My Latest Puzzle
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Read MoreCicada 3301: An Internet Mystery
Description
In this video I explore an elaborate cryptographic internet puzzle orchestrated by a mysterious individual or group known as Cicada 3301.
The puzzle I hid in this video has been solved.
References & Further Reading
Top 10 Facts - Music
Description
In this video about the niche topic that is music I explore one of the oldest surviving songs, emotion expressed through music, Mozart's preoccupations with scatology, the ubiquitous drum sample known as the Amen Break, and a piano duel for the ages with some salty strips of potato-based produce on the side.
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Anne Draffkorn Kilmer & Richard Crocker - A Hurrian Cult Song From Ancient Ugarit
Kevin MacLeod - Bossa Antigua
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
Frédéric Chopin - Prelude Op. 28, No. 4
Own Work
Desembra - Hit 'Em
Richard Wagner - Siegfried's Funeral March (Götterdämmerung)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Cor Vivaldi - Leck Mich Im Arsch
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 (II. Allegretto)
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Music
References & Further Reading
Top 10 Facts - Reddit
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In this video about the social news aggregation website Reddit I explore its rivalry with Digg, what it takes to reach the frontpage, the ubiquity of reposts, the effortless recovery of a lost film, and cryptic subreddits.
The puzzle I hid in this video has been solved.
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izioq - First Day at School
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Reddit
References & Further Reading
Top 10 Facts - 2017
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Much like last year, 2017 was a year when things happened. Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump held a long-distance name-calling contest. Ransomware infected hundreds of thousands of systems. Advertisers boycotted YouTube in the Adpocalypse fiasco. Bitcoin surged like never before and the space industry has proven itself a beacon of hope once more.
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Kevin MacLeod - In Your Arms
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NASA
SPoRT
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space Science Institute
ESO
JAXA
L. Calçada
M. Kornmesser
Nick Risinger
ESA
SpaceX
Associated Press
C-SPAN
Malwarebytes
Space Engine
Newspapers.com