One change to the posting format (Patreon)

Hey guys, so at some point, some people came to me with an angry fist saying that my files don’t work and are corrupted and I should go fuck myself and all that good, positive and reassuring stuff.

So, in order to point out that the file you are actually downloading isn’t corrupted, I decided to use a free feature from 7-Zip called SHA256.

You can read what SHA256 is on the internet, which technically, it’s called SHA256 SUM or something along those lines, however, the only thing I will say about it to be done with this is it shows a string based on the file’s bytes. This string is so goddamn unique in how it works that even the slightest change of data will throw a completely different string.

I’m using 7-zip because I literally have no reason to use garbage like WinRAR since 7Z has better compression.

If you have installed 7-zip all you need to do is Right Click on the file and then select CRC SHA > SHA-256.

To post an example: I have file with only the text Test

When I use this function by 7Z, I get this string:

Size: 4 bytes

SHA256: 532EAABD9574880DBF76B9B8CC00832C20A6EC113D682299550D7A6E0F345E25

However, if I add one white space so it reads “Test “ (with no colons), it throws this string:

Size: 5 bytes

SHA256: 58CE68E6A62175931F1D6CD57EA955C01814E2EBF3220C68D8B74D4241DD0E28

And just for the fucking fun of it, if we change the text for test (this time, with a lowercase T), it throws this string:

Size: 4 bytes

SHA256: 9F86D081884C7D659A2FEAA0C55AD015A3BF4F1B2B0B822CD15D6C15B0F00A08

As you can see, even with the same size and technically the same text, the string is completely different.

So, for the non-technical people out there, regarding SHA256, No, it doesn’t need to “just begin with the same character”, it’s a sum, so the string ****must be 100% the same.****

I hope this can help people to understand that I’m not at fault on their browser’s quirks, but we will see...