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Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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Post by broskoski »

leephillips wrote: post #171
broskoski wrote: post #165

https://www.are.na/chris-sherron/feeling-futuristic https://www.are.na/damon-zucconi/worldmaking https://www.are.na/john-michael-boling/fictional-fashion https://www.are.na/nick-demarco/yuppie-dystopia https://www.are.na/sam-hart/knot-theory https://www.are.na/lukas-wp/arrangement-collage https://www.are.na/dena-yago/language https://www.are.na/david-hilmer-rex/hybrid-organizations https://www.are.na/zach-rose/stoic-…

pilgrim.are.na looks very nice!

thank you!

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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Post by ghurtado »

protomyth wrote: post #177
furyg3 wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't even... why in the world would it be important for a doctor to differentiate being struck by a dolphin or struck by orca (side note: orcas are dolphins!).

Severity of injury?

I've gotta believe that some dolphin injuries are more severe than some orca injuries.

At any rate, once the code describes a situation so specific that it may only classify a few injuries a year, what possible benefit may come from that?

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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Post by qwertyuiop924 »

Bartweiss wrote: post #172
qwertyuiop924 wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have no idea. I'd say check the wiki, but that's spoilerific. By the way, did you see the excellent article about the Seeking The Name quest on RPS? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/06/20/seeking-mr-eaten...

The wiki implies it's probably real, and links to two relevant things, but doesn't go further - Enigma is locked down almost as hard as Seeking The Name there. I hadn't read it until just now, but that's a really good piece. It's a fascinating quest, to the point where I have a second character for it and have seen it discussed in several places. I think StormingTheIvory had a pretty good essay, despite being a sourc…

StormingTheIvory's article was interesting. I have no idea what your issue with STIT is, so I can't comment on that.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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Post by snake117 »

Recently I have taken it upon myself to gain a basic understanding of philosophy and linear algebra. I found this primer book (http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/SocialSciences/ppecorino/INTRO_TEXT/...) and I try to read it when I have some free time.

For linear algebra, I have been watching this MIT OpenCourseWare lecture series taught by Gilbert Strang: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06sc-linear-algeb...

MITOCW is a great place for anyone looking to expand on their current knowledge base and an alternative for those seeking to take a course that they did not have the opportunity to take in college.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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Post by artifaxx »

Analemma_ wrote: post #106
IsaacL wrote: post #71

I posted a list of them a while ago. For several years I was interested in alternative worldviews -- grand sweeping theories of reality. Here's my list: http://ribbonfarm.com https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.co.uk/ http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.co.uk/ http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ https://meaningness.com/ http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/ Enjoy :)

I remember that list, because I said then what I'll say now - posting a list like that on a site like this is akin to handing out bags of heroin at a school :P . But I guess it's what the OP asked for.

At least you learn something from reading these sorts of sites. Heroin doesn't do that...then again I may just be justifying an addiction.
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