Ask HN: Best longform articles you've read in 2014

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Post by litmus » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 8:01 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Best longform articles you've read in 2014

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Post by litmus » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 8:03 PM UTC

I'll get the ball rolling with "The Sixth Stage of Grief Is Retro-computing"

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Post by mtmail » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 8:34 PM UTC

Also a book on the history of Word Perfect showing how a software company was run in the 80s http://www.wordplace.com/ap/

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Post by jhildings » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 10:25 PM UTC

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Post by megaultra » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 10:33 PM UTC

Without question, it would be Masters of Love via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/happily-ev...

It may be a bit too short to qualify as long form, but boy, was it an eye-opener for me.

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Post by palidanx » Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 1:54 AM UTC

A four part series

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Post by jotux » Tue, Dec 30, 2014, 12:25 AM UTC

From my bookmarks:

This was on hn a while ago and spurred some really interesting discussions: