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# lost+found
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# lost+found
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Unsorted pile of links I sometimes urgently need in the middle of a conversation.
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Unsorted pile of links I sometimes urgently need
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in the middle of a conversation.
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> Some file systems contain a special directory,
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> Some file systems contain a special directory,
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> called **lost+found** under Unix, where a file system check
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> called **lost+found** under Unix, where a file system check
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@ -21,54 +22,62 @@ Unsorted pile of links I sometimes urgently need in the middle of a conversation
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- **[Articles by Bartosz Ciechanowski](https://ciechanow.ski/archives/)**
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- **[Articles by Bartosz Ciechanowski](https://ciechanow.ski/archives/)**
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Interactive articles about physics, math, and engineering.<br>
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Interactive articles about physics, math, and engineering.<br>
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This is probably the best website on the entire internet.
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This is probably the best website on the entire internet.
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My favorite post is the one about [bicycles](https://ciechanow.ski/bicycle/).
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My favorite post is the one about
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[bicycles](https://ciechanow.ski/bicycle/).
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- **[The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme](https://suricrasia.online/iceberg/)**
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- **[The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme](https://suricrasia.online/iceberg/)**
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An endless hall of shame and weirdness of computers.
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An endless hall of shame and weirdness of computers.
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- **[The Evolution of Trust](https://ncase.me/trust/)**
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- **[The Evolution of Trust](https://ncase.me/trust/)**
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A briliant interactive guide to the game theory of why and how we trust each other.<br>
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A briliant interactive guide to the game theory
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The rest of this site is also pretty good.
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of why and how we trust each other.<br>
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The rest of this site is also pretty good.
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- **[I Know What You Download](https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/)**
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- **[I Know What You Download](https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/)**
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Torrenting can leave traces.<br>
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Torrenting can leave traces.<br>
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Check torrent downloads and distributions for your own or your neighbor's IP address.
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Check torrent downloads and distributions
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for your own or your neighbor's IP address.
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- **[Retries](https://encore.dev/blog/retries)**
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- **[Retries](https://encore.dev/blog/retries)**
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Requests over the network can fail.<br>
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Requests over the network can fail.<br>
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An interactive study of common retry methods for developers.
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An interactive study of common retry methods for developers.
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- **[No Tabs in IntelliJ IDEA](https://hadihariri.com/2014/06/24/no-tabs-in-intellij-idea/)**
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- **[No Tabs in IntelliJ IDEA](https://hadihariri.com/2014/06/24/no-tabs-in-intellij-idea/)**
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"There are many ways to navigate a project inside IntelliJ IDEA (or any other editor)
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“There are many ways to navigate a project
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that doesn’t necessarily include having to look
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inside IntelliJ IDEA (or any other editor)
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through a list of tabs and figure out where you have to click next."<br>
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that doesn’t necessarily include having to look
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Post from the VP of Program Management at JetBrains.
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through a list of tabs and figure out
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where you have to click next.”<br>
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Post from the VP of Program Management at JetBrains.
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- **[An Interface Designed for Touch Typists](https://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm)**
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- **[An Interface Designed for Touch Typists](https://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm)**
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If you think VIM is insane, you should definitely read about WordStar,
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If you think VIM is insane,
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which is still quite popular among many fiction writers.
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you should definitely read about WordStar,
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which is still quite popular among many fiction writers.
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- **[Ask HN: Programmers who don't use autocomplete/LSP, how do you do it?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42492508)**
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- **[Ask HN: Programmers who don't use autocomplete/LSP, how do you do it?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42492508)**
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Different opinions on writing code without using ~~overcomplicated~~ advanced tools.
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Different opinions on writing code
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without using ~~overcomplicated~~ advanced tools.
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- **[Your Computer Isn't Yours ](https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/)**
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- **[Your Computer Isn't Yours ](https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/)**
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An investigation into one of the many reasons why no one should use products from Apple.
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An investigation into one of the many reasons why
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no one should use products from Apple.
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- **[Yr from NRK and Meteorologisk Institutt](https://www.yr.no/en/)**
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- **[Yr from NRK and Meteorologisk Institutt](https://www.yr.no/en/)**
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A weather forecast site with a no-nonsense interface.<br>
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A weather forecast site with a no-nonsense interface.<br>
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Direct links:
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Direct links:
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[Belgrade](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/graph/2-792680/Serbia/Central%20Serbia/Belgrade/Belgrade),
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[Belgrade](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/graph/2-792680/Serbia/Central%20Serbia/Belgrade/Belgrade),
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[Istanbul](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/graph/2-745044/Republic%20of%20T%C3%BCrkiye/Istanbul/Istanbul)
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[Istanbul](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/graph/2-745044/Republic%20of%20T%C3%BCrkiye/Istanbul/Istanbul)
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- **[Hoodmaps](https://hoodmaps.com/)**
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- **[Hoodmaps](https://hoodmaps.com/)**
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A crowdsourced map to navigate cities using marked areas and user-generated tags.
