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by JoeAltmaier 3586 days ago
That sounds about right. But the problem statement doesn't permit the information to be a lie? The info could be "somebody has blue eyes!"
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The comment elaborated on the explanation of "non-trivial" and didn't explicitly say you can't lie. Right? Or am I not hearing this correctly?

Some of the questions incorporate a "new idea" or allow you to change elements. Triangle boxes, prisoners who can make requests, tired tennis players.... I introduced a yellow dot or am I supposed to change the variables to two?