"Best of" node sections... snippets, obfuscations, catacombs...

So, if I'm a budding obfuscator, and I wanted to find examples of some of the best obfuscations out there (like, for example, Erudil's masterpieces such as My 2 cents worth and camel code) ... and I didn't know what to search for, how would I find them? In a year or so, even gems like liverpole's Spatial Japh won't be easily accessible unless someone takes steps to ensure that it's preserved somewhere.

I would like to see some "Best of" sections (I'm not only interested in obfuscations, but I can imagine other sections would be as or more important to implement this idea) that highlight some of the highest rated OP's (not replies) per section... say, above 50 or 75 or 100XP reputation (thanks grinder), whatever would be agreed upon, with no time limit (as in the current "Best Nodes" that only show at most the best of the year).

What does everyone think?

--chargrill

$/  =  q#(\w)#  ;  sub  sig { print scalar reverse  join  ' ',  @_  } 
+ sig
map { s$\$/\$/$\$2\$1$g && $_ } split( ' ', ",erckha rlPe erthnoa stJu
+" );
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Re: "Best of" node sections... snippets, obfuscations, catacombs... by dbwiz (Curate) on Feb 12, 2006 at 22:51 UTC
Have a look at Categorized best nodes and its live listings. You can get statistics and lists of more than 2500 nodes with XP higher than 83.	[reply]
Re: "Best of" node sections... snippets, obfuscations, catacombs... by grinder (Bishop) on Feb 13, 2006 at 08:35 UTC
Heh. A fine case of history repeating itself. Things are the way they are, because in the past there used to be an all-time top 10 nodes, and the only practical result was that the nodes that scored a spot on that list just kept zooming ever higher in reputation, making it more and more difficult for new nodes to get a chance to squeeze in. The current technique of Selected best nodes is a good way for removing that bias. So bringing a straight all-time-ever best is not going to happen. Although perhaps we want 100 nodes these days. When SBN was rolled out, the lowest-rated node had a reputation of 82. Since then, the threshold has risen by ten points, and it will continue to rise. Either that, or all nodes with a reputation of 75 or better get a chance. Nonetheless, with all that said, apart from obfuscations, code nodes clearly score less reputation than nodes in other sections. It takes a lot more time to judge whether code is good as opposed to a point of view or piece of advice. I tend to vote ++ on all code, unless it is particularly crappy, as a small means of encouraging people to post code. Giving code nodes more visibility would be a good thing. There was a discussion a long time ago about this. I thought at first that deprecated started the thread, but search as I may I cannot find it. If there is another historian who remembers, please let me know. (ObRef: It's reputation, not XP). • another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl	[reply]
Re: "Best of" node sections... snippets, obfuscations, catacombs... by liverpole (Monsignor) on Feb 12, 2006 at 23:18 UTC
chargrill, you bring up some very good points. Maybe it's just my inexperience with the Monastery, but how *does* one find nodes that are old enough that they've exceeded the "back-in-time threshhold"? dbwiz's suggestion above looks promising, but there must be some way to get to nodes which are lower than or equal to 83, mustn't there? @ARGV=split//,"/:L"; map{print substr crypt($_,ord pop),2,3}qw"PerlyouC READPIPE provides"	[reply]
Re: "Best of" node sections... snippets, obfuscations, catacombs... by spiritway (Vicar) on Feb 12, 2006 at 23:25 UTC
I like the idea, but I think I'd prefer something along the lines of the All-Time Best 10, or the Best 100. That would replace the arbitrary XP number with an arbitrary group size. Part of the problem is that if the number of nodes is too large, it will defeat the purpose of helping people find a particular node quickly. So, as [id://dbwiz] points out, there are 2500 nodes with XP higher than 83, which (IMNSHO) is just too many to search through. I don't actually mind having to search hard for things. As I blunder along, I'm always running into other things that are interesting, amusing, or even useful. Kind of like learning 10 new words for every one you look up in the dictionary.	[reply]
Re: "Best of" node sections... snippets, obfuscations, catacombs... by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 13, 2006 at 19:16 UTC
I think you should just keep looking at Selected Best Nodes and ignore the non-obfu nodes.	[reply]