https://www.brainpickings.org/
The title truly says "A meaningful inventory of Life".
I get lost in the labryinths in that blog covering science, philosophy, literature & art.
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#42The Last Psychiatrist, http://thelastpsychiatrist.com . Excellent insights into the ways we lie to ourselves, how we react to the media, and how society operates.
I also love ribbonfarm, previously mentioned in the thread.
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#43For me, it's definitely Ribbonfarm: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/ I stumbled into Venkat's blog about two and half years ago and I'm still trying to find my way out. The rabbit hole gets even deeper when you look at his list of recommended reading. The material on John Boyd and OODA loops in particular has been bouncing around my head for about a year. Ribbonfarm quickly turns into a choose-your-own-adventure type of ex…
I discovered ribbonfarm after being pointed to Rao's outstanding series about office politics, through the lens of the Office which is here:
http://www.ribbonfarm.com/the-gervais-principle/
Then I decided to read much more material from the blog, but for the most part I have been disappointed. I feel like the authors there love intellectualism to the point that they create fancy constructs even when there isn't much return. Basically I feel like it's trying too hard to be clever. I have found a few gems there, however.
Not trying to pick a fight with anyone, just wanted to share my own experience here.
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#44Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?
#45http://www.sporcle.com
It's not high-brow by any stretch, but is's a great time waster.
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#46Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?
#47It's a little bit dated now, but the C2 wiki is a fun place to read about software development. There are quite a lot of patterns, anti-patterns, practices, rambling debates and just generally interesting ideas:
http://wiki.c2.com/?DesignByCommittee
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#48Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?
#49Atlas Obscura - a collection of the world's most interesting/peculiar, and downright strange places. It's like a marriage of a world map + Ripley's Believe it Or Not.
www.atlasobscura.com/
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#50Permanently opened: https://pinboard.in/recent/