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Samon: Designing a Zen Garden Raking Puzzle

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Samon: Designing a Zen Garden Raking Puzzle

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Samon: Designing a Zen Garden Raking Puzzle

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October 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM EDT to October 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM EDTLink resolvesPassed2002 checks over about 8 hours, the same result every time. 200, text/html, 6946775 characters The wording varied; every check is below.
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  • October 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 6946775 characters
  • October 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM EDT: 200, x-gwtar, too big to read: 9170745 bytes
October 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM EDTPage contains the quotationPassed200the page contains the quotation, exactly
October 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM EDTPage contains the quotationFailed200the page could not be read, so the quotation could not be checked

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