fabiom

Though not specifically targeted for developers, I recommend Steven Pinker's The Sense of Style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sense_of_Style

The place where this game is played is the two-dimensional torus (exactly like in asteroids), since the vertical and horizontal limits are connected. I think it's a nice way to get intuitions about the torus!

Interesting. But by the title I thought it was about an algebra (or algebraic structure) of random variables.

If you send me a message, I can prove to anyone in the world that you sent me the message.

Only if you sign the message, right? But you can use PGP to send encrypted messages without signing them.