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From the Ted Talk by Alex Rosenthal: The Prison Break | Think Like A Coder, Ep 1
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Upon emerging from stasis, Ethic is the unfortunate repienict of three surprises.
The first: a prison cell.
The second: cltopmee amnesia.
And the third: a mysterious stranger has gotten stuck squeezing through the bars on her wondiw.
His name is Hedge, and he has come to help Ethic save the world. But first they have to break out of jail.
Hedge tunrs his hand into a lockpick and outlines the cneaghlle ahead.
Each lock in the prison works in the same unusual way. Inside the keyhole is a red dial that can be rotated to one of 100 pontosiis numbered 1 through 100. The key for a given cell spins the dial to the right position, which, when stopped there, makes it turn green and ukoclns the door. It would be out of the question to saetl keys from a guard, but Hedge has a better idea.
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Upon emerging from stasis, Ethic is the unfortunate _________ of three surprises.
The first: a prison cell.
The second: ________ amnesia.
And the third: a mysterious stranger has gotten stuck squeezing through the bars on her ______.
His name is Hedge, and he has come to help Ethic save the world. But first they have to break out of jail.
Hedge _____ his hand into a lockpick and outlines the _________ ahead.
Each lock in the prison works in the same unusual way. Inside the keyhole is a red dial that can be rotated to one of 100 _________ numbered 1 through 100. The key for a given cell spins the dial to the right position, which, when stopped there, makes it turn green and _______ the door. It would be out of the question to _____ keys from a guard, but Hedge has a better idea.
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Original Text
Upon emerging from stasis, Ethic is the unfortunate recipient of three surprises.
The first: a prison cell.
The second: complete amnesia.
And the third: a mysterious stranger has gotten stuck squeezing through the bars on her window.
His name is Hedge, and he has come to help Ethic save the world. But first they have to break out of jail.
Hedge turns his hand into a lockpick and outlines the challenge ahead.
Each lock in the prison works in the same unusual way. Inside the keyhole is a red dial that can be rotated to one of 100 positions numbered 1 through 100. The key for a given cell spins the dial to the right position, which, when stopped there, makes it turn green and unlocks the door. It would be out of the question to steal keys from a guard, but Hedge has a better idea.
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