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Uh-oh... We should've taken Professor Kernighan's advice before taking this trip and learned the local language. This desert is dreadful and we just want to reach civilization again, as fast as possible. We're stuck at a fork in the road, but we have no idea which way to travel...

To the left, we see a sign with the following information:

↯⠞⠶⠶⇻❃⇻━ ☥⇕

153 ◉ 152 ◉ 151 ◉ 144 ◉ ...

To the right, there's another sign, with the following information:

↯⠒⠶⠶⇻✺⇻━ ☥↡

63 ◉ 62 ◉ 61 ◉ 59 ◉ ...

Richard, you're the expert... Which path is the shortest route to civilization?

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The distance between the tops of the signs is 3.

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  • $\begingroup$ In retrospect, I hope this isn't too enigmatic. I want to avoid the need for the enigmatic-puzzle tag here. $\endgroup$
    – Taco
    Commented Feb 13, 2022 at 23:21
  • $\begingroup$ Do the "..." indicate that the signs have more text than reproduced here, or is "..." literally written on the signs? $\endgroup$
    – 2012rcampion
    Commented Feb 15, 2022 at 19:22
  • $\begingroup$ @2012rcampion it's literally written on the signs, but it seems to imply the presence of a sequence. $\endgroup$
    – Taco
    Commented Feb 15, 2022 at 22:30

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