I'm a noob, plz help me quick!

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I'm a programmer and I have a deadline to finish a difficult project, I need your help now.

I would ask it on Stackoverflow, but it's probably gonna get closed, so I'm reaching out on this SE.

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You are *definitely* a noob, it must be enter image description here, not edit! — nicael, Apr 03 '18 at 20:27
(it wasn't an insult rather than a joke based on the question title, but I see your point now :) — nicael, Apr 03 '18 at 20:29

gnovice · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-03T16:07:09.427

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So, you want me to...

gimme moar of teh codez?

I vote to close as "unclear what you're asking". ;)

The solution:

Editing the question shows the image that is incorrectly linked is at https://i.stack.imgur.com/xf15u.png, which contains:

Doing a ROT13 on this gives a new image link https://i.stack.imgur.com/icgB6.png, which contains:

Replacing the file name gives the new link https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cli7O.png, which contains:

And you can sorta see a ghostly image in the white. Adjusting the contrast (I actually just did imshow(all(imread('Cli7O.png') == 255, 3)) in MATLAB), we get:

And another ROT13 of this gives gimme moar of teh codez.

edited Apr 03 '18 at 16:07

answered Apr 03 '18 at 15:44

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that was quicker then I thought :D, awaiting explanation before I accept. – Welz Apr 03 '18 at 15:46
If only you wrote the explanation before posting the answer... Ah well, it was a fun treasure hunt. – PL457 Apr 03 '18 at 15:46
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@WELZ since you're asking on this site, it looks like your project is screwed – Quintec Apr 03 '18 at 16:21
steganography that was :D. facepalms – Abr001am Apr 03 '18 at 23:54
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I just tilted my screen. – wizzwizz4 Apr 04 '18 at 14:33
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@wizzwizz4: That's not how ROT13 works. ;) – gnovice Apr 04 '18 at 14:43

tom · Answer 2 · 2018-04-03T16:29:20.877

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Ok solved by gnovice, but I am guessing the hint is

seau de peinture - paint bucket in french... which made me start searching through the images of the post n- simple substitution 1-a, 2-b, etc. .... this was for the white image to reveal the message....

edited Apr 03 '18 at 16:29

answered Apr 03 '18 at 15:56

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Yep, what @gnovice mentioned for the final part could've been done with this as well (for those who don't have "that" tool he used) – Welz Apr 03 '18 at 15:58

I'm a noob, plz help me quick!

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