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First twelve and last twelve characters are the same:

    $ echo -n retr0id_662d970782071aa7a038dce6 | sha256sum
    307e0e71a409d2bf67e76c676d81bd0ff87ee228cd8f991714589d0564e6ea9a  -
    
    $ echo -n retr0id_430d19a6c51814d895666635 | sha256sum
    307e0e71a4098e7fb7d72c86cd041a006181c6d8e29882b581d69d0564e6ea9a  -
* Via: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38668893

Oh hey, it's me. Shortly after then I did a write-up on how I crafted them, which was discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38718314

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