正文翻譯

You are given 23 minutes to hide a paperclip in your house. Afterwards, a detective will be given an hour to find it. Where do you hide it?

QA：你有23分鐘的時間把一枚回形針藏在家里的一個地方。之后，將有一名偵探在一個小時內(nèi)找到它。你會把它藏在哪里？

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Jules Green, worked at McDonald's (2019-2021)
I would throw it into a container full of other paper clips.

我會把它扔進一個裝滿其他回形針的容器里。

Toma? Vargazon, Practicing atheist
Eh.
I need to bake bread anyway. I do it without kneading the dough, just put more water in it and let it rise overnight.
I put it in the oven about twenty minutes before he is due to arrive, so it’s nice and hot enough to burn any detective foolish enough to sift through it.
If the detective goes through all of my house including the 2 liters worth of an icky sticky goo heated to searing temperatures, in an hour he can have the paperclip.

誒。
反正我要烤面包。我從來不揉捏面團，就只是在面團里多放些水，讓它在一夜之間發(fā)酵。
我會在他到達前大約二十分鐘把它放進烤箱里，所以它拿出來的時候足夠燙，足以逃過任何愚蠢的偵探的探查。
如果偵探搜查把我的房子翻個遍，包括2公升加熱到灼熱溫度的粘糊糊，那么一小時內(nèi)他就能拿到回形針。
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Michelle Steele - MAD PIRATE QUEEN, Ex-Rookie - Now: Bemused Quora user - 2 year mark achieved
That depends.
If the detective’s job is to find a *specific* paperclip then I’m going to place it in a bathtub full of identical paperclips. Good luck finding the right one, b!tch.
If it’s to find *a* paperclip… then I’m going to pop one of the hooks off of the curtains and replace it with a paper clip by hooking it through a slider.
#devious.

那要看情況。
如果偵探的任務是找到一個特定的回形針，那么我會把它放在一個裝滿相同回形針的浴缸里。祝你找到正確的那枚，婊子。
如果只是想找到一枚回形針…那么我要把窗簾上的一個鉤子拆下來，用一個回形針代替，用滑塊鉤住它。
#狡猾。

Franklin Liu, lives in Kepler-452b
One lazy Saturday morning, I wake up to find a slip of paper beside me with a paperclip on me.
“You have exactly 23 minutes to hide this paperclip, starting now.”
Across the room, a timer of 23 minutes started. Panicking, I run to the closest store that sells paperclips with some money to buy around 100 of them. 10 minutes left.
Then, I put the paperclips everywhere, and make sure to put one in my pocket.
I get out my viola and put one in. Then, I get out my old violin and tape the actual paperclip in there (probably at the top so nobody can see it) and put a decoy in there too. I put the violin back in the corner of the closet.
Then, I open the top of the piano and tape one to the side of it. Then one behind the TV. A few in front of the TV. A few in the kitchen drawers. Some more in random hiding spots. I also fabricate some possible hiding spots (as in leaving dust tracks, making things seem just used, leaving a few tools lying around somewhere).
After that, I just scatter the paper clips in random hiding spots. I put one in my phone case and one in the metronome.
0 minutes left.
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一個懶洋洋的周六早晨，我醒來發(fā)現(xiàn)身邊有一張紙條，上面貼著枚回形針。
“從現(xiàn)在開始，你有整整23分鐘的時間來隱藏這個回形針?！?br>房間的另一端，一個23分鐘的計時器啟動了。我驚慌失措，跑到最近的一家賣回形針的商店，帶著一些錢買回了大約100個回形針。還剩10分鐘。
然后，我把回形針放得到處都是，并確保在我的口袋里放一個。
我拿出中提琴，放了一枚進去。然后，我拿出我的舊小提琴，把真正的那枚回形針粘在里面（可能粘在頂部，這樣沒人能看到），然后在里面放一個誘餌。我把小提琴放回壁櫥的角落里。
然后，我打開鋼琴的頂部，用膠帶將其中一枚粘在鋼琴的側(cè)面。然后一個在電視后面。電視前面放幾個。廚房抽屜里有一些。還有一些在隨機的隱藏點。我還制造了一些可能的隱藏點（比如留下灰塵的痕跡，讓它看起來像剛剛用過的東西，在某些地方放一些工具）。
在那之后，我要做的就是把回形針分散在隨機的隱藏點。我把一個放在手機殼里，一個放在節(jié)拍器里。
還剩0分鐘。

