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21 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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I need help deciphering what looks like a binary message

I was watching a YouTube video and it’s filled with secret messages and codes. The last two codes were in binary and inserting them into a translator provided correct answers. However, that's not ...
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Searching online catalogs is a pain. Can you tell me if it's worth my trouble?

Searching online catalogs is a pain. Can you tell me if it's worth my trouble? As an example, I searched the following online catalog of a well-known country-wide British outlet for the keyword "...
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What are sequences of letters/symbols for creating a cipher?

I have two gears with different numbers of teeth (20 and 10): The small gear makes two turnovers, while the large gear makes one turnover only. My idea is to use a large gear as an alphabet wheel (...
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What is the most appropriate clue here?

Background. I'm specifically interested in how to design a puzzles chain for a team (8-10 teenages). We are going to play at a Scientific Museum. The main the idea is to find a key and open a lock. ...
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How to create a big, but good Hidato puzzle?

The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with a series of consecutive numbers adjacent to each other orthogonally or diagonally, and all tiles are required to be filled in. So, as you may or may not ...
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Good cipher with a "password"?

I'm starting to create a puzzle, but I'm going to need a cipher that will be impossible (or at least very difficult) to crack, but can be easily decoded with a key. I first looked at the one-time pad ...

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