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		phaemon on July 2, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Quick Puzzle to Test Your Problem Solving I got this wrong, but oddly enough my first attempt was a No. I tried, "6, 1, 8" After that, I went with doubling and it worked 3 times with various sizes of number, so I went with that. Double bonus points if you can guess what I was testing with the first sequence (which the given numbers do satisfy).

o0-0o on July 2, 2015 [–]

Were you guessing random area codes of midwestern states? :)

phaemon on July 2, 2015 | [–]

Hah! No, I'm not American :)

But, in case no-one guesses, the answer is (rot13):

erirefr nycunorgvpny beqre

reagency on July 2, 2015 | | [–]

You vastly overestimated NYT's estimate of the cleverness of their readers

phaemon on July 2, 2015 | | [–]

A bit cruel, but I admit I laughed at that.

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