Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

#1

Post by lignux » Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 12:18 PM UTC

It looks like it has been 4 years* since we had this thread

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12778836

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

#2

Post by Avalaxy » Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 1:01 PM UTC

Google maps: I love checking out random places in the world. I then inevitably end up in the Wikipedia rabbit hole to research all sorts of details and history about those places.

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

#3

Post by Sodaware » Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 1:04 PM UTC

The experience reports on erowid.org make for some interesting reading.

[0] https://erowid.org/experiences/

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

#4

Post by cpach » Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 2:05 PM UTC

Wikipedia; Folklore.org

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

#5

Post by westcort » Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 5:09 PM UTC

https://www.locserendipity.com

Randomize your exposure to information on the internet and widen your perspective!

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

#6

Post by brianjunyinchan » Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 5:56 PM UTC

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_inventions

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

#7

Post by softwaredoug » Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 7:01 PM UTC

Stackexchange hot questions https://stackexchange.com/

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

#8

Post by h0h0h0 » Fri, Mar 19, 2021, 12:51 AM UTC

me: i need to get some sewing done.

also me: opens this link and loses 2 hours.

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

#9

Post by airhead969 » Fri, Mar 19, 2021, 5:04 AM UTC

http://textfiles.com

https://www.damninteresting.com

https://www.todayifoundout.com

https://thehistoryguy.net

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

#10

Post by joshxyz » Fri, Mar 19, 2021, 8:49 AM UTC

https://pointerpointer.com/