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✦✧★✩✪✩✫✬ ★✭ ★✧✮✯✪ ✯✩✰✭✯ ✱✲✳✬ ✴✳✵✪ ✧✶ ✩✷✱ ✩✬ ✸✳✵✶✧✹✺✩✱✳✧✵
✬✮✳✷✳✪✭✻ ✧✹ ✬✧✺✭✱✲✳✵✼ ✽✭✹✫ ✬✧✾✲✳✬✱✳✷✩✱✭✪✿ ✰✭✷✩✮✬✭ ✾✭✧✾✯✭ ✩✹✭ ✺✮✷✲ ✺✧✹✭ ✩★✩✹✭ ✧✶ ✱✲✭ ✳✺✾✧✹✱✩✵✷✭ ✧✶ ✧✵✭✬❀ ✳✪✭✵✱✳✱✳✭✬✿ ✰✮✱
✳✵ ✱✲✧✬✭ ✪✩✫✬ ★✭ ✬✳✺✾✯✫ ✷✩✯✯✭✪ ✳✱ ✸❁✭✹✴✱✧✩✬✱✳✵✼✻ ✩✵✪ ✱✲✭✬✭ ✾✭✧✾✯✭ ✧✵ ✱✲✭ ✬✱✩✼✭ ★✭✹✭ ❁✮✬✱ ✩ ✶✭★ ❁✭✹✴✱✧✩✬✱✭✹✬ ★✲✧ ✼✧✱ ✷✩✮✼✲✱❂ ❃✭ ★✭✹✭ ✶✩✬✷✳✵✩✱✭✪ ✰✫ ✱✲✭✺✿ ✰✭✷✩✮✬✭ ✵✧ ✧✵✭ ✧✶ ✮✬ ✲✩✪ ✭✽✭✹ ✱✲✧✮✼✲✱ ✧✶ ✪✭✯✭✱✳✵✼ ✧✮✹✬✭✯✽✭✬❂ ❄✱ ✬✭✭✺✭✪ ✶✮✱✮✹✳✬✱✳✷
✱✧ ✪✧ ✬✧ ✩✵✪ ✳✱ ✬✭✭✺✭✪ ✱✧ ✭❅✲✳✰✳✱ ★✳✯✯✶✮✯ ✩✵✱✳✾✩✱✲✫ ✱✧ ✪✧ ✬✧✿ ★✲✳✷✲✿ ✳✵ ✩ ★✩✫✿ ✬✧✺✭✲✧★ ✬✭✭✺✬ ❆✮✳✱✭ ✶✮✱✮✹✳✬✱✳✷ ✩✬ ★✭✯✯❂ ❇❃✭ ★✭✹✭ ✩✯✯ ✬✧ ★✧✹✹✳✭✪ ✩✰✧✮✱ ✩ ✪✫✬✱✧✾✳✩✵ ✶✮✱✮✹✭ ✩✱ ✱✲✭ ✱✳✺✭✿ ✩
✶✮✱✮✹✭ ✧✶ ✩✬✬✳✺✳✯✩✱✳✧✵ ✧✹ ✩ ✶✮✱✮✹✭ ✧✶ ✬✮✹✽✭✳✯✯✩✵✷✭✿ ✩✵✪ ✱✲✭✬✭ ✾✭✧✾✯✭ ✲✩✪ ✩✬✬✳✺✳✯✩✱✭✪ ✱✲✭✺✬✭✯✽✭✬✿ ✯✧✬✱ ✱✲✭✺✬✭✯✽✭✬✿ ✳✵ ✩ ✬✱✫✯✭
✶✩✹ ✺✧✹✭ ✭✶✶✭✷✱✳✽✭ ✱✲✩✵ ✱✲✭ ✼✧✽✭✹✵✺✭✵✱ ✷✧✮✯✪ ✪✹✭✩✺❂❈ ❉✶ ✷✧✮✹✬✭✿ ❉✾✹✩✲ ★✩✵✱✭✪ ✱✧ ✷✮✱ ✹✳✼✲✱ ✱✧ ✱✲✭ ✰✧✱✱✧✺ ✧✶ ✱✲✳✵✼✬ ✩✵✪ ✬✲✭ ✬✱✹✩✳✼✲✱ ✮✾ ✩✬✴✭✪ ✱✲✭✺✿ ✸❃✲✫ ✪✧ ✱✲✳✬❊ ❃✲✫ ✪✧ ✩✯✯ ✱✲✳✬ ★✧✹✴✿ ✱✲✳✬ ✳✬ ✫✭✩✹✬ ✩✵✪ ✫✭✩✹✬ ✧✶ ★✧✹✴✿ ★✲✫ ✪✧ ✱✲✳✬ ❁✮✬✱ ✱✧
✭✹✩✬✭ ✫✧✮✹✬✭✯✽✭✬ ✶✹✧✺ ✬✧✷✳✭✱✫❊✻
❋✲✭ ✾✭✧✾✯✭ ✳✵ ✱✲✭ ✪✩✹✴ ✬✲✳✶✱✭✪ ✩ ✰✳✱✿ ✷✧✵✬✳✪✭✹✳✵✼ ✱✲✭ ❆✮✭✬✱✳✧✵✿ ✩✵✪✿ ✶✹✧✺ ✱✲✭ ✺✧✽✭✺✭✵✱ ✧✶ ✱✲✭✳✹ ✬✳✯✲✧✮✭✱✱✭✬✿ ✫✧✮
✷✧✮✯✪ ✬✭✭ ✱✲✩✱ ✱✲✭✫ ★✭✹✭ ✺✧✱✳✧✵✳✵✼ ✱✧ ✭✩✷✲ ✧✱✲✭✹ ✩✵✪
✷✧✵✬✮✯✱✳✵✼❂ ●✶✱✭✹ ✩ ✱✳✺✭✿ ✩ ★✧✺✩✵ ✳✵ ✱✲✭ ✼✹✧✮✾ ✬✾✧✴✭ ✩✵✪
✬✩✳✪✿ ✸❃✭ ✪✧✵❍✱ ★✩✵✱ ✱✧ ✩✵✬★✭✹ ✱✲✩✱ ❆✮✭✬✱✳✧✵❂✻
❋✲✭ ✩✮✪✳✭✵✷✭ ✼✩✽✭ ✩ ✹✮✺✰✯✭ ✧✶ ✪✳✬✷✧✵✱✭✵✱❂
✸❉✴✩✩✩✫✿✻ ✬✩✳✪ ❉✾✹✩✲❂ ✸■✮✱ ✱✲✳✬ ✳✬ ✴✳✵✪ ✧✶ ✩ ✴✭✫ ❆✮✭✬✱✳✧✵
✲✭✹✭❏ ❑✭✱❀✬ ✼✭✱ ✹✭✩✯✿ ❄❀✺ ✵✧✱ ✼✧✳✵✼ ✱✧ ❁✮✬✱ ✯✭✱ ✫✧✮ ✧✮✱ ✧✶ ✱✲✳✬ ❆✮✭✬✱✳✧✵❂✻

