, would only be completed in 1832, after von Platen's death, but during its construction, he did discover two skilled mechanical engineering brothers John Ericsson and Nils Ericson.

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I know

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as in like

is it slightly more important than the other ones he made

is it special idk

[tulip matrix]

nvm figure it out ya damn self haha

[neon stream]

I just finished skimming through ~24hrs of messages 😅

[sharp flame]

I can't 😭 as far as I can tell it doesn't connect

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The Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford, renowned for his design of the Caledonian Canal in Scotland, developed the initial plans for the canal and travelled to Sweden in 1810 to oversee some of the early work on the route. Many other British engineers and craftsmen were imported to assist with the project, along with significant quantities of equipment - even apparently mundane items such as pickaxes, spades and wheelbarrows.

[crude topaz]

i found something hmm maybe far fetched

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Telford was consulted in 1806 by the King of Sweden about the construction of a canal between Gothenburg and Stockholm. His plans were adopted and construction of the Göta Canal began in 1810. Telford travelled to Sweden at that time to oversee some of the more important initial excavations.

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wait I get it now

it's the only time he went to sweden

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Yeah

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and maybe why he got elected as a foreign member of the Academy?

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wait why is the zip code 42300 in greece???

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is that weird

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Probably

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Christopher Polhem "Polhem also contributed to the construction of Göta Canal, a canal connecting the east and west coasts of Sweden. Together with Charles XII of Sweden, he planned the construction of parts of the canal, particularly the canal locks in the 18th century; it was not to be finished until 1832, long after his death" . The Polhem prize is a gold coin...

[nimble iron]

it should be in torslanda!?

[sharp flame]

each country has their own system

and the same postcode can be mean a new place per country

[fallen jasper]

Where are we getting 42300 from again lol

[nimble iron]

yah i get that, ohhhh google maps messed up. fuck that shit

everythings alright dw

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i think

[fallen jasper]

Oh yeah

Uh

Brain no work today

[slender lodge]

hahahah all good

[fallen jasper]

So the Torslanda connection has to be with Volva & Polestar or Thor right?

[neon stream]

@sharp flame not sure if you ended up understanding how hashing works. It works one way, so you always get the same result from the same input, but you can't get the input from the result.
It's like using mod (%). If you do 5mod5, 10mod5, 15mod5...etc, you will always get 0. But if you know the hash gives you 0, you don't know if the input was 5,10,15,...etc
I hope that helps understanding it

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that's what I was asking

I did understand that part

it was more the question of how then did we know we had the right thing decoded

and not some other thing to give the same hash

but yeah some kind person on the internet responded to another guy with the odds of that happening and yeah

it's very safe to assume we have it

[neon stream]

Yeah, I agree, not sure how we arrived to that number, but it looks correct 😂

[sharp flame]

there are still ways to decode

using a database etc, systematic trial and error

someone ran a code which did that I believe

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Rob confirmed it.. I think

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I was referring to me failing to explain how to make crossed out words haha 😅

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😭 oh