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Awesome puzzle! Can be completed without guesses. Any ideas how it was invented?

• schoen 6y ago
  Look at the original MIT Mystery Hunt page (and solution). It was part of a puzzle hunt. (I was one of the people who successfully solved it on my team during that very event back in 2013...) See this comment for the link to the original, including the author's name and the puzzle in context with its official solution: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26439598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26439598 (I wish that other comment would get upvoted to the top -- this was written by an identifiable person for a specific identifiable puzzle event, so it's not like mysterious anonymous Internet folklore or something.)
  • frob 6y ago
    Hah! I was beginning to suspect there existed some pattern or answer in the result and was looking for an answer. The better part of 2 decades of mystery hunt has conditioned me. I see a four-letter snack in there that jumps out as a possible solution. Should we call hq?
    • schoen 6y ago
      I'm afraid HQ closed around 8 years and 56 days ago. :-)