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The detective comes into my house. First, they make me turn out my pockets. I fake a panicked and guilty look as I flip out my pockets and hold the paperclip in my hand (because the detective would know it’s a decoy if I just show it). Then, I quickly hide it in my sleeve and hold the sleeve by the cuff. The detective isn’t pleased and grabs the cuff. The paperclip falls out.
I let them sit in their glory for around a minute and then give them the “no that wasn’t it” talk. 57 minutes left.
Then, the detective goes to check all the bags. They see the viola lying in plain sight. They go through everything (and given the amount of violence) it may or may not get broken. Or the detective finds a paperclip by shaking it around and finds a paperclip.
“Ya think you’re so clever,” I say, laughing.
The detective then goes into my closet. Gets out the violin, does the same. This time, I pretend to be guilty again (as in telling them not to touch it and stuff). Thank goodness I had disturbed the dust there a bit, just to throw them off, but then, I messed around with the entire house.
Then, they spot the screwdriver next to my metronome. They take apart the metronome, and discover the paperclip. “That’s not it,” I say, laughing.

偵探來到我家。首先，他們讓我掏出口袋。當我翻開口袋，手里拿著回形針時，我裝出一副驚慌失措和內(nèi)疚的樣子（因為如果我把回形針拿出來，偵探會知道這是個騙局）。然后，我迅速把它藏在袖子里，抓住袖口。偵探不高興了，手拿起了手銬。于是回形針掉了出來。
我讓他們沉浸在自己的榮耀中坐了大約一分鐘，然后對他們說“不，不是那枚”。還剩57分鐘。
然后，偵探去檢查所有的包。他們看見中提琴躺在顯眼的地方。他們做了所有的雜七雜八的事情（并考慮到暴力拆解），中提琴可能會也可能不會被破壞?；蛘邆商酵ㄟ^搖晃它找到回形針，然后拿出回形針。
“你覺得你很聰明，”我笑著說。
然后偵探走進我的衣櫥。拿出小提琴，做同樣的事。這一次，我再次假裝驚慌失措（比如告訴他們不要碰它和其他東西）。謝天謝地，我把那里的灰塵弄亂了一點，就是為了做給他們看，但之后，我把整個房子弄得亂七八糟。
然后，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了我的節(jié)拍器旁邊的螺絲刀。他們拆開節(jié)拍器，發(fā)現(xiàn)了回形針。“不是那枚哦，”我笑著說。

By this point, at least 30 minutes would have passed, and the detective had already checked the violin. I pretend to be vigilant and continue to follow the detective around.
Finally, the hour is up and the detective gives up. “Where is it?” they ask.
I get a long thin flexible rod and fish it out of the violin, making sure that I take the tape off, too.
Fooled you, I shouted as I push the detective outside the door and slam it in their face. They didn’t even find all the paper clips I hid. This was a piece of cake, until I realize that I’d be finding random paperclips in my house for years on end.
Edit: well, this thing completely blew up overnight. So I think I’ll add a warning here. If for some reason you’re given 23 minutes to hide a paperclip, don’t sue me if these ideas don’t work.
Edit 2: don’t put a paperclip inside your instruments. Don’t sue me if someone tells you to hide a paperclip in 23 minutes and then you tape it inside some instrument and can’t get it out.
…
run like the wind, but every once in a while, remember to stop and look back

這時，至少30分鐘過去了，偵探已經(jīng)檢查過小提琴了。我假裝很警惕，繼續(xù)跟著偵探到處走。
最后，時間到了，偵探放棄了。“它在哪里？”他們問。
我拿來一根細長的魚竿，從小提琴上把它釣出來，確保我也能把帶子取下來。
“你被騙了，”我一邊喊著一邊把偵探推到門外，狠狠地打他們臉。他們甚至沒有找到我藏的所有回形針。這是小菜一碟，直到我意識到我會在接下來好多年在家里隨機找到回形針。
編輯：嗯，這個答案一夜之間就火了。所以我想我會在這里加上一個警告。如果出于某種原因，你有23分鐘的時間藏回形針，如果這些想法行不通，不要起訴我。
編輯2：不要把回形針放在你的樂器里。如果有人告訴你在23分鐘內(nèi)藏一個回形針，然后你把它粘在某個儀器里卻拿不出來，不要起訴我。

…

像風一樣奔跑，但每隔一段時間，記得停下來回頭看看

Mark Harrison, Part-time CTO for several companies
I would give it to my 15yo son, and ask him to “put it away in his room, please.”
If the detective would like to bring friends, I’ll happily give them tea if they agree to let me know if they also find his iPad.

