The Archive
The Archive
Ciphers
Three ships, three places
Harder. A tiny logic grid. This week’s Starship traffic.
Ciphers
Three rungs to steel
Easy. A word ladder. Change one letter at a time.
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Taps from the tower
Easy–medium. Prison tap code. Five-by-five, I and J share.
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Star key on the Gulf
Medium. Vigenère. Keyword STAR, repeating.
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Read the columns, rail
Medium. Columnar transposition. Keyword RAIL.
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Playfair, Tesla
Hard. Playfair square. Keyword TESLA. I/J share. X fills doubles.
Ciphers
Pigpen at the chopsticks
Easy. The old Masonic alphabet. One word.
Ciphers
Five by five, good news
Easy–medium. Polybius square. I and J share a cell.
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Five and eight
Medium–hard. Affine cipher. E(x) = (5x + 8) mod 26. A=0.
Ciphers
Bacon on the desk
Medium. Baconian cipher. Five a/b symbols a letter. A=aaaaa.
Tech
Blindsight human trials are in the window
Elon Musk said on 24 August 2026 that Blindsight human implants are six to 12 months out. FDA Breakthrough designation is 17 September 2024. There are still zero human Blindsight implants on the public record.