Cryptic hunt

Rahul2001

15:07

Hello!

I need some help with a cryptic hunt. One of the levels has something to do with esoteric languages

Hint1: tsl ! tsl ! tsl !

Hint2: #@$%<--esolang-->#@$%

totallyhuman

Wut, why can ROs kick themselves

Rahul2001

Does this ring any bells for anyone?

Business Cat

Can't say it does... do you have any other information besides that?

Rahul2001

@BusinessCat Not at the moment... Let me check real quick

Hint3: joe newmans favourite shape GO IN BETWEEN!

Hint4: pbs.twimg.com/media/DF1NbjzUAAAke2N.jpg

Okay, this got very weird

@BusinessCat ^

Business Cat

There's several Joe Newmans of note so that doesn't really help sadly

Step Hen

15:21

@Rahul2001 this might help: esolangs.org/wiki/TSL

Rahul2001

@StepHen Already looked it up, didn't help...

Step Hen

@Rahul2001 probably this Joe Newman

TheLethalCoder

I'm not bothered about the occasional downvote but usually here they mean your answer is wrong. Could someone familiar with C# just check my answer here to make sure it is correct.
https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/136378/38550

Step Hen

Some self-modifing "infinite-energy" BF variant maybe? I dunno there's so many BF variants

Rahul2001

@StepHen okay, solved it

Step Hen

15:25

@Rahul2001 reverse image search on the image brought up a cricketeer named Chris Morris, also the name of someone who made Whitespace

Rahul2001

Answer was "whitespace"

@StepHen Yep! :D

Business Cat

Ah, yes. tsl = tab, space, linefeed

Step Hen

so the third hint? 0.o

Rahul2001

@StepHen No idea :P

Next level! :D

In case anyone is interested in playing along:

satibel

disinteger?

Step Hen

15:30

disintegrate probably

Rahul2001

Nup

Erik the Outgolfer

disintegrate actually

Rahul2001

@EriktheOutgolfer wrong

Step Hen

When you wonder why your for loop isn't working 0.o

satibel

integral of ex makes me chucklelike a 14 years old (∫ex)

Step Hen

15:31

for (let i = 0; i < json.data.items.length; i++) {
  next(json.data.items[0].id);
}

Erik the Outgolfer

disintegrate seriously @Rahul2001

Cows quack

where are you playing this cryptic hunt? @Rahul2001

Rahul2001

@Cowsquack Inter-school event

But we're allowed to take external help

Step Hen

@Rahul2001 o00oo let's have you win xD

Rahul2001

@StepHen Yes! :P

Erik the Outgolfer

15:33

@Rahul2001 I think I found the solution

> Why so Serious? disintegrate

Rahul2001

> The answers have to be entered in lowercase without any spaces. Special characters and numbers are allowed.

It's usually a single word

@Erik

Step Hen

did you try disintegration?

although it seems like it should just be disintegrate but I guess they want something else

Rahul2001

@StepHen yeah

It's usually a twisted meaning

Erik the Outgolfer

@Rahul2001 dish

Rahul2001

@EriktheOutgolfer nope

TheLethalCoder

15:35

Well why so serious? points to the joker, though I don't know how to tie that up with disintegrate

totallyhuman

Disintegrate! Disintegrate! Doesn't sound like a great dalek phrase

Erik the Outgolfer

@Rahul2001 wordish

Rahul2001

@TheLethalCoder disintegrate = explosion maybe?

Business Cat

Are the answers always 1 word?

totallyhuman

Poll: if you could pick a word to replace "exterminate" for daleks which would you pick

Cows quack

15:36

"Why So Serious" maybe WSS means something

Business Cat

Destroy?

Erik the Outgolfer

@totallyhuman annihilate

Rahul2001

@BusinessCat Yep. One or two

TheLethalCoder

Is there a general theme?

Rahul2001

@TheLethalCoder No, not really

Erik the Outgolfer

15:37

@Cowsquack en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSS.

Rahul2001

@TheLethalCoder Vaguely related to tech

satibel

@totallyhuman hello

Business Cat

Have past puzzles had red herrings?

Rahul2001

@BusinessCat Kinda, yep

I mean some of the hints had a very weak link to the answer

Step Hen

This one have hints, or are they limited?

Business Cat

15:39

If they used red herrings then Why So Serious? might not be the Joker

Rahul2001

@StepHen They release hints over time

Step Hen

ah

Rahul2001

None for this level yet

Step Hen

distant?

Cows quack

area?

Rahul2001

15:40

17 schools are stuck on this level

No one has proceeded

Step Hen

@Rahul2001 let's do it

Erik the Outgolfer

@Rahul2001 then it's probably bugged or something

satibel

can you bruteforce the answer?

Rahul2001

@EriktheOutgolfer It isn't

Cows quack

how many tries do you get at an answer?

Step Hen

15:40

@satibel that's always the best way

Rahul2001

@satibel Will take to much time

Business Cat

Maybe disarray? Integral -> area -> kinda sounds like array. Also the Joker loves causing disarray

Rahul2001

@Cowsquack unlimited

Step Hen

@BusinessCat ooh that sounds good

Rahul2001

@BusinessCat Nope. Trying variations...

satibel

15:41

@Rahul2001 your botnet is just too weak :p

Step Hen

@satibel they'll see the requests though and not like it :P

Business Cat

Integral could maybe be related to sum by Riemann sums, pretty loose though

And doesn't seem relevant

satibel

@StepHen if it's not disallowed in the rules, it's allowed (as long as you don't ddos the server.)