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A crowdsourced map to navigate cities
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using marked areas and user-generated tags.
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- **[ShadeMap](https://shademap.app)**
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- **[ShadeMap](https://shademap.app)**
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This service calculates shadows from mountains, buildings, and trees for any date and time, and displays them on a map.
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This service calculates shadows from mountains, buildings, and trees
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for any date and time, and displays them on a map.
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- **[Cost of Living Comparison](https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp)**
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- **[Cost of Living Comparison](https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp)**
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A comparison tool lets you compare the affordability of two cities side-by-side.
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A comparison tool lets you compare
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the affordability of two cities side-by-side.
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- **[The World Factbook](https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/)**
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- **[The World Factbook](https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/)**
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A massive CIA database on almost every country in the world.<br>
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A massive CIA database on almost every country in the world.<br>
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Handy when you need to check what kind of power outlets a country uses before you get there.
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Handy when you need to check
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what kind of power outlets a country uses before you get there.
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- **[Rules for Writing Software Tutorials](https://refactoringenglish.com/chapters/rules-for-software-tutorials/)**
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- **[Rules for Writing Software Tutorials](https://refactoringenglish.com/chapters/rules-for-software-tutorials/)**
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Most software tutorials suck. Here's how to make one that doesn't.
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Most software tutorials suck. Here's how to make one that doesn't.
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- **[Pangram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangram)**
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- **[Pangram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangram)**
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A sentence using every letter of a given alphabet at least once.<br>
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A sentence using every letter of a given alphabet
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[An additional list in Russian and other languages](https://www.artlebedev.ru/kovodstvo/sections/33/).
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at least once.<br>
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[An additional list in Russian and other languages](https://www.artlebedev.ru/kovodstvo/sections/33/).
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- **about:translations**
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- **about:translations**
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Firefox has a built-in translator. Not so smart, but works offline.
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Firefox has a built-in translator.
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Not so smart, but works offline.
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- **[No Config for Old Men](https://datagubbe.se/noconf/)**
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- **[No Config for Old Men](https://datagubbe.se/noconf/)**
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A rant about how modern software won’t let you customize it anymore.
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A rant about how modern software won’t let you customize it anymore.
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- **[Webcompat.com](https://webcompat.com/)**
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- **[Webcompat.com](https://webcompat.com/)**
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Bug reporting for the web.<br>
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Bug reporting for the web.<br>
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If a site breaks in one browser but not another, it’s a web compatibility bug. Report it.
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If a site breaks in one browser but not another,
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it’s a web compatibility bug. Report it.
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- **[JSFuck](https://jsfuck.com/)**
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- **[JSFuck](https://jsfuck.com/)**
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An esoteric and educational programming style based on the atomic parts of JavaScript.<br>
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An esoteric and educational programming style
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It uses only six different characters to write and execute code.
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based on the atomic parts of JavaScript.<br>
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It uses only six different characters to write and execute code.
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- **[Smuggling arbitrary data through an emoji](https://paulbutler.org/2025/smuggling-arbitrary-data-through-an-emoji/)**
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- **[Smuggling arbitrary data through an emoji](https://paulbutler.org/2025/smuggling-arbitrary-data-through-an-emoji/)**
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Unicode is broken. You can encode data in any unicode character.
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Unicode is broken. You can encode data in any unicode character.
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- **[Common Mythconceptions](https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/common-mythconceptions)**
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- **[Common Mythconceptions](https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/common-mythconceptions)**
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A list of the world’s biggest myths and misconceptions — with myth-busting included.
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A list of the world’s biggest
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myths and misconceptions — with myth-busting included.
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- **[A Mathematician’s Lament — by Paul Lockhart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematician's_Lament)**
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- **[A Mathematician’s Lament — by Paul Lockhart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematician's_Lament)**
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A passionate critique of how math is taught and a vision of how beautiful it could be instead.
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A passionate critique of how math is taught
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Also [available in Russian](https://www.nbspace.ru/math/).
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and a vision of how beautiful it could be instead.<br>
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