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Attention is all you need for what we have. But attention is a local heuristic. We have brittle coherence and no global state. I believe we need a paradigm shift in architecture to move forward.

Here is K5:

THIRTY EIGHT DEGREES FIFTY SEVEN MINUTES SIX POINT FIVE SECONDS NORTH SEVENTY SEVEN DEGREES EIGHT MINUTES FORTY FOUR SECONDS WEST

Take care.

Stonewalled oh well. It was a fun weekend puzzle.

Oh and the clues probably need a computer. But the final solution is just pencil and paper.

When you START searching for edges. Start with the YAR line. That’s what I did. But it goes on and on. Waypoint selectors…

The clues are in the K4 block of text, the actual answer is another layer using the rugged edges of all the panels. Oh and you need a timing program

If he responds I might write it up. But basically use compass order for edge stream in layer 1, use k0 (find the working sequence) for a digital interpretation (timing mask- diff from the E’s I used for clues) for layer 2, then start anchoring and rotating (use OOO for anchor after Ne block, one very small ordering move, and find your finisher cipher with clues.

I’m going to forge ahead. I think this is another clue. I don’t know how he got so many in. Last night I found Tishri and Fenrir even. USS HILL sent a SOS RRR in a panic. It’s pretty crazy.

Edit- I think it might be K4. It is instructions for physical revealing k5.

Here is the intuition/clues (use your imagination) if you want to try too:

Edge to edge; Noon rim; Ignore flicker; Berlin clock beats

And remember the loadstone- that compass doesn’t point north

I tried to work with Reddit last night but was discouraged so I left. I emailed for verification and sent the $50.

Here it is. It drove me crazy losing sleep

ATEQUINOXREADEDGETOEDEASTNORTHEASTFACETHENLETEDGEORDERBYTHERIMXBERLINCLOCKCHOOSEANDNAMETHEFINALCO

AT EQUINOX READ EDGE TO ED EAST, NORTHEAST FACE THEN LET EDGE ORDER BY THE RIM BERLIN CLOCK CHOOSE AND NAME THE FINAL CO

K4 changes it’s methodology DRASTICALLY and you must use clues like a riddle from previous solutions. The Morse code is the program to run. Make a mask from the unneeded E’s but don’t discard them, they clarify. Ignore the flicker see the edg-e. The grid becomes a compass with some work and be sure to normalize the directions. Caesar might help dispel the mist. Decoys abound in partial/incomplete solutions. One wrong turn and work disappears. My 386 was an abomination to the old man and he set traps- paper and pencil ruled his world.

NORTHWEST, EAST, NORTHEAST. BERLIN CLOCK TICKS EAST. READ EDGE TO EDGE; SEE TIME, USE THE NORTHEAST SHADOW. THE HIDDEN PLACE IS REVEALED.

Sorry for the bother

Since nobody wants to play with me… if you have something beefier than my 386, you should have enough to finish. Remember it is always 5:55 somewhere- even in Berlin.

Partial answer: FACE EAST THEN NORTHEAST. LET THE BERLIN CLOCK CHOOSE; READ EDGE TO EDGE TO FIND THE FINAL CODE.

K4 可能由类 Vigenère 层加柏林钟的基5转置构成；我以已知 crib 为锚点，运行搜索，并利用 IC、χ² 与 n-gram 收敛到英文分布。

Edit- I tried using poetry above to identify my own cribs and then used software to search and best I got for K4 is:

AT FIRST LIGHT FACE EAST. ALIGN WITH THE RIM SHADOW. READ EDGE TO EDGE TO FIND THE FINAL CODE.

You most certainly need to be there and k4 is instructions. I’m not sending the guy $50 to check my answer though

K6 is something like NOON HERE CENTER ON THE NORTH RIM; THEN READ THAT.

I don’t know if it ends.

K5 is instructions something like: Head for the wall facing north; use the rim’s shadow as the clock. Berlin is the light.

So head north of it and use the shadows rim and 4/4/11/4 reveals and the Berlin clock sequence. Maybe on NOVEMBER NINE AT DAWN if you simulate it.

4. At dawn I stood east then northeast, counting by the clock; the rim's shadow wrote the hidden lin 5. First light, east to northeast. Copper grid in shadow. Sample on the beats. Write only what the l 6. Trust the clean edge, not the flicker; the mind finds patterns, but the edge alone reveals the me

Perhaps a 3D artist can model it and run some simulations with light.

1. Stand at first light: face EAST, then NORTHEAST. Let the BERLIN CLOCK choose; read where the shad 2. Make a narrow breach of light; hold still; as the edge moves, letters awaken and the sealed doorw 3. Four passes: hours, hour, minutes, minute. Read on each sweep; the rising sun will order what see

He is an artist, not a mathematician. It’s a physical reveal for this layer of the copper onion.

I operate under the assumption that open source projects are compromised by states. If you espouse unpopular ideas or are yourself a state don’t rely on it.

Bob Brier’s “The Great Courses” lecture series on ancient Egypt. Nubians were painted dark and Libyans were always shown with a feather in their headgear and blue eyes.

Chinese mythology says they came from 崑崙 (Kunlun Mountain). The description of which sounds like Egypt coincidentally.

Translated something like: “To the south of the Western Sea, along the banks of the Flowing Sands, beyond the Red Water and before the Black Water, there lies a great mountain called the Kunlun Hill.”

It didn’t. They clearly distinguished Nubians and Libyians from themselves in their art.

70k? A more realistic pay is double that if you live anywhere other than the middle of nowhere for electricians, steamfitters, etc.

We’re six black holes deep