Rahul2001

Okay, wait

Erik the Outgolfer

@Rahul2001 try "rosy"

Step Hen

15:43

@Rahul2001 try "I take computation quite seriously." if you can

Rahul2001

Page has HTML comment 

Step Hen

wolframalpha.com/input/?i=disintegrate+Why+So+Serious%3F

@Rahul2001 oh fun

Rahul2001

@EriktheOutgolfer nup

Erik the Outgolfer

@Rahul2001 youknowhowigotthesefonts

Step Hen

rot 13 = youknowhowigotthesefonts

Erik the Outgolfer

15:44

that's rot13

Step Hen

ninjad

totallyhuman

@totallyhuman procrastinate

Rahul2001

@StepHen coool

Business Cat

Alright, so it's definitely the Joker

Erik the Outgolfer

@Rahul2001 that breaks down to you know how i got these fonts or You know how I got these fonts

Rahul2001

15:45

This hint may not be related to this level specifically, I'm not sure

Step Hen

it's also a joker catchphrase though so probably

satibel

what's the name of the font?

Erik the Outgolfer

maybe by "fonts" it means the font that has the mathematical symbol or something?

Rahul2001

It's more likely a permanent easter egg throughout the levels

Erik the Outgolfer

@Rahul2001 try: "LaTeX"

Rahul2001

15:46

Wait, I just made it 500

as in, server error 0_0

Step Hen

@Rahul2001 nice

Erik the Outgolfer

you ddos'd the server? noice

Rahul2001

@EriktheOutgolfer nup

satibel

try '); or 'a'='a'

Erik the Outgolfer

we're still talking about this right?

18 mins ago, by Rahul2001

Rahul2001

15:47

@EriktheOutgolfer yep

Step Hen

@satibel that might not be a good idea xD

Erik the Outgolfer

@Rahul2001 does the webpage have a url or it's not in the internet?

Rahul2001

Fonts used by page:
fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons
fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,600
fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:100,300,600

@EriktheOutgolfer on the internet, but restricted access

I could give you guys the credentials...

Step Hen

nah

Erik the Outgolfer

nah

Step Hen

15:48

the numbers there mean something

totallyhuman

Nah

Erik the Outgolfer

better leave it alone

Step Hen

I think

Rahul2001

lol, nah it is

totallyhuman

Batman!

3

Rahul2001

15:49

;P

Erik the Outgolfer

@Rahul2001 maybe "Lato" is a bit suspicious or something?

Step Hen

@EriktheOutgolfer it's a google font

Business Cat

I wonder if it's as simple as "burn"?

Erik the Outgolfer

oh like roboto?

Step Hen

300,400,600 and 100,300,600 though

satibel

15:50

in Root Access, May 19 at 12:03, by Oliver Salzburg

Root Access - Free pentest with every conversation

TheLethalCoder

@BusinessCat As in some people just want to watch the world burn?

Rahul2001

@BusinessCat nope

Business Cat

@TheLethalCoder And burning something disintegrates it

TheLethalCoder

True that

totallyhuman

@totallyhuman turbulence

Erik the Outgolfer

15:51

@StepHen it reminds me of ppcg challenges

TheLethalCoder

Can someone ping me if you find the answer. I've gotta go in a minute.

Erik the Outgolfer

like, 3, 4, 6 was a challenge and 1, 3, 6 is triangular numbers

Rahul2001

@TheLethalCoder sure, will do :)

totallyhuman

Turbulence! Turbuleeence!

TheLethalCoder

Thanks

ASCII-only

15:52

@EriktheOutgolfer what's this

AdmBorkBork

@EriktheOutgolfer Obviously you need to Matrix-Vector those!

Step Hen

@Rahul2001 it's not just google, right?

totallyhuman

@ASCII-only puzzel

Rahul2001

@StepHen no

Poke

the numbers almost certainly don't mean anything

that's part of the font query

Rahul2001

15:54

@Poke yeah

Erik the Outgolfer

@Rahul2001 try "fonts.googleapis.com"

Rahul2001

I think we can safely ignore the HTML comment for now, tbh

ASCII-only

@totallyhuman pls link

Erik the Outgolfer

there's no link

Rahul2001

@EriktheOutgolfer not it

totallyhuman

15:55

No link

satibel

Rahul2001

8 mins ago, by Erik the Outgolfer

18 mins ago, by Rahul2001

ASCII-only

Or what part are we doing atm

Rahul2001

@ASCII-only

Erik the Outgolfer

@ASCII-only ^^^

basically it's "level 4"

ASCII-only

15:56

Wait what noooooo level 3?

Rahul2001

@ASCII-only lol, we did it

Step Hen

@ASCII-only it was whitespace, that's why our chatroom was relevant :P

officialaimm

Level 3 and its answer would definitely help us who have not tried the game, to get the feel of the game.

Erik the Outgolfer

I think they're completely separate from one another or something?

Step Hen

@officialaimm it's above in chat somewhere

Erik the Outgolfer

15:58

@Rahul2001 what about WSSD?

Rahul2001

@EriktheOutgolfer Yeah, levels are unrelated

Erik the Outgolfer

> Wallingford-Swarthmore School District

Rahul2001

@EriktheOutgolfer lol, no

ASCII-only

Is this like notyoff

Erik the Outgolfer

> West Shore School District

Downgoat

15:58

@ASCII-only btw can u pls ping when PR w/ recursive type + tokenizer fix is merge?

Erik the Outgolfer

> West Side School District 202

Downgoat

@EriktheOutgolfer wait, sheep suck duh?

ASCII-only

@Downgoat :| not on computer atm

Downgoat

@ASCII-only ono is still laptop being fix?

Step Hen

gotta go ping me if it's gets solved :3

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