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I am about to begin reading this book, any prior knowledge I should have before I begin?

Also, Cryptonomicon general

>> No.6792944

>>6792930
mah nigga

If that's your first Stephenson read, don't do it.

>> No.6792965

>>6792930
>any prior knowledge
Eat at least one bowl of Cap'n Crunch. With milk.

>> No.6792966

After you have completed the greeks and the bible and all the apocryphal and gnostic material you really should have a firm hand at writing at least one low level assembly programming language. Have fun it's a very good and rewarding book but extremely difficult if you aren't prepared

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>>6792930
>>6792965
For you international types. It's a breakfast cereal.

>> No.6792994

Provably should start with snowcrash

>> No.6792996

>>6792974
This isn't /int/, we're all acquainted with different types of cereal. It's something expected out of your average Pynchonian browsing an underground Micronesian YuGiOh-deck-bartering sanctuary.

>> No.6792999

>>6792930
Not much, unless you want to feel like a smartypants.

The book attempts to educate laymen about Cryptography, but it's a little complicated even at its simplest, so if you don't have any background you might find yourself skipping Turing's lecture chapters and just saying "idgaf it's magic."

You can do that and the rest of the book still makes sense.

WARNING: This book is pro-NoFap.

>> No.6793680

>>6792974
Wtf is wrong with you? No berries in your Cap'n Crunch??

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>>6793680
Who's the communist twinkle-toed cocksucker over here who just signed his own death warrant? Was it you you millennial snowflake piece of shit? I bet it was you. How tall are you plebiscite? Jesus H Christ I didn't know they stacked shit that high. You had better start shitting me Tiffany cuff links. I will motivate you, genZ snowflake, even if it shot-dicks every cannibal on the Congo. I've got my eye on you.