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Old Mar 5, 2017 | 9:13 am
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FTA:

"But when he handed his answers back after about 10 minutes of work, the official told him his answers were wrong."

Solving the BST problem in ten minutes is actually impressive. I couldn't do it that fast.

Assuming his answers were correct, mostly likely the CBP was doing a law enforcement trick: lie to the suspect to see if he cracks.

Originally Posted by GUWonder
I know full well what I meant and what I wrote better than anyone beside myself.
I love that line. Gonna appropriate it.
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