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Re: Spellfucker

#81

"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...

"The goal of the project is to make text hard to read for computers yet fairly easy to read for humans"

What's the advantage to this?

Re: Spellfucker

#82

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Obscuring "I've" sneaks Lionel past the Duck. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=eyeve+bien+aloune+whyth+jou+eensid...

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

I do get a result for lyrics at number 10. I meant to imply Lionel was wearing a hat and dark sunglasses to sneak by the Duck with only one entry of the first 40 results. Not so bad compared to the original query! If only he had removed the fake mustache...

Re: Spellfucker

#83

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Seconded. Definitely unreadable. For anyone who didn't click through, a line from their self-chosen sample: >'kause jou gnaw jusd wuaed thoe sai

Italian here with a quasi-native command of the English language. It's very hard to read. My mind tends to parse the words as if they were to be read literally. E.g.: "I soumetymese scie jou pes outcyde mi dour" In my mind, "soumetymese" reads as "s-how-meh-teemesseh". "Scie" in Italian means trails. That automatically reads as "she-eh" (not "see"), as it's supposed to be pronounced in Italian. "Jou" reminds me of th…

The whole thread to me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj5TL1l9QYQ&feature=youtu.be...

Re: Spellfucker

#84
post #18

What's the use case?

Like a Captcha, I think. Text unparsable by robots. Cover your tracks. That sort of thing.

Can someone explain it in a straightforward manner, please. Scusi if already done above.

Re: Spellfucker

#85
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.

Russian here. Didn't have any trouble. Why woulf non-slavic people findbit harder?

Re: Spellfucker

#86
post #25

Try reading it while clicking the "obfuscate again" button. It's almost easier.

True. Because your brain keeps/interprets the easiest version possible. ;)

Re: Spellfucker

#87
post #81

"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...

"The goal of the project is to make text hard to read for computers yet fairly easy to read for humans" What's the advantage to this?

Maybe provide a challenge for NLP researchers?

Re: Spellfucker

#88
post #80

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.

It says on his profile that his account it 1739 days old. Or am I missing something?

Re: Spellfucker

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post #69
post #66

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I appreciate what you're saying but (if I understand you correctly) I think that example is quite a bit different to what's happening here as you're talking about is learning a completely new language rather than parsing intentionally misspelt english words. Unless you're saying the written form of your language was extremely loose on spelling? I think the issue I have is I tend to parse words visually rather than ph…

Well, I should have been clear that the language was based on English, so it more or less ended up as "intentionally misspelt" English with the exception of the hundred word base dictionary. The difficulty in learning it lay, as you point out, in that people tend to parse words visually rather than phonetically. The challenge was to alter your mindset while reading, to try to parse the words phonetically rather than…

Ahhh I see. That does sounds pretty similar to the title project then. Interesting anecdote as well. Thank you for sharing.

Re: Spellfucker

#90
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.

"The writing of Hungarian is largely phonetic" So this program wouldn't work for hungarian. Oh well. Your comment would look like this pronounced by me on an elementary level: Jú kud ték a lengvidzs from ö diffrönt lengvidzs femili tu örrájv et számszing szimilár. For fördör ábföszkésön jú kud júz diffrönt trenszlésön.
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