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Comments on Puzzle #14154: and now where are we?
By annalivia (annalivia)

peek at solution       solve puzzle
  quality:   difficulty:   solvability: deep lookahead  

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#1: annalivia (annalivia) on May 24, 2011 [SPOILER]

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#2: bugaboo (bugaboo) on May 24, 2011
oh i get it now
you are "doubling" (doublin')

i dont think regular logic can solve this

#3: Sarah Andrews (sarah) on May 24, 2011
clever!
#4: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on May 25, 2011
Have an ale for me annalivia.
#5: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on May 26, 2011 [HINT]
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#6: Ron Jacobson (shmily999) on May 26, 2011
ditto #5
#7: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on May 27, 2011 [SPOILER]
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#8: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jun 1, 2011
Found to require some guessing by gator.
#9: Gator (gator) on Jun 1, 2011 [HINT]
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#10: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 4, 2011 [HINT]
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#11: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 4, 2011
This is why I make these tutorials! The AHA moment when something clicks is the very opium of puzzledom. Writing these tutorials forces me to think deeply about what I'm doing and confront all the possibilities.

When I was halfway through writing this the first time, I realized I had missed a possibility. "AAArgh!" I thought. But putting that aside and reassessing it from another angle brought an even more elegant solution.

Happiness!
#12: Al LaPointe (kancamagus) on Feb 22, 2013 [HINT]
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#13: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Oct 28, 2013
Found to be solvable with deep lookahead by jan.
#14: Jan Wolter (jan) on Oct 28, 2013
Joe's analysis is cool. I'm promoting this to "solvable with deep lookahead". I'm not exactly sure how many steps of lookahead there are in Joe's analysis, but it's certainly deep thinking of some sort.

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