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steganography – Where on Stack Exchange should I ask this?
My advice is you should post this…
ON PUZZLING
Look closely at the text. Within it…
…are a number of names of Stack Exchange network sites, hidden in plain sight:
Writing a thing but I’m not sure where on the network it belongs. There’s such a blender of site topics. So, please tell me: where should I post this question, oh Meta?
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Computer science was my first love, and now it’s my profession, where my performance reviews have always been stellar—until now. Only, I’m worried about my job since ChatGPT keeps improving, while over here I’m just trying to make a sustainable living with what I do. Unless I have a paycheck, I’ll go broke, so I need answers sooner rather than later.Next month I’m thinking of starting freelancing since it’s always been my dream to be self-employed. Thanks to the internet I now have a decent idea of this sector’s going prices and its economics. The issue now is I’m not sure what portfolio would best convince skeptics I’m fit for the job. How can I prove software engineering chops when, for all of my previous work, because of NDAs, publishing even one iota is “theft”?
Everyone, help me follow the law!
Now:
Count the number of words between each site mention, and you get the following numbers: 15, 14, (gap where the line is in the original text), 16, 21, 26, 26, 12, 9, 14, 7.
(In fact, a clue to performing this action was also hidden in the text. Look at the first letters of each sentence beneath the dividing line – these spell ‘COUNT THE’ – while the last letters of these same sentences spell out ‘WORDS BTW’, together providing the instruction ‘Count the words [between]‘…)
Convert these numbers to letters using A1Z26, treat the dividing line as a space between words, and you spell out ‘ON PUZZLING!
Hopefully someone will provide you with a suitable answer there 😉