What's the Difference?
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*not sure if this counts as a real puzzle, but I will ask it anyways.
Can you catch the difference between the 2 following letters?
хx
Honor system: No using online tools to find the difference!
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*not sure if this counts as a real puzzle, but I will ask it anyways.
Can you catch the difference between the 2 following letters?
хx
Honor system: No using online tools to find the difference!
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*not sure if this counts as a real puzzle, but I will ask it anyways.
Can you catch the difference between the 2 following letters?
хx
Honor system: No using online tools to find the difference!
computer-puzzle
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*not sure if this counts as a real puzzle, but I will ask it anyways.
Can you catch the difference between the 2 following letters?
хx
Honor system: No using online tools to find the difference!
computer-puzzle
computer-puzzle
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Remember that there's a tag no-computers, for puzzles that should be solved without the use of online tools or computer programming.
– Hugh
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Remember that there's a tag no-computers, for puzzles that should be solved without the use of online tools or computer programming.
– Hugh
49 mins ago
Remember that there's a tag no-computers, for puzzles that should be solved without the use of online tools or computer programming.
– Hugh
49 mins ago
Remember that there's a tag no-computers, for puzzles that should be solved without the use of online tools or computer programming.
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Well,
the second is an ordinary lower case letter 'x', while the first is at Unicode code point 1093 decimal = 0x445. The surrounding Unicode code points yield what look to me like Cyrillic characters, so I guess that's what this one is; I think this letter is pronounced like a Scottish "ch", and is related e.g. to the Greek letter chi.
No online tools used; I
pasted the characters into a Python session and used its
chrandordfunctions.
answered 1 hour ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
59.3k3150230
True... uhh. Not cheating, right? Umm... repost? Clarification! True, you weren’t cheating, but still. I was assuming the honor system covered the rest.
– qq410219243
56 mins ago
1
@qq410219243 Well, how do you expect people to figure it out then? In the font used here, those two characters look exactly the same - and if you're not allowed to distinguish them using any tools, then there's literally no way to tell them apart.
– Deusovi♦
22 mins ago
1
I agree with @Deusovi. I mean, you can do the same using tools built into the web browser, but I don't see any reason to regard that as more or less cheaty than doing it with Python. If all we're allowed to do is look with our eyes, then the answer is: No, we can't tell the difference.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
15 mins ago
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Easy way (though not sure if "allowed"):
Paste into start menu. First x will show no results (or Greek stuff if you have it). Second x will show normal results matching x
answered 1 hour ago
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
Well,
the second is an ordinary lower case letter 'x', while the first is at Unicode code point 1093 decimal = 0x445. The surrounding Unicode code points yield what look to me like Cyrillic characters, so I guess that's what this one is; I think this letter is pronounced like a Scottish "ch", and is related e.g. to the Greek letter chi.
No online tools used; I
pasted the characters into a Python session and used its
chrandordfunctions.
answered 1 hour ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
59.3k3150230
True... uhh. Not cheating, right? Umm... repost? Clarification! True, you weren’t cheating, but still. I was assuming the honor system covered the rest.
– qq410219243
56 mins ago
1
@qq410219243 Well, how do you expect people to figure it out then? In the font used here, those two characters look exactly the same - and if you're not allowed to distinguish them using any tools, then there's literally no way to tell them apart.
– Deusovi♦
22 mins ago
1
I agree with @Deusovi. I mean, you can do the same using tools built into the web browser, but I don't see any reason to regard that as more or less cheaty than doing it with Python. If all we're allowed to do is look with our eyes, then the answer is: No, we can't tell the difference.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
15 mins ago
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
Well,
the second is an ordinary lower case letter 'x', while the first is at Unicode code point 1093 decimal = 0x445. The surrounding Unicode code points yield what look to me like Cyrillic characters, so I guess that's what this one is; I think this letter is pronounced like a Scottish "ch", and is related e.g. to the Greek letter chi.
No online tools used; I
pasted the characters into a Python session and used its
chrandordfunctions.
answered 1 hour ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
59.3k3150230
True... uhh. Not cheating, right? Umm... repost? Clarification! True, you weren’t cheating, but still. I was assuming the honor system covered the rest.
– qq410219243
56 mins ago
1
@qq410219243 Well, how do you expect people to figure it out then? In the font used here, those two characters look exactly the same - and if you're not allowed to distinguish them using any tools, then there's literally no way to tell them apart.
