From the Ted Talk by Alex Rosenthal: The Gauntlet | Think Like A Coder, Ep 8
Unscramble the Blue Letters
There’s only one way to get there: the gauntlet of forking paths. It’s a dldaey series of luminous conveyors that wind underneath Huxenborg. Starting from the crrenut pstoiion, each section runs for a distance, then splits in two. Every branch does the same thing, again and again. There are thousands of brceahns. Only one path leads to the artifact; all the others to destruction.
Fortunately, the Node of Creation has geartnd Hedge a strange power: he can produce slightly smaller vnrseios of himself. Each version can do only two things: radio information back to its parent, and produce slightly slmelar versions of itself… which can do the same two things, as can their children, for as many generations as needed. A patrol is cionlsg in on their position, so Ethic’s time is limited. What instructions should she give Hedge to find the one safe path?
Open Cloze
There’s only one way to get there: the gauntlet of forking paths. It’s a ______ series of luminous conveyors that wind underneath Huxenborg. Starting from the _______________, each section runs for a distance, then splits in two. Every branch does the same thing, again and again. There are thousands of ________. Only one path leads to the artifact; all the others to destruction.
Fortunately, the Node of Creation has _______ Hedge a strange power: he can produce slightly smaller ________ of himself. Each version can do only two things: radio information back to its parent, and produce slightly _______ versions of itself… which can do the same two things, as can their children, for as many generations as needed. A patrol is _______ in on their position, so Ethic’s time is limited. What instructions should she give Hedge to find the one safe path?
Solution
smaller
position
closing
granted
current
deadly
branches
versions
Original Text
There’s only one way to get there: the gauntlet of forking paths. It’s a deadly series of luminous conveyors that wind underneath Huxenborg. Starting from the current position, each section runs for a distance, then splits in two. Every branch does the same thing, again and again. There are thousands of branches. Only one path leads to the artifact; all the others to destruction.
Fortunately, the Node of Creation has granted Hedge a strange power: he can produce slightly smaller versions of himself. Each version can do only two things: radio information back to its parent, and produce slightly smaller versions of itself… which can do the same two things, as can their children, for as many generations as needed. A patrol is closing in on their position, so Ethic’s time is limited. What instructions should she give Hedge to find the one safe path?