我會把它塞給我15歲的兒子，讓他“請把它好好放在他的房間里?！?br>如果偵探想帶朋友來也無所謂，如果他們能順便找到我兒子的iPad，我會非常樂意給他們喝茶。

Anthony Zarrella, Conservative Catholic, Attorney/Councilor, Constitutionalist
One detective? With one hour?
This is really easy, even if the detective is Sherlock Holmes—people underestimate how long a thorough search can take.
I’m going to make myself a few additional rules, just to eliminate some of the really cheap options:
The paperclip must be both detectable and retrievable without damaging or disassembling the house or any obxt in it (e.g., no plastering it into the wall, or sewing it inside the lining of a suit jacket, or dropping it into a crack in the floorboards). [Opening or removing parts of obxts that are meant to be frequently opened or removed does not count.]
The hiding place cannot be hazardous to the detective in any way (e.g., no dropping it in the garbage disposal or sticking it in a live electrical socket).
The paperclip cannot itself be altered in any way (e.g., no unbending it to make it into a straight wire or painting it to camouflage).
There can only be one paperclip in the house, including any obxt that could easily be mistaken for a paperclip (i.e., no decoys).
It cannot be hidden on my person, nor can the hiding place involve any other living creature (e.g., no hiding it in an orifice, inside my shoe, or under a pet’s collar).
On the other hand, to avoid cheap solutions in the opposite direction, I’m going to assume that the detective has no special equipment like metal detectors or imaging devices—he has to search with his own senses.

只有一個偵探？還有一個小時的時間？
這真的很容易，即使偵探是福爾摩斯，人們也低估了徹底搜查所需的時間。
我將自己制定一些附加規(guī)則，只是為了消除一些真正作弊的選項：
回形針必須可檢測且可回收，不得損壞或拆卸房屋或其中的任何物體（例如，不得將其塞進墻里，或?qū)⑵淇p在西裝外套襯里內(nèi)，或?qū)⑵淙舆M地板裂縫中）。[需要經(jīng)常打開或移除的物體部件不算在內(nèi)。]
藏針處不得以任何方式危害到偵探（例如，不得將其扔進垃圾處理器或?qū)⑵洳迦霂щ姴遄?br>回形針本身不能以任何方式進行偽裝（例如，不能將其伸直以使其成為直的針，也不能對其進行噴漆以進行偽裝）。
房子里只能有一枚回形針，包括任何容易被誤認為回形針的物體（即，沒有誘餌）。
它不能藏在我身上，也不能藏在任何其他生物身上（例如，不能藏在孔里、鞋內(nèi)或?qū)櫸镯椚ο拢?br>另一方面，為了避免相反思路的廉價解決方案，我假設偵探?jīng)]有像金屬探測器或成像設備這樣的特殊設備，他必須用自己的感官進行搜索。

With those rules in mind, here are just a few hiding places that come readily to mind:
Taped to the top side of a drop-ceiling panel.
Taped behind the upper doorfrx of a hanging cabinet.
Sewn to the inside of a t-shirt in the hamper (with just a few threads, so that it can be removed without harming the shirt).
Taped to the back side of a filter screen of an air conditioner.
Inside a mustard bottle in the refrigerator.
Taped to the back wall of a full freezer, behind the back edge of the shelf.
Hung by a nail from the far side of a roof beam in the dark side of the attic.
Taped to the inside of a recessed light socket (between the bulb and the housing, not in the electrical socket).
Inside a shampoo bottle.

考慮到這些規(guī)則，這里只是一些容易浮現(xiàn)在腦海中的藏身之處：
貼在天花板的頂部。
貼在掛柜的上門框后面。
縫在籃子里的t恤衫內(nèi)側(cè)（只需幾根線，這樣就可以在不損壞t恤衫的情況下取下）。
貼在空調(diào)濾網(wǎng)背面。
塞在冰箱里的芥末瓶里。
貼在冰箱的后壁上，在架子的后緣后面。
在閣樓黑暗的一邊，用釘子掛在屋子頂梁的遠側(cè)。
貼在嵌入式燈座內(nèi)部（燈泡和外殼之間，不在電氣插座中）。
塞在洗發(fā)水瓶里。