Thread

1. podgorniy · 1790093088 · focus · HN ↗

   UPD2. I threw the original question to gemini3.8 in antigravity. LLM oneshoted it in about 45min. The experiement with Opus is still running with checks.

   The prompt was `Decrypt encrypted with enigma `ICRVSORMCCWQTATYEVFXDBZGGSNXWLPSYWZYTCBSWULRTBZCVGODVJUSLSOOMJQJZSXSEBZPEYMDNXJYTC``

   --

   --

   UPD. Lol. I pasted non-cyphered text

   Qwen 3.7 max, gpt 5.6 sol, fable 5.1, gemini 3.8 flash decoded the message in one shot for me... There is nothing special about astra doing something here

   I blantly threw request to decode the messaage in qwen 3.7. Used via api with couple simple generic system prompts like "be concise", nothing special. Prompted as

   Decode

   ``` BTTE UM ANGABE DES MARSQWEGES X BEFINDE MIQ IN X ROSENOW ROSENOW X SOFORT FUNKANTWORT X WASCHBBSCH ```

   --- response (I trunkated the output to conclusion only)

   "BITTE UM ANGABE DES MARSCHWEGES. BEFINDE MICH IN ROSENOW. SOFORT FUNKANTWORT. [UNCLEAR/END]" Translation: "Please provide the marching route. I am located in Rosenow. Immediate radio response required. [Unclear]"

   ---

   1. Perz1val · 1790093490 · focus · HN ↗

      You pasted in the decoded German and asked it to "decode" into English?

      1. podgorniy · 1790104489 · focus · HN ↗

         Yeah. I wasn&#x27;t _consious enough_ at the moment. Second attempt, though, succeeded <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49805363">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49805363

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.