– Deusovi♦
22 mins ago
1
I agree with @Deusovi. I mean, you can do the same using tools built into the web browser, but I don't see any reason to regard that as more or less cheaty than doing it with Python. If all we're allowed to do is look with our eyes, then the answer is: No, we can't tell the difference.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
15 mins ago
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
Well,
the second is an ordinary lower case letter 'x', while the first is at Unicode code point 1093 decimal = 0x445. The surrounding Unicode code points yield what look to me like Cyrillic characters, so I guess that's what this one is; I think this letter is pronounced like a Scottish "ch", and is related e.g. to the Greek letter chi.
No online tools used; I
pasted the characters into a Python session and used its
chrandordfunctions.
answered 1 hour ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
59.3k3150230
Well,
the second is an ordinary lower case letter 'x', while the first is at Unicode code point 1093 decimal = 0x445. The surrounding Unicode code points yield what look to me like Cyrillic characters, so I guess that's what this one is; I think this letter is pronounced like a Scottish "ch", and is related e.g. to the Greek letter chi.
No online tools used; I
pasted the characters into a Python session and used its
chrandordfunctions.
answered 1 hour ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
59.3k3150230
answered 1 hour ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
59.3k3150230
answered 1 hour ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
59.3k3150230
answered 1 hour ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
59.3k3150230
59.3k3150230
True... uhh. Not cheating, right? Umm... repost? Clarification! True, you weren’t cheating, but still. I was assuming the honor system covered the rest.
– qq410219243
56 mins ago
1
@qq410219243 Well, how do you expect people to figure it out then? In the font used here, those two characters look exactly the same - and if you're not allowed to distinguish them using any tools, then there's literally no way to tell them apart.
– Deusovi♦
22 mins ago
1
I agree with @Deusovi. I mean, you can do the same using tools built into the web browser, but I don't see any reason to regard that as more or less cheaty than doing it with Python. If all we're allowed to do is look with our eyes, then the answer is: No, we can't tell the difference.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
15 mins ago
add a comment |
True... uhh. Not cheating, right? Umm... repost? Clarification! True, you weren’t cheating, but still. I was assuming the honor system covered the rest.
– qq410219243
56 mins ago
1
@qq410219243 Well, how do you expect people to figure it out then? In the font used here, those two characters look exactly the same - and if you're not allowed to distinguish them using any tools, then there's literally no way to tell them apart.
– Deusovi♦
22 mins ago
1
I agree with @Deusovi. I mean, you can do the same using tools built into the web browser, but I don't see any reason to regard that as more or less cheaty than doing it with Python. If all we're allowed to do is look with our eyes, then the answer is: No, we can't tell the difference.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
15 mins ago
True... uhh. Not cheating, right? Umm... repost? Clarification! True, you weren’t cheating, but still. I was assuming the honor system covered the rest.
– qq410219243
56 mins ago
True... uhh. Not cheating, right? Umm... repost? Clarification! True, you weren’t cheating, but still. I was assuming the honor system covered the rest.
– qq410219243
56 mins ago
1
1
@qq410219243 Well, how do you expect people to figure it out then? In the font used here, those two characters look exactly the same - and if you're not allowed to distinguish them using any tools, then there's literally no way to tell them apart.
– Deusovi♦
22 mins ago
@qq410219243 Well, how do you expect people to figure it out then? In the font used here, those two characters look exactly the same - and if you're not allowed to distinguish them using any tools, then there's literally no way to tell them apart.
– Deusovi♦
22 mins ago
1
1
I agree with @Deusovi. I mean, you can do the same using tools built into the web browser, but I don't see any reason to regard that as more or less cheaty than doing it with Python. If all we're allowed to do is look with our eyes, then the answer is: No, we can't tell the difference.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
15 mins ago
I agree with @Deusovi. I mean, you can do the same using tools built into the web browser, but I don't see any reason to regard that as more or less cheaty than doing it with Python. If all we're allowed to do is look with our eyes, then the answer is: No, we can't tell the difference.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
15 mins ago
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2
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Easy way (though not sure if "allowed"):
Paste into start menu. First x will show no results (or Greek stuff if you have it). Second x will show normal results matching x
answered 1 hour ago
sunny-lan
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Easy way (though not sure if "allowed"):
Paste into start menu. First x will show no results (or Greek stuff if you have it). Second x will show normal results matching x
answered 1 hour ago
sunny-lan
1875
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up vote
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up vote
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Easy way (though not sure if "allowed"):
Paste into start menu. First x will show no results (or Greek stuff if you have it). Second x will show normal results matching x
answered 1 hour ago
sunny-lan
1875
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Easy way (though not sure if "allowed"):
Paste into start menu. First x will show no results (or Greek stuff if you have it). Second x will show normal results matching x
answered 1 hour ago
sunny-lan
1875
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answered 1 hour ago
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answered 1 hour ago
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