Am enticed by this: *"you should like solving puzzles. An appreciation for early-90's MTV hip-hop can't hurt either."*
And this: *"Our friend Maciej says these challenges are a good way to learn a new language, so maybe now's the time to pick up Clojure or Rust."* Dying to learn Clojure yo. hp On 27 December 2014 at 13:22, Harry Percival <harry.perci...@gmail.com> wrote: > I might be up for this! That or another crack at SICP... > > On 26 December 2014 at 21:35, Peter Inglesby <peter.ingle...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> You may have heard of the Matasano Crypto Challenges >> <http://cryptopals.com/>, a series of challenges designed to help people >> learn about cryptography, through the breaking of cryptographic systems. >> From their website: >> >> "This is a different way to learn about crypto than taking a class or >> reading a book. We give you problems to solve. They're derived from >> weaknesses in real-world systems and modern cryptographic constructions. We >> give you enough info to learn about the underlying crypto concepts >> yourself. When you're finished, you'll not only have learned a good deal >> about how cryptosystems are built, but you'll also understand how they're >> attacked." >> >> I'm planning to tackle these over the next few weeks and months (in >> Python, naturally) but to ensure that I follow through with this >> turkey-curry-and-port-induced bravado, I was wondering whether others would >> be interested in joining me. We could tackle one problem set a month, >> attempting the problems individually, and then discussing our solutions and >> any difficulties via some as-yet-undecided medium -- perhaps IRC or >> Hangouts or just plain old email. >> >> So: if you're interested, drop me a line, and we can try to work >> something out. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Peter. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> >> > > > -- > ------------------------------ > Harry J.W. Percival > ------------------------------ > Twitter: @hjwp > Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 > Skype: harry.percival > -- ------------------------------ Harry J.W. Percival ------------------------------ Twitter: @hjwp Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 Skype: harry.percival
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