News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state. Parent comment

Re:The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state by bee_rider on Monday October 31, 2022 @11:26PM (#33416552)
If I were going to do something like that, I'd probably come up with an invented language so I could translate it as I needed new commandments.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state by GolfPopper on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:00AM (#33416740)
Ah, you mean the Voynich Manuscript!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state by TedDoesntTalk on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:38AM (#33416986)
No, he means the Golden Plates found by Joseph Smith in 1823 in New York, which created the Mormon religion.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_plates

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state by bee_rider on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:55AM (#33417111)
Hmm, is it Poe's law or some sort of generalization thereof if I wasn't actually trying to mock any widely-followed religion?
[ Parent | on HN ]