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Jan. 7th, 2023 10:40 pmI'm heading into what is likely to be a thoroughly exhausting week: Tomorrow I flow out to LA for a couple days of meetings with a customer who just placed a big order. We fly back Wednesday. I'll have most of a day at work and then Thursday night I take the train up to Boston for the Mystery Hunt.
I'm so excited to be going back to Hunt in person. Palindrome's on-campus operation is going to be a lot smaller than usual and it will have a bunch of new logistical wrinkles both from COVID (MIT is not requiring masking, but our team has adopted a masking and testing policy) and MIT new policies (We have to move out of HQ and leave campus at 1AM each night), but it will still be Hunt. After a couple of years of virtual Hunts, I'll take that.
Palindrome's avowed policy is to do whatever it takes not to win this year. Our captain has threatened that if we're looking like we're close to winning, he will cut off our internet so we cannot submit answers. :P Given that, it's possible I will get a lot more sleep than I usually do at Hunt. Nonetheless, the goal is still to work hard at puzzles, see as much of Hunt as possible, and have as much fun as possible together. It should be a blast. I've seen over the years that even at its most frustratingly opaque, Hunt is fun the way Palindrome does it.
I'm so excited to be going back to Hunt in person. Palindrome's on-campus operation is going to be a lot smaller than usual and it will have a bunch of new logistical wrinkles both from COVID (MIT is not requiring masking, but our team has adopted a masking and testing policy) and MIT new policies (We have to move out of HQ and leave campus at 1AM each night), but it will still be Hunt. After a couple of years of virtual Hunts, I'll take that.
Palindrome's avowed policy is to do whatever it takes not to win this year. Our captain has threatened that if we're looking like we're close to winning, he will cut off our internet so we cannot submit answers. :P Given that, it's possible I will get a lot more sleep than I usually do at Hunt. Nonetheless, the goal is still to work hard at puzzles, see as much of Hunt as possible, and have as much fun as possible together. It should be a blast. I've seen over the years that even at its most frustratingly opaque, Hunt is fun the way Palindrome does it.