The Best Things and Stuff of 2021

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Post by bvaldivielso » Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 2:25 PM UTC

The Best Things and Stuff of 2021
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Re: The Best Things and Stuff of 2021

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Post by mixedmath » Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 5:11 PM UTC

I like this list. In a time when there are many listicals and claimed "curated" collections that are little more than lists of affiliate links, I find value in actual curated lists with actual opinions.

It helps that I think many things mentioned are interesting, but I haven't heard of.

Re: The Best Things and Stuff of 2021

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Post by mikejulietbravo » Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

mixedmath wrote: post #2

I like this list. In a time when there are many listicals and claimed "curated" collections that are little more than lists of affiliate links, I find value in actual curated lists with actual opinions. It helps that I think many things mentioned are interesting, but I haven't heard of.

“10 times lists drove me absolutely insane, number 7 will blow your mind!”

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Post by uxp100 » Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 5:38 PM UTC

Last year this post tipped me off to 18xx.games, which I had a lot of fun exploring.

(Also I suspect they listen to the weird studies podcast, what with the Ishmael Reed and Doris Lessing)

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Post by fogus » Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 5:44 PM UTC

uxp100 wrote: post #4

Last year this post tipped me off to 18xx.games, which I had a lot of fun exploring. (Also I suspect they listen to the weird studies podcast, what with the Ishmael Reed and Doris Lessing)

I'm glad that you find the joys of 18XX games through my list. I had a regular game group pre-pandemic and spent a lot of time with them. There's nothing like them in tabletop gaming.

Your insight about Weird Studies is spot on. In hindsight I should have a Favorite Podcasts section too since I've spent more time listening to them in the past year than ever. WS would definitely be at the top.

https://www.weirdstudies.com

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Post by yawn » Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 6:16 PM UTC

I love it when this comes up in the rss feed. I wish more folks did these!

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Post by poulsbohemian » Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 7:03 PM UTC

Those Inside Macintosh books were the best! I was a very lucky teen to have had a few, which unfortunately completely tainted my perspective on quality documentation.

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Post by amrox » Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 7:13 PM UTC

Can anyone elaborate on “Stop: Modern C++” under 2021 Tech Radar?

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Post by kbenson » Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 7:21 PM UTC

mixedmath wrote: post #2

I like this list. In a time when there are many listicals and claimed "curated" collections that are little more than lists of affiliate links, I find value in actual curated lists with actual opinions. It helps that I think many things mentioned are interesting, but I haven't heard of.

If you haven't seen them, you'll probably like past years lists as well as the discussions here about them as well.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

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Post by fogus » Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 8:10 PM UTC

amrox wrote: post #8

Can anyone elaborate on “Stop: Modern C++” under 2021 Tech Radar?

I can elaborate. I used to do a lot of C++ early in my career -- pre-Boost days. I recently explored the post-Boost landscape to see if there was something worth pursuing (for me) and decided that I wasn't satisfied with that as an option.