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You're saying it would be a valid question as part of a trail of clues?
I've always liked those provided they have any logical reasoning behind them. But this one doesn't, this one has two options:
it gives you the steps they took toobfuscate their string and you have to reverse that, and maybe throw some permutations in there until you get the right answer, and hope that there isn't more than one answer that is a valid URL.
it gives you the string and says "get on with it"
1 is an exercise demonstrating you can do a few different tasks, laid out more like chores, and 2 could be absolutely anything and is a game of nonsense rather than any kind of logical or lateral thinking.
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maybe if we prove P = NP the way they Interview people will also change 😅
You're saying it would be a valid question as part of a trail of clues?
I've always liked those provided they have any logical reasoning behind them. But this one doesn't, this one has two options:
1 is an exercise demonstrating you can do a few different tasks, laid out more like chores, and 2 could be absolutely anything and is a game of nonsense rather than any kind of logical or lateral thinking.