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with the . representing the decimal point
[1] https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11uA9a5wgoY9w9vOyx3C7...
It is a bunch of numbers being recited (though I don't know the significance of the static image):
"053 050 046 049 056 050 049 044 032 050 048 046 057 057 054 053" It then pauses and repeats for exactly 5 minutes.
Translated (by others in this thread), it turns into 52.1821, 20.9965, which brings you to the number 18, in Poland. It also links to this Google Drive folder titled "Latest Discoveries":
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2BGioksxQiRc2hpTDJ1...
This has a few photos of statues of the Buddha and a couple of temples. I find the photo that looks corrupted the most interesting, as I think there is data hidden in there (similar to 4chan.js if you've ever heard of that).
The file names of the photos are shrine.jpg, statue.jpg, spire.jpg, pillar.jpg, and cave.jpg.
053 050 046 049056050049044032050048046057057054053
These represent the ascii codepoints of the next lat/long.
Edit: Had an extra number in it. Oops.
points to poland (18 on the map)
hint url here is https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2BGioksxQiRc2hpTDJ1...
EDIT: Nevermind 3 should be easy for most HNers. Wrote that before I even saw it.
Looks like caves.jpg has something wrong with it, but I'm not sure what to do with it.
Pei Xiu (224–271)... was a minister, geographer, and cartographer of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history
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18 - Poland
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31120222/iptc-metadata-au...
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Numbers are amazing. Follow the count.
V -----------------------------------
> 1 7 8 5 4 10 1 2 6 3 6 1. 9|
|4. 2 9 4 2 7 9 8 5 6 5 2 7|
|4 10 9 7 4 2 5 9 6 8 10 7 9|
|8 5 3 5 3 5 4 7 2 9 6 1 8|
|2 7 1 3 4 1 5 8 4 9 8 8 3|
|6 1 9 4 5 5 7 3 1 2 6 10 4|
|10 8 7 1 2 4 5 8 2 5 7 9 1|
|2 3 5 7 1 4 6 9 5 3 4 5 6|
|9 1 4 4 8 3 7 6 2 5 1 6 7|
|2 1 9 3 7 4 5 7 3 6 8 7 8|
|8 3 8 5 8 4 6 1 5 9 1, 10 6|
|6 3 5 7 7 1 10 4 8 6 3 5 9 >
------------------------------------v Numbers are amazing. Follow the count.
V -----------------------------------
> 1 7 8 5 4 10 1 2 6 3 6 1. 9|
|4. 2 9 4 2 7 9 8 5 6 5 2 7|
|4 10 9 7 4 2 5 9 6 8 10 7 9|
|8 5 3 5 3 5 4 7 2 9 6 1 8|
|2 7 1 3 4 1 5 8 4 9 8 8 3|
|6 1 9 4 5 5 7 3 1 2 6 10 4|
|10 8 7 1 2 4 5 8 2 5 7 9 1|
|2 3 5 7 1 4 6 9 5 3 4 5 6|
|9 1 4 4 8 3 7 6 2 5 1 6 7|
|2 1 9 3 7 4 5 7 3 6 8 7 8|
|8 3 8 5 8 4 6 1 5 9 1, 10 6|
|6 3 5 7 7 1 10 4 8 6 3 5 9 >
------------------------------------vStart from top-left, move the number of spaces given by the number of your current square:
down right left down right right up down down right down
It's a maze; worked backwards from the numbers that have commas and points next to them.
Number: 19; Title: Thailand https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMNGiEkdfeZKK5uus5iOmt-...
base64 decode "Where have you been?"
So, maybe where the chess pieces have been moved from?
I feel the pawns on the left are somehow significant 4-3-2-1...
Start at the end. That's a 9. The only way that we could have landed on that 9 is either moving down or right. So, look at each number on that path and see which one would have got us there. There is an 8 that is 8 squares above 9, so that's the second last number. Now, how did we land on the 8? There is a 1 that is one square to the left, so the next number is 1. And so on.
Is the converted meta data for facebook
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Convert it to a string and you get:
??Numbers are amazing. Follow the count.
V -----------------------------------
|4. 2 9 4 2 7 9 8 5 6 5 2 7|
|4 10 9 7 4 2 5 9 6 8 10 7 9|
|8 5 3 5 3 5 4 7 2 9 6 1 8|
|2 7 1 3 4 1 5 8 4 9 8 8 3|
|6 1 9 4 5 5 7 3 1 2 6 10 4|
|10 8 7 1 2 4 5 8 2 5 7 9 1|
|2 3 5 7 1 4 6 9 5 3 4 5 6|
|9 1 4 4 8 3 7 6 2 5 1 6 7|
|2 1 9 3 7 4 5 7 3 6 8 7 8|
|8 3 8 5 8 4 6 1 5 9 1, 10 6|
|6 3 5 7 7 1 10 4 8 6 3 5 9 >
------------------------------------vPei Xiu outlined six principles that should be observed when creating a map. He then defended his position and each of the six principles with a short explanation as to how they provide better accuracy in map-making and cartography. The first three principles outlined the use of scale (fan lu), direction (zhunwang), and road distance (daoli), while the last three principles are used to properly calculate distances on uneven terrain as represented on a flat, two dimensional map