Re: The SHA256 of "xy\n" (ASCII, no CRLF) contains 1337, ACBAD in za, and I am 1aa

From: Klaus Sembritzki <klausem@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 23, 2026, 23:30 UTC
Message-ID: <CADMnYXD9BOGyBNX+7pecow=by8n_+Zhh1EJ0RYWd1c1qujrsmg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8qdogdmu.fsf@gitster.g>

1. The brute-forced hash

>  Sorry, but I have to admit that I completely lack humor receptor

That is a pity, because the brute-forced hash contains "codoodikk", which reads as "code-dude and dikk".

33f1a74529870456c56ad97c59cfed6bdeadbeef9b9bc3f4ff49bb203e36f96b cco1jgdebihg0deflefjmigleilonmfkmnjmknnoikiklcodoodikkb0cncfoifk

2. Jeff King's real hash

echo jk | sha256sum 720daff2aefd2b3457cbd597509b0fa399e258444302c2851f8d3cdd8ad781eb 720 = 2*360 = 0

3. Junio C Hamano's real hash

echo jch | sha256sum c666df2af21b29a6b2c7f3b9deddda805f2ed8dcd3c72a6fbf38f6c729e2c98a 666

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 11:36 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 09:16:46PM +0100, Klaus Sembritzki wrote:
> >
> >> $ # My initials (ks): 1aa
> >> $ echo ks | sha256sum
> >> $ 1aa44e718d5bc9b7ff2003dbbb6f154e16636d5c2128ffce4751af5124b65337
> >>
> >> $ # 50566750337
> >> $ echo thinking | sha256sum
> >> $ 50566750337beb9e98e553fd9196d10576f9eb0cbc6b66e2586b9d73af4f352f
> >
> > Oh man, I've got deadbeef!
> >
> >   $ echo jk35252822 | sha256sum
> >   33f1a74529870456c56ad97c59cfed6bdeadbeef9b9bc3f4ff49bb203e36f96b
> >
> > What could it all mean?
>
> Sorry, but I have to admit that I completely lack humor receptor
> cells.
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