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title: 'lost+found'
description: 'Unsorted pile of links I sometimes urgently need in the middle of a conversation.'

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# lost+found

Unsorted pile of&nbsp;links I&nbsp;sometimes urgently need
in&nbsp;the middle of&nbsp;a&nbsp;conversation.

> Some file systems contain a&nbsp;special directory,
> called **lost+found** under Unix, where a&nbsp;file system check
> places lost and potentially corrupted files when the correct location
> cannot be&nbsp;determined,
> and so&nbsp;**requires manual intervention by&nbsp;the user**.

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- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://cari.institute/aesthetics' target='_blank'>
          Index of&nbsp;Aesthetics
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      An&nbsp;impressive library of&nbsp;visual styles
      that are usually hard to&nbsp;name.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://humanprogress.org/trends/' target='_blank'>
          Human Progress
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;collection of&nbsp;positive human statistics
      and optimistic charts.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://novehiclesinthepark.com/' target='_blank'>
          No&nbsp;Vehicles in&nbsp;the Park
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;short game that illustrates how one rule can mean
      different things to&nbsp;different people.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://deaddrops.com/' target='_blank'>
          Dead Drops
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;global network of&nbsp;anonymous,
      cemented USB drives for offline file sharing.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://freesewing.eu/' target='_blank'>
          FreeSewing
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      Like GitHub, but for clothes.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://endoflife.date/' target='_blank'>
          EndOfLife.date
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      End-of-life (EOL) and support information is&nbsp;often
      hard to&nbsp;track, or&nbsp;very badly presented.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://www.atlasobscura.com/' target='_blank'>
          Atlas Obscura
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;comprehensive database of&nbsp;the world’s most
      wondrous places and foods.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://learnxinyminutes.com/' target='_blank'>
          Learn X&nbsp;in&nbsp;Y&nbsp;minutes
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;fast-paced intro to&nbsp;a&nbsp;new programming
      language or&nbsp;tool.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil' target='_blank'>
          Ithkuil
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      An&nbsp;experimental constructed language designed to&nbsp;express
      more profound levels of&nbsp;human cognition briefly and clearly.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='http://xahlee.info/kbd/keyboarding.html' target='_blank'>
          Xah Keyboard Guide
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      Keyboards, input devices, shortcuts, typing habits,
      and the ergonomics behind it&nbsp;all.<br>
      See the <a href='http://www.xahlee.info/kbd/diy_keyboards_index.html' target='_blank'>
        list of&nbsp;Do-It-Yourself Keyboards</a>.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://ourworldindata.org/' target='_blank'>
          Our World In&nbsp;Data
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      An&nbsp;overview of&nbsp;global data and long-term trends.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tscc3e5eujrsEeFN4/well-kept-gardens-die-by-pacifism' target='_blank'>
          Well-Kept Gardens Die By&nbsp;Pacifism
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      Good online communities die primarily by&nbsp;refusing to&nbsp;defend themselves.<br>
      Also <a href='https://lesswrong.ru/w/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC_%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82_%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8B' target='_blank'>
        available in&nbsp;Russian</a>.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://ciechanow.ski/archives/' target='_blank'>
          Articles by&nbsp;Bartosz Ciechanowski
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      Interactive articles about physics, math, and engineering.
      It's probably the best website on&nbsp;the entire internet.<br>
      My&nbsp;favorite post is&nbsp;the one about
      <a href='https://ciechanow.ski/bicycle/' target='_blank'>bicycles</a>.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://suricrasia.online/iceberg/' target='_blank'>
          The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      An&nbsp;endless hall of&nbsp;shame and weirdness of&nbsp;computers.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://ncase.me/trust/' target='_blank'>
          The Evolution of&nbsp;Trust
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;briliant interactive guide to&nbsp;the game theory
      of&nbsp;why and how we&nbsp;trust each other.<br>
      The rest of&nbsp;this site is&nbsp;also pretty good.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/' target='_blank'>
          I&nbsp;Know What You Download
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      Torrenting can leave traces.<br>
      Check torrent downloads and distributions
      for your own or&nbsp;your neighbor's IP&nbsp;address.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://encore.dev/blog/retries' target='_blank'>
          Retries
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      Requests over the network can fail.<br>
      An&nbsp;interactive study of&nbsp;common retry methods for developers.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://hadihariri.com/2014/06/24/no-tabs-in-intellij-idea/' target='_blank'>
          No&nbsp;Tabs in&nbsp;IntelliJ IDEA
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      “There are many ways to&nbsp;navigate a&nbsp;project
      inside IntelliJ IDEA (or&nbsp;any other editor)
