Reminds me of when I solved one of the CTF challenges for a website only for my reward to be "We're hiring! Apply at jobs.example.com!"
Real "be sure to drink your Ovaltine" moment.
I first saw that movie a only a couple years ago and quickly realized how many pop culture references come from it. It does such a good job of capturing a period of time in North America. Even before I saw the movie, eating out at a Chinese restaurant was a thing for me and my family. I had no idea it may have been related! Also... one day I'll own that lamp.
> For some non-American releases, references to Taco Bell were changed to Pizza Hut. This includes dubbing, plus changing the logos during post-production. Taco Bell remains in the closing credits. In the Swedish release the subtitles still use Taco Bell while the sound and picture has been altered as above. The original version released in Australia (on VHS) contained Taco Bell, yet the newer version on DVD was changed both in logo and dubbing to Pizza Hut (in the scene where the restaurant patrons are looking through the glass windows to the fight scene outside, Taco Bell can be seen etched into the glass, even in the modified version).
That reminds me of MI5’s Coding Challenge [1][2][3].
[1] https://cixtor.com/blog/mi5-coding-challenge
[2] https://www.mi5.gov.uk/careers/opportunities/coding-challeng...
[3] https://www.mi5.gov.uk/sites/default/files/styles/puzzal_ima...
The string was just the URL of their recruitment portal. I was so disappointed, once I got it running I was hoping to hear helicopters or a knock on the door!
They probably need a lot of people with some tech knowledge. This way they can probably gain the widest audience that is still useful.
If it's too hard to crack, it's unlikely your investment of time in this recruitment measure will actually yield results.
When in a job interview, it should be very easy to find out whether the person found the solution online or he "cheated"; simple ask some detailed questions how the person came up with this and that part of the approach.
The mug is round. The jar is round.
They should call it Roundtine.
'Ovaltine was developed in Bern, Switzerland, where it is known by its original name, Ovomaltine (from ovum, Latin for "egg", and malt, which were originally its key ingredients).' [1]
In Switzerland, Ovomaltine is among the products with highest brand recognition ever and has a cult status because of their advertisement in the 80s and 90s.
Never knew it was a thing outside of Switzerland
However, maybe I'm remembering wrong, but a few years ago I was reading an article about it and someone showed a search term that brought it up for them and I tried that term and got it. Dont remember what the search term was, but I think it was something related to one of the popular leetcode-esque algorithms I've never had to do in my hobbyist or professional work.