Where do you go to tickle your brain (to get programming challenges)?

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Published on 2008-09-10T12:33:46Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 0:52 UTC
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I am sure we all have some place to go to get our brain teased!

Sometimes i visit

Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will be required to solve most problems

Where do you all go?

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