Shaan Puri Explains an Unsolvable College Mystery Puzzle Game

Name: Shaan Puri Explains an Unsolvable College Mystery Puzzle Game
Uploaded: 2022-05-23T19:00:25+00:00
Duration: 32 s
Channel: Sam Parr
Description: In a brief anecdote, the speaker recounts a college-era discovery of an online, 50‑part mystery puzzle that required technical sleuthing: right‑clicking…

23 May 2022 · 1 min

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In a brief anecdote, the speaker recounts a college-era discovery of an online, 50‑part mystery puzzle that required technical sleuthing: right‑clicking to view source code, extracting a hidden URL, downloading an audio file, and playing it backwards to reveal geographic coordinates. The group pursued the chain of clues but could never solve the final puzzle, leading the speaker to suspect it was intentionally unsolvable. He reflects that the type of person who would enjoy and solve such intricate, unconventional challenges would be a valuable hire, using the puzzle as a metaphorical filter for talent.

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I did this in college. We found this website and it was like, you have to like right-click, view source, and then in the source code there's a URL. You go to that URL and then it downloads an audio file. You listen to the audio file, it sounds like nothing. You listen to it backwards, all of a sudden it gives you coordinates. You go to those coordinates on a map and it was like a 50-part game, like mystery game. The last puzzle we could never solve. And I think the guy just made an unsolvable puzzle. Like, I just think there was no solution. Now that I think about it, that is actually a great filter and barometer for who might be good at certain types of work. Like the type of person that would do that for fun and solve that problem, I would love to hire that person.