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Re: Spellfucker

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Post by jheriko » Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 11:12 AM UTC

deanclatworthy wrote: post #26

syphilis2 wrote: post #16

"The goal of the project is to make text hard to read for computers yet fairly easy to read for humans" At first look it doesn't pass the search engine test. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=I%27ve+bien+aloune+whyth+jou+eensi...

I suspect there is some part of their algorithm using levenshtein distance behind the scenes (or something similar). Spellfucker would not help with this.

actually it does deal with this particular metric somewhat in a bunch of cases.

e.g. replacing one letter with three that sound similar but are different adds 4 to the distance - which is quite a significant distance already.

Re: Spellfucker

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 11:16 AM UTC

fishnchips wrote: post #46

Vinkekatten wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Æss a nårvidsjæn itt vassent tu hard tu riid jur vraiting laik dis. Aj vånder håo diffikult itt iss får a slav tu ønderstænd nårvinglisj.... Edit: and now I feel like Petter Solberg. [1] [1] https://youtu.be/Kaeh8FRPANs?t=4s

Pole here. Trivial. Then again, I studied in Denmark, so I know how to read those fancy letters.

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Re: Spellfucker

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Post by jheriko » Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 11:16 AM UTC

Vinkekatten wrote: post #39

xixixao wrote: post #23

Ju kud tejk ej lengvich from ej diferent lengvich femili tu erajv et samfink similr. For furdr obfaskejshn ju kud juz diferent transliterejshn. Slavik pipl shud fajnd dis kvajt ridebl.

Æss a nårvidsjæn itt vassent tu hard tu riid jur vraiting laik dis. Aj vånder håo diffikult itt iss får a slav tu ønderstænd nårvinglisj.... Edit: and now I feel like Petter Solberg. [1] [1] https://youtu.be/Kaeh8FRPANs?t=4s

English here. Easy enough to understand too...

Re: Spellfucker

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Post by jwilk » Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 11:19 AM UTC

Vinkekatten wrote: post #39

xixixao wrote: post #23

Ju kud tejk ej lengvich from ej diferent lengvich femili tu erajv et samfink similr. For furdr obfaskejshn ju kud juz diferent transliterejshn. Slavik pipl shud fajnd dis kvajt ridebl.

Æss a nårvidsjæn itt vassent tu hard tu riid jur vraiting laik dis. Aj vånder håo diffikult itt iss får a slav tu ønderstænd nårvinglisj.... Edit: and now I feel like Petter Solberg. [1] [1] https://youtu.be/Kaeh8FRPANs?t=4s

Translation: As a Norwegian, it wasn't too hard to read your writing like this. I wonder how difficult it is for a Slav to understand Norwenglish...

Re: Spellfucker

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Post by robotmay » Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 11:21 AM UTC

bartread wrote: post #32

midgetjones wrote: post #6

That's really cool. It reads surprisingly like Chaucer.

You say that like it's a good thing.

I generally find Chaucer easier to understand than Shakespeare. Not sure if I'm alone in that.

Re: Spellfucker

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Post by jakobegger » Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 11:25 AM UTC

odabaxok wrote: post #68

cryptarch wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Check the 3rd result, it's the lyrics.

Sorry this might be OT, but I found it interesting that the 3rd result for you is the lyrics and for me it is something completely different (Lionel is just the tenth result). I thought Duckduckgo returns the same results for everyone and that the results are not personalized. Does someone know what kind of personalization does Duckduckgo use? In settings, region and language can be selected, but I have it set to 'Al…

It's probably just the region/language settings.

Set region to Austria, and Ritchie is result nr 1. set Region to "All Regions" and he's result nr 10.

Re: Spellfucker

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Post by peteretep » Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 11:26 AM UTC

This is what it's like for an English person to read Scots:

https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Re: Spellfucker

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Post by tikwidd » Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 11:30 AM UTC

peteretep wrote: post #77

This is what it's like for an English person to read Scots: https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Neb, lug and mooth are my favourites :)

Re: Spellfucker

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Post by plcancel » Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 11:32 AM UTC

odabaxok wrote: post #68

cryptarch wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Check the 3rd result, it's the lyrics.

Sorry this might be OT, but I found it interesting that the 3rd result for you is the lyrics and for me it is something completely different (Lionel is just the tenth result). I thought Duckduckgo returns the same results for everyone and that the results are not personalized. Does someone know what kind of personalization does Duckduckgo use? In settings, region and language can be selected, but I have it set to 'Al…

Interesting. Yes, number 10 for me (All regions; Browser preferred lang.) The Instant Answer (IA) is lyrics to "Inside Out" by Eve 6.

Re: Spellfucker

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Post by tikwidd » Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 11:33 AM UTC

johnydepp wrote: post #59

Seeing comments on this thread, I find hacker news turning into Reddit. Instead of tech discussion/pro-cons or some progressive discussion we are having some random comments. Now for down voters you are allowed to slay me!

If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a common semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.

Please resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.