Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

Post by ubertaco » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 12:27 PM UTC

provemewrong wrote: post #409

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Z62891 Sibling rivalry Y93G2 Activity, grilling and smoking food Y9286 Slaughter house as the place of occurrence of the external cause Y6553 Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side or body part X962XXA Assault by letter bomb, initial encounter X05XXXA Exposure to ignition or melting of nightwear, initial encounter

> Y6553 Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side or body part That's horrifying.

Post by ubertaco » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 12:37 PM UTC

brightball wrote: post #180

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I have been to Gettysburg multiple times. Once did a guided tour of the battlefields with a guide. It was very interesting. I wasn't born in this country (WWII is the major battle I learned about) but it was still fascinating seeing sites and learning the history, since it is my new country I want to know as much as possible about it. It is a different understand to see the place and be told, here is where attacked,…

If you ever stop by a Georgia visitor's center, mention that you are interested in visiting civil war sites. I left with a 2 inch thick stack of pamphlets after the lady showed me everything.

Post by cousin_it » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 12:53 PM UTC

Post by quirkot » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 1:09 PM UTC

arglebarnacle wrote: post #133

r0m4n0 wrote: post #117

Browsing medical diagnosis codes... https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/2016-ICD-10-CM-and... Some of the most mildly interesting: V9543XD Spacecraft collision injuring occupant, subsequent encounter W5602XD Struck by dolphin, subsequent encounter X35XXXD Volcanic eruption, subsequent encounter X52XXXD Prolonged stay in weightless environment, subsequent encounter Y0881XD Assault by crashing of aircraft, subseq…

Some more: W2202XA Walked into lamppost, initial encounter W34111A Accidental malfunction of paintball gun, initial encounter W5629XA Other contact with orca, initial encounter Y36511D War operations involving direct blast effect of nuclear weapon, civilian, subsequent encounter V657XXA Person on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, initial…

Post by brightball » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 1:11 PM UTC

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I really don't know where to start for a quick HN response. There are just so many things that depends heavily on context around them. The economics, for me, are the most interesting parts but it takes a lot of information to put things together to explain. If I'm going to cite a single thing, it would have to be the Cherokee Declaration of Causes. As a single document providing context around events at the time it's…

I found the economics of the Confederation extremely fascinating. Given the sanctions and unlikely future growth of the slavery sector, there wouldn't have even needed to be a land war and it would have collapsed in a few more years on its own. Basically, the model of the union government's sanctions today. Wish that perspective was in my primary education. I feel like I only learned about generals and battles.