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A short update, because the pessimistic take from part XIV has now been stress-tested properly, and it survived in an unexpected way.

Addendum XIV (May 19): A synthetic generator now reaches the cipher’s own Simulated Annealing (SA) scores Some findings worth recording.

This article presents a continuation of addenda to https://msgtrail.com/posts/unmasking-the-dagapeyeff-cipher-a-multi-faceted-architecture Addendum XIII (May 14): The lattice geometry is not unique, but a new asymmetry survives Some findings worth recordi…

This article presents a continuation of addenda to https://msgtrail.com/posts/unmasking-the-dagapeyeff-cipher-a-multi-faceted-architecture Addendum V (March 28): The letter frequency budget Any column permutation of the 2x98 grid produces the same 196 dec…

For over eighty years, the D’Agapeyeff Cipher has stood alongside the Voynich Manuscript and Kryptos as one of cryptography’s great unsolved mysteries.

Once in a while, someone posts on X, or another platform, something along the lines of: Dear recruiters, if you are looking for: Java, Python, PHP React, Angular, Next PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB AWS, S3, EC2, ECS, EKS *nix system administration Git and CI…

I recently set up a small home lab to get back into tinkering with electronics and 3D printing.

Some X users called my praise for Omakub and Omarchy hyperbolic, even disrespectful to Linux’s stalwarts.

Imagine running a growing business where you're adding new team members regularly.

I wrote this blog post in response to this tweet: https://x.com/eduleadership/status/1890519400907698462 I responded by writing: https://x.com/hackteck/status/1892678981876396451 Introduction Traditional education follows a one-size-fits-all approach, whe…

There is a website called The C-64 Scene Database (CSDb) that collects and curates programs and information about the Commodore demo scene from the early 80s.

The European Central Bank recently published an article titled “Europe has strengths it can build on”.

This tweet by Paul Graham made me think: The question “If I had 10x the agency I have, what would I do?”