Last night, Meeting #2 of DC540 was held at the downtown library meeting room. Four attendees (plus the host) had an interesting time talking about lots of hacker culture topics.
Emery handed out decks of cards and encouraged people to learn and apply the Solitaire cipher (Pontiflex) described in Neal Stephenson’s novel “Cryptonomicon.”
Here’s a link that describes the usage of the cipher: https://www.schneier.com/academic/solitaire/
Sounds like there’s a consensus for pregaming at a local drinking establishment prior to next month’s meeting. That will be announced prior to the meeting.