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<p>Unsorted pile of&nbsp;links I&nbsp;sometimes urgently need
in&nbsp;the middle of&nbsp;a&nbsp;conversation.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Some file systems contain a&nbsp;special directory,
called <strong>lost+found</strong> 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;<strong>requires manual intervention by&nbsp;the user</strong>.</p>
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<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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 worlds most
wondrous places and foods.
</section>
</article>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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 doesnt 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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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 wont let you
customize it&nbsp;anymore.
</section>
</article>
</li>
<li><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,
its a&nbsp;web compatibility&nbsp;bug. Report it.
</section>
</article>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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>
</li>
<li><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 worlds biggest
myths and misconceptions&nbsp;— with myth-busting included.
</section>
</article>
</li>
<li><article class='entry'>
<header>
<strong>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematician's_Lament">
A&nbsp;Mathematicians 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>
</li>
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