HonoreDB comments on Reforming rot13 - Less Wrong

2 Post author: DanielVarga 04 November 2011 11:41PM

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Comment author: HonoreDB 05 November 2011 06:11:29PM *  2 points [-]

I've written something to your spec, tested it briefly in a couple browsers. It uses a bitwise not on the unicode values, basically the generalized version of rot13. It's technically still a substitution cipher, but due to the way high-value unicode tends to display it's going to be much more difficult to accidentally learn.

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Comment author: HonoreDB 05 November 2011 07:40:35PM 1 point [-]

The service now will display arbitrary html, and autogenerates formatted markdown links.

Comment author: DanielVarga 06 November 2011 02:54:42PM 0 points [-]

That's very cool, thanks a lot! I think it has a chance to become the de facto standard solution to a very obscure problem, if it gets some momentum. :) I don't think the bitwise-not is the best choice, though. Right now I don't have any time to improve it, but I'll try to make others interested, if you don't mind.

Comment author: DanielVarga 09 November 2011 08:32:56PM 0 points [-]

That's very-very cool. And I even learned a new phrase.