Original puzzle below created by me.
Hint 1:
You need to extract number(s) from each square.
Hint 2:
All the numbers share something in common.
Hint 3:
Binary.
Hint 4:
You need to extract exactly two numbers from each square.
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$\begingroup$ This is incredibly similar to this puzzle from Edric's 2022 Puzzle Hunt, which released just a few hours before - is this a coincidence? $\endgroup$– Deusovi ♦Commented Jul 19, 2022 at 0:09
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$\begingroup$ Huh, interesting. Completely coincidental, but I might take a look at the other puzzle and see if it has a similar idea. $\endgroup$– AurideCommented Jul 19, 2022 at 12:52
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Partial progress:
These are Hitomezashi patterns. Each vertical line has two possible states; ditto for each horizontal line.
Top left: 0010100 horizontal, 1100000 vertical
Top right: 0001100 horizontal, 1100011 vertical
Mid left: 0000100 horizontal, 1100100 vertical
Mid right: 1111000 horizontal, 1101000 vertical
Bot left: 0100100 horizontal, 1100110 vertical
Bot right: 1010100 horizontal, 1100101 vertical
Any of these codes could be flipped or inverted from their intended readings. Seven bits make me think ASCII.
EDIT:
The first one is not a true Hitomezashi pattern. The bottom row of horizontal lines does not work.
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$\begingroup$ I don't know how to do the community post thing $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 19, 2022 at 4:42
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$\begingroup$ Hey, it's been a really long time; sorry to inform but I myself have forgotten the solution, as I never had the foresight to write down solutions in the past. I will tell you that your current progress is correct—the missing line was just an oversight, though I don't recall exactly which reading is correct. For further progress, all I remember is that the binary numbers correspond to element symbols, which all share something in common—the solution, I think, corresponds to the final two elements that share that property. $\endgroup$– AurideCommented May 14 at 22:53
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$\begingroup$ Also, I believe "active" refers to radioactivity, which is relevant to the elements in question. $\endgroup$– AurideCommented May 17 at 2:15
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[Community wiki, feel free to edit.]
Here's how the six given grids overlay:
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3$\begingroup$ @bobble It's a community wiki post, which is The Thing To Do for potentially-helpful data gathering without confirmed progress. $\endgroup$– Deusovi ♦Commented Jul 19, 2022 at 5:24
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$\begingroup$ Many more six-in-an-overlay than i guessed., and 3 clear double rows. More to look, perhaps it's 7-bit ASCII. $\endgroup$– humnCommented Jul 19, 2022 at 5:47