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Consciousness as a State of Matter
arxiv.org · Learning & ideas
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No. 170Unchecked
Why do 70% of families lose their wealth in the 2nd generation? (2018)
nasdaq.com · Learning & ideas
25.8durability48% evidence confidence
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Independent discovery10.1/20
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No. 171Unchecked
All software sucks
harmful.cat-v.org · Software engineering
22.8durability32% evidence confidence
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Persistence10.1/20
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No. 172Unchecked
The IPv6 mess (2002)
cr.yp.to · Learning & ideas
28.0durability77% evidence confidence
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Persistence13.2/20
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No. 173Unchecked
Humans Will Never Colonize Mars
gizmodo.com · Learning & ideas
21.9durability32% evidence confidence
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Persistence9.1/20
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No. 174Unchecked
The enduring mystery of ‘Jawn,’ Philadelphia’s all-purpose noun (2016)
atlasobscura.com · Learning & ideas
33.0durability64% evidence confidence
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No. 175Unchecked
That's a Lot of YAML
noyaml.com · Learning & ideas
45.3durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 176Unchecked
Modern C++ Won't Save Us
alexgaynor.net · Learning & ideas
24.3durability39% evidence confidence
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No. 177Unchecked
Green vs. Brown Programming Languages
earthly.dev · Software engineering
25.8durability32% evidence confidence
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Persistence9.1/20
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No. 178Unchecked
Why I love Common Lisp and hate Java (2012)
kuomarc.wordpress.com · Software engineering
25.9durability39% evidence confidence
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No. 179Unchecked
Systemd, ten years later: a historical and technical retrospective
blog.darknedgy.net · Learning & ideas
36.8durability84% evidence confidence
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No. 180Unchecked
The Javascript Trap
gnu.org · Software engineering
42.6durability100% evidence confidence
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Persistence19.0/20
Independent discovery18.6/20
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No. 181Unchecked
Is your programming language unreasonable? (2015)
fsharpforfunandprofit.com · Software engineering
23.1durability32% evidence confidence
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Persistence10.4/20
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No. 182Unchecked
Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
isglobal.org · Learning & ideas
21.9durability32% evidence confidence
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No. 183Unchecked
Liu Cixin's War of the Worlds (2019)
newyorker.com · Learning & ideas
26.2durability52% evidence confidence
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Independent discovery10.8/20
Persistence10.4/20
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No. 184Unchecked
English is weirdly different from other languages
aeon.co · Software engineering
32.9durability84% evidence confidence
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Independent discovery13.5/20
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No. 185Unchecked
NASA says Webb’s excess fuel likely to extend its lifetime expectations
blogs.nasa.gov · Learning & ideas
21.2durability32% evidence confidence
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Persistence8.5/20
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No. 186Unchecked
Inventing Cyrillic (2024)
historytoday.com · Learning & ideas
21.9durability32% evidence confidence
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No. 187Unchecked
Why Nerds are Unpopular (2003)
paulgraham.com · Learning & ideas
22.4durability32% evidence confidence
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Persistence9.7/20
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No. 188Unchecked
I Don't Like Debuggers (2000)
lwn.net · Software engineering
27.9durability48% evidence confidence
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Persistence12.8/20
Independent discovery10.1/20
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No. 189Unchecked
MessagePack: like JSON, but fast and small
msgpack.org · Learning & ideas
40.0durability100% evidence confidence
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Persistence16.8/20
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No. 190Unchecked
Life Improvements Since the 1990s
gwern.net · Learning & ideas
25.8durability48% evidence confidence
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Persistence10.7/20
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No. 191Unchecked
Orthodox C++
gist.github.com · Learning & ideas
36.6durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 192Unchecked
When new seat belt laws drew fire as a violation of personal freedom (2020)
history.com · Learning & ideas
21.9durability32% evidence confidence
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Sustained discussion5.0/10
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