--- layout: post lang: 'en' section: 'lost+found' title: 'link list' description: 'Unsorted pile of links I sometimes urgently need in the middle of a conversation.' --- # lost+found Unsorted pile of links I sometimes urgently need in the middle of a conversation. > Some file systems contain a special directory, > called **lost+found** under Unix, where a file system check > places lost and potentially corrupted files when the correct location > cannot be determined, > and so **requires manual intervention by the user**. --- - **[Xah Keyboard Guide](http://xahlee.info/kbd/keyboarding.html)** A never-ending blog exploring keyboards, input devices, shortcuts, typing habits, and the ergonomics behind it all.
See [the list of Do-It-Yourself Keyboards](http://www.xahlee.info/kbd/diy_keyboards_index.html). - **[Our World In Data](https://ourworldindata.org/)** An overview of global data and long-term trends. - **[Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tscc3e5eujrsEeFN4/well-kept-gardens-die-by-pacifism)** Good online communities die primarily by refusing to defend themselves.
Also [available in Russian](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). - **[Learn X in Y minutes](https://learnxinyminutes.com/)** A fast-paced intro to a new programming language or tool. - **[Articles by Bartosz Ciechanowski](https://ciechanow.ski/archives/)** Interactive articles about physics, math, and engineering.
This is probably the best website on the entire internet. My favorite post is the one about [bicycles](https://ciechanow.ski/bicycle/). - **[The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme](https://suricrasia.online/iceberg/)** An endless hall of shame and weirdness of computers. - **[The Evolution of Trust](https://ncase.me/trust/)** A briliant interactive guide to the game theory of why and how we trust each other.
The rest of this site is also pretty good. - **[I Know What You Download](https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/)** Torrenting can leave traces.
Check torrent downloads and distributions for your own or your neighbor's IP address. - **[Retries](https://encore.dev/blog/retries)** Requests over the network can fail.
An interactive study of common retry methods for developers. - **[No Tabs in IntelliJ IDEA](https://hadihariri.com/2014/06/24/no-tabs-in-intellij-idea/)** “There are many ways to navigate a project inside IntelliJ IDEA (or any other editor) that doesn’t necessarily include having to look through a list of tabs and figure out where you have to click next.”
Post from the VP of Program Management at JetBrains. - **[An Interface Designed for Touch Typists](https://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm)** If you think VIM is insane, you should definitely read about WordStar, which is still quite popular among many fiction writers. - **[Ask HN: Programmers who don't use autocomplete/LSP, how do you do it?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42492508)** Different opinions on writing code without using ~~overcomplicated~~ advanced tools. - **[Your Computer Isn't Yours ](https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/)** An investigation into one of the many reasons why no one should use products from Apple. - **[Yr from NRK and Meteorologisk Institutt](https://www.yr.no/en/)** A weather forecast site with a no-nonsense interface.
Direct links: [Belgrade](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/graph/2-792680/Serbia/Central%20Serbia/Belgrade/Belgrade), [Istanbul](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/graph/2-745044/Republic%20of%20T%C3%BCrkiye/Istanbul/Istanbul) and [Yekaterinburg](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/graph/2-1486209/Russia/Sverdlovsk%20Oblast/Yekaterinburg). - **[Hoodmaps](https://hoodmaps.com/)** A crowdsourced map to navigate cities using marked areas and user-generated tags. - **[ShadeMap](https://shademap.app)** This service calculates shadows from mountains, buildings, and trees for any date and time, and displays them on a map. - **[Cost of Living Comparison](https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp)** A comparison tool lets you compare the affordability of two cities side-by-side. - **[The World Factbook](https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/)** A massive CIA database on almost every country in the world.
Handy when you need to check what kind of power outlets a country uses before you get there. - **[Rules for Writing Software Tutorials](https://refactoringenglish.com/chapters/rules-for-software-tutorials/)** Most software tutorials suck. Here's how to make one that doesn't. - **[Pangram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangram)** A sentence using every letter of a given alphabet at least once.
[An additional list in Russian and other languages](https://www.artlebedev.ru/kovodstvo/sections/33/). - **about:translations** Firefox has a built-in translator. Not so smart, but works offline. - **[No Config for Old Men](https://datagubbe.se/noconf/)** A rant about how modern software won’t let you customize it anymore. - **[Webcompat.com](https://webcompat.com/)** Bug reporting for the web.
If a site breaks in one browser but not another, it’s a web compatibility bug. Report it. - **[JSFuck](https://jsfuck.com/)** An esoteric and educational programming style based on the atomic parts of JavaScript.
It uses only six different characters to write and execute code. - **[Smuggling arbitrary data through an emoji](https://paulbutler.org/2025/smuggling-arbitrary-data-through-an-emoji/)** Unicode is broken. You can encode data in any unicode character. - **[Common Mythconceptions](https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/common-mythconceptions)** A list of the world’s biggest myths and misconceptions — with myth-busting included. - **[A Mathematician’s Lament — by Paul Lockhart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematician's_Lament)** A passionate critique of how math is taught and a vision of how beautiful it could be instead.
Also [available in Russian](https://www.nbspace.ru/math/).