Constructing the Word's First JPEG XL MD5 Hash Quine

by luispaon 12/1/2025, 10:44 PMwith 24 comments

by throw0101don 12/9/2025, 3:28 PM

One of my saved HN comments from @Retr0id:

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    Beware of having too-small fingerprint hashes though, or not checking enough of the digits.

    $ echo -n retr0id_662d970782071aa7a038dce6 | sha256sum
    307e0e71a409d2bf67e76c676d81bd0ff87ee228cd8f991714589d0564e6ea9a  -
    
    $ echo -n retr0id_430d19a6c51814d895666635 | sha256sum
    307e0e71a4098e7fb7d72c86cd041a006181c6d8e29882b581d69d0564e6ea9a  -
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* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38668893

by zygentomaon 12/9/2025, 2:42 PM

This is soo cool! Especially the prediction machine stuff. I had no clue this was possible.

And also at the same time a good reminder for everyone to find a browser that supports JPEG XL. I wonder if that was part of the reason to do this. :)

by wild_pointeron 12/9/2025, 3:18 PM

In the era of LLM-generated content, such a high-quality writeup is a breath of fresh air. Well done!

by bigbuppoon 12/9/2025, 7:04 PM

Nobody was this excited about WEBP.

by smokelon 12/9/2025, 10:16 PM

Shouldn't that be "World"?