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White and Nerdy, Texas Edition! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/25/2023
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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*** NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES ***


Our buddy, TriggerMN, moved to Texas! We had a puzzle back home that he LOVED! Here's a little something for him to remember us by. We miss you, pal!

import sys

quote = ("I hate binary! You know I hate computer code @%^$&!"
         " -- TriggerMN, 12/18/2013. Sorry to hear that :-).")
key = [0x24, 0x41, 0x02, 0x30, 0x15, 0x42, 0x01, 0x42, 0x1e, 0x0b, 0x0b, 0x1f,
       0x18, 0x69, 0x00, 0x2e, 0x0a, 0x1f, 0x00, 0x1c, 0x0f, 0x48, 0x1a, 0x41,
       0x01, 0x00, 0x04, 0x0e, 0x27, 0x45, 0x43, 0x0b, 0x00, 0x1f, 0x17, 0x1d,
       0x02, 0x04, 0x06, 0x4c, 0x0b, 0x4f, 0x37, 0x0a, 0x43, 0x28, 0x48, 0x3f,
       0x6c, 0x06, 0x69, 0x55, 0x59, 0x0d, 0x68, 0x21, 0x06, 0x04, 0x06, 0x2f,
       0x45, 0x18, 0x2c, 0x38, 0x0c, 0x56, 0x50, 0x55, 0x47, 0x5c, 0x59, 0x67,
       0x12, 0x63, 0x5e, 0x50, 0x46, 0x00, 0x24, 0x0a, 0x18, 0x04, 0x18, 0x54,
       0x18, 0x07, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x0d, 0x00, 0x55, 0x4d, 0x15, 0x20, 0x41, 0x17,
       0x48, 0x55, 0x5f, 0x4e, 0x46]

def white_and_nerdy():
    for x in range(len(quote)):
        white = ord(quote[x])
        nerdy = key[x]
        sys.stdout.write(chr(white ^ nerdy))

white_and_nerdy()
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

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