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Comment by eloeffler | Hacker News Reader

Hint is here :) https://txt.fyi/-/20336/e86ca3bf/

I think you need to set a bar of solving the first puzzle a little lower so that we can get an idea of your methods. I too don't have time to sit here brute forcing a game by hand when it could be any capitalization,

and when I wrote this comment, something occurred to me about it and I tried it and got in. Rubber ducky ftw.

I thought I was clever in thinking the code to the filing cabinet would be a birthdate in MMDD format, but I never got it. "5928" made me think the code might be 5280, the number of feet in a mile, but to no avail.

Frustrated, I just entered 0000!

There's a hint in the desk drawer (you need to zoom in even further to see it) that is a reminder to change the passcode.

Similar to a TODO comment... it just never got done.

Is it really a reminder to change the drawer passcode, or rather a password hint for the computer in case Anne ever forgets?

The bottom drawer is a reminder for the top drawer lock, the top drawer is for the computer.

The click action is bugged - I clicked the mug 5 times and it didn't do anything, 6th time it turned around

Also took me a while to figure out the calendar zoomed in because it didn't work the first few times

Is there a way of finding out the format in the game? I would never have tried that

Yep, bugged me too. Looked at the js source to see what clicked items I missed. Then guessing the password was a lot easier. Also trying the cheaphash function in the console was a lot faster than entering then keep reentering the username. The hash function result is very length dependent, so it was quite clear how long of a password I was looking for.

the calendar never zoomed for me. I had to squint to read the names and dates.

Still didn't help me. I've seen both hints and seen the calendar, and after 6 attempts I had to give up, felt a bit frustrated. Maybe accept a range of different answers?

What is it about the calendar? I’m playing on 1280 × 720 resolution, can’t see shit on the calendar nor zoom in.

That's a very good idea.Here's a spoiler with the password :)

https://txt.fyi/-/20336/ede282d7/

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