Ask HN: Which sites you visit on a regular basis for knowledge and inspiration?

Post by matthberg » Sat, Jul 08, 2017, 6:53 PM UTC

clemesha wrote: post #88

krylon wrote: post #50

Might sound dull, but I recommend Wikipedia. There is a word for it, which I forgot, when you look something up on Wikipedia, the article contains a link to another article, and you go, "Oooh, that sounds interesting", open it in another tab, then, when reading the second article, you come across two or three more of such links, and before you know what is going on, you have dozens of tabs open. The only limit is you…

I built an app based on that exact concept: http://thewikigame.com which has been running for many years, and is now quite popular. The database of the site now contains a large record of millions of game plays of players trying to go from one Wikipedia link to another. See here for some interesting academic research that has been done on the site's dataset: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jSGFRZYrJnlDUBhGbQrO9e-…

Post by amenod » Sat, Jul 08, 2017, 7:03 PM UTC

hithereagain wrote: post #73

orb_yt wrote: post #54

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https://xkcd.com/214/ An interesting side note: if you repeatedly click the first link at the beginning of any wikipedia article (except links in parenthesis) you will always end up at Philosophy.

If you start with Mathematics, you'll end up in a loop: Mathematics > Quantity > Magnitude (mathematics) > Mathematics. Ignoring this backlink, though, it would work: Mathematics > Quantity > Magnitude (mathematics) > Mathematical object > Abstract and concrete > Referent > Linguistics > Science > Knowledge > Fact > Verificationism > Philosophy

Post by radicality » Sat, Jul 08, 2017, 7:38 PM UTC

FullMtlAlcoholc wrote: post #87

https://gwern.net and https://atlasobscura.com For inspiration on UI, I browse https://dribbble.com https://codepen.io and https://uplabs.com

Post by roryisok » Sat, Jul 08, 2017, 8:34 PM UTC

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #85

roryisok wrote: post #41

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I'm scared to mention electron on here, always draws out the torch and pitchforks

People on HN will rather gently point out that Electron, being convenient to you, is at the same time a horrible resource hog and exactly the opposite of what an elegantly-written, efficient and optimized application would be. Especially for some of us who actually create native apps using Electron might just be laziness - or inability to really care about the user.

Post by dvfjsdhgfv » Sat, Jul 08, 2017, 8:43 PM UTC

roryisok wrote: post #117

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #85

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People on HN will rather gently point out that Electron, being convenient to you, is at the same time a horrible resource hog and exactly the opposite of what an elegantly-written, efficient and optimized application would be. Especially for some of us who actually create native apps using Electron might just be laziness - or inability to really care about the user.

Hey look, just what I was talking about. I mentioned electron and now I've been called lazy and uncaring