      that doesn’t necessarily include having to&nbsp;look
      through a&nbsp;list of&nbsp;tabs and figure out
      where you have to&nbsp;click next.”<br>
      Post from the VP&nbsp;of&nbsp;Program Management at&nbsp;JetBrains.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm' target='_blank'>
          An&nbsp;Interface Designed for Touch Typists
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      If&nbsp;you think VIM is&nbsp;insane,
      you should definitely read about WordStar,
      which is&nbsp;still quite popular among many fiction writers.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42492508' target='_blank'>
          Ask HN: Programmers who don't use autocomplete/LSP, how do&nbsp;you do&nbsp;it?
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      Different opinions on&nbsp;writing code
      without using <del>overcomplicated</del> advanced tools.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/' target='_blank'>
          Your Computer Isn't Yours
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      An&nbsp;investigation into one of&nbsp;the many reasons why
      no&nbsp;one should use products from Apple.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://www.yr.no/en/' target='_blank'>
          Yr&nbsp;from NRK and Meteorologisk Institutt
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;weather forecast site with a&nbsp;no-nonsense interface.<br>
      Direct links:
      <a href='https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/graph/2-792680/Serbia/Central%20Serbia/Belgrade/Belgrade' target='_blank'>
        Belgrade</a>,
      <a href='https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/graph/2-745044/Republic%20of%20T%C3%BCrkiye/Istanbul/Istanbul' target='_blank'>
        Istanbul</a> and
      <a href='https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/graph/2-1486209/Russia/Sverdlovsk%20Oblast/Yekaterinburg' target='_blank'>
        Yekaterinburg</a>.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://hoodmaps.com/' target='_blank'>
          Hoodmaps
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;crowdsourced map to&nbsp;navigate cities
      using marked areas and user-generated tags.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://shademap.app' target='_blank'>
          ShadeMap
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      This service calculates shadows from mountains, buildings, and trees
      for any date and time, and displays them on&nbsp;a&nbsp;map.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp' target='_blank'>
          Cost of&nbsp;Living Comparison
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;comparison tool lets you compare
      the affordability of&nbsp;two cities side-by-side.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/' target='_blank'>
          The World Factbook
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;massive CIA database on&nbsp;almost every country
      in&nbsp;the world.<br>
      Handy when you need to&nbsp;check what kind
      of&nbsp;power outlets a&nbsp;country uses before you get there.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://refactoringenglish.com/chapters/rules-for-software-tutorials/' target='_blank'>
          Rules for Writing Software Tutorials
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      Most software tutorials suck. Here's how to&nbsp;make one that doesn't.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangram' target='_blank'>
          Pangram
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;sentence using every letter of&nbsp;a&nbsp;given alphabet
      at&nbsp;least once.<br>
      <a href='https://www.artlebedev.ru/kovodstvo/sections/33/' target='_blank'>
        An&nbsp;additional list in&nbsp;Russian and other languages</a>.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        about:translations
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      Firefox has a&nbsp;built-in translator.
      Not so&nbsp;smart, but works offline.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://datagubbe.se/noconf/' target='_blank'>
          No&nbsp;Config for Old Men
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;rant about how modern software won’t let you
      customize it&nbsp;anymore.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://webcompat.com/' target='_blank'>
          Webcompat.com
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      Bug reporting for the web.<br>
      If&nbsp;a&nbsp;site breaks in&nbsp;one browser but not another,
      it’s a&nbsp;web compatibility&nbsp;bug. Report it.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://jsfuck.com/' target='_blank'>
          JSFuck
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      An&nbsp;esoteric and educational programming style
      based on&nbsp;the atomic parts of&nbsp;JavaScript.<br>
      It&nbsp;uses only six different
      characters to&nbsp;write and execute code.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://paulbutler.org/2025/smuggling-arbitrary-data-through-an-emoji/' target='_blank'>
          Smuggling arbitrary data through an&nbsp;emoji
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      Unicode is&nbsp;broken.
      You can encode data in&nbsp;any unicode character.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href='https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/common-mythconceptions' target='_blank'>
          Common Mythconceptions
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;list of&nbsp;the world’s biggest
      myths and misconceptions&nbsp;— with myth-busting included.
    </section>
  </article>

- <article class='entry'>
    <header>
      <strong>
        <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematician's_Lament">
          A&nbsp;Mathematician’s Lament&nbsp;— by&nbsp;Paul Lockhart
        </a>
      </strong>
    </header>
    <section class='description'>
      A&nbsp;passionate critique of&nbsp;how math is&nbsp;taught
      and a&nbsp;vision of&nbsp;how beautiful
      it&nbsp;could be&nbsp;instead.<br>
      Also <a href='https://www.nbspace.ru/math/' target='_blank'>
        available in&nbsp;Russian</a>.
    </section>
  </article>