decode.rb

code = open('code').read
chars = code.chars.uniq.reject { |c| c =~ /\s/ }
frequencies = Hash[chars.map { |c| [c, code.scan(c).size] }]
codepoints = Hash[chars.map { |c| [c, c.codepoints.first] }]
chars = chars.sort_by { |c| frequencies[c] }.reverse

substitutions = Hash[chars.map { |c| [c, c]} ]
key = "etosaihnrudlmfcw,ygpvkb.\"\"qWjO'?TILx()A'B\"N"
key.chars.each_with_index { |c, i| substitutions[chars[i]] = c }

decoded = code.chars.map { |c| substitutions[c] || c }.join
puts decoded

decoded

Nowadays we would label this kind of act as "information
suicide" or something very sophisticated, because people are much more aware of the importance of ones' identities, but
in those days we simply called it "jerktoasting" and these people on the stage were just a few jerktoasters who got caught. We were fascinated by them, because no one of us had ever thought of deleting ourselves. It seemed futuristic
to do so and it seemed to exhibit willful antipathy to do so, which, in a way, somehow seems quite futuristic as well. (We were all so worried about a dystopian future at the time, a
future of assimilation or a future of surveillance, and these people had assimilated themselves, lost themselves, in a style
far more effective than the government could dream.) Of course, Oprah wanted to cut right to the bottom of things and she straight up asked them, "Why do this? Why do all this work, this is years and years of work, why do this just to
erase yourselves from society?"
The people in the dark shifted a bit, considering the question, and, from the movement of their silhouettes, you
could see that they were motioning to each other and
consulting. After a time, a woman in the group spoke and
said, "We don't want to answer that question."
The audience gave a rumble of discontent.
"Okaaay," said Oprah. "But this is kind of a key question
here" Let's get real, I'm not going to just let you out of this question."

Heh, this was pretty pointless, it's just the text from BRICKS.