The geocache is not located at the given coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to determine the real location of the geocache.
This puzzle was inspired by a puzzle created by Sam Bankman-Fried, as documented by Michael Lewis in the book "Going Infinite". That puzzle is (I think) more difficult and, as far as I can determine, still unsolved to this day. This one does not follow the same rules as that puzzle, even if it looks like it has the same structure. Instead, this one is in the style of cachbefound. There is at least one ambiguity; so I'll tell you right now that the final word is NOT "House" (but something smaller). If you find another solution that the checker does not like, please let me know.
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Special Notes about the 2024 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, which is planned for March 15, 2025). The real challenge is to see whether I can keep from getting so frustrated by submitting caches that I decide to quit! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.
Special Notes about this month's puzzle: Well, I was up until 6am trying to get this to work; so it's somewhat amazing that some people were able to get coordinates out of this at all. If you find "WHITE" or "BLACK", I recommend replacing with "CLOCK" (even though WHITE does seem to be a much better fit).
First To Solve: oaknest (199 minutes)
First To Log: Dr. Flonase (373 minutes)
Named pre-hint solvers: 23
Pre-hint finds logged: 6
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