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Here are some interesting things I've read.
Presented without comment or endorsement.

## November 2022

* https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1855

## October 2022

* https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/07/17/who-by-very-slow-decay/
* https://edith.reisen/computers/security/forum_shills.html
* https://bitbashing.io/comparing-floats.html
* https://dood.al/pinktrombone/

## September 2022

* https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2021/07/07/a-chemical-hunger-part-i-mysteries/
* https://www.ralfj.de/blog/2018/07/24/pointers-and-bytes.html
* https://www.pathsensitive.com/2022/09/bet-you-cant-solve-these-9-dependency.html?m=1

## August 2022

* https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/from-ai-to-abortion-the-scientific?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
* https://thephd.dev/c23-is-coming-here-is-what-is-on-the-menu
* https://cyclingtips.com/2022/07/interview-silca-on-amazon-e-commerce-fraud-theft-returns/
* https://github.com/elonlit/Genesis
* https://tech.davis-hansson.com/p/make/
* https://www.gawker.com/culture/failure-to-cope-under-capitalism?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
* https://suricrasia.online/iceberg/
* https://stratechery.com/2022/rights-laws-and-google/
* https://neverworkintheory.org/2022/08/30/software-engineering-research-questions.html

## July 2022

* [Alpha (A translation of Genesis 1)](http://llamasandmystegosaurus.blogspot.com/2017/05/alpha.html) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220727191251/http://llamasandmystegosaurus.blogspot.com/2017/05/alpha.html))
* [Compound pejoratives on Reddit – from buttface to wankpuffin](https://unstableontology.com/2022/05/02/on-the-paradox-of-tolerance-in-relation-to-fascism-and-online-content-moderation) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220702144909/https://unstableontology.com/2022/05/02/on-the-paradox-of-tolerance-in-relation-to-fascism-and-online-content-moderation))
* [Mid-Atlantic Accent](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220714175919/http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent))
* [Yahoo admits mangling email](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2138014.stm) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220721011454/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2138014.stm))
* [hemanth/functional-programming-jargon](https://github.com/hemanth/functional-programming-jargon) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220729163246/https://github.com/hemanth/functional-programming-jargon))
* [The Preprocessor Iceberg Meme](https://jadlevesque.github.io/PPMP-Iceberg/) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220717103317/https://jadlevesque.github.io/PPMP-Iceberg/))
* [Wikipedia:Long-term Abuse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220727173524/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse))
* [Lena (MMAcevedo)](https://qntm.org/mmacevedo) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220727095612/https://qntm.org/mmacevedo))
* [How I Feel about Logarithms](https://youtu.be/N-7tcTIrers
)
* [Suspend Your Disbelief (or, how to ruin everything in 7 steps)](https://youtu.be/deg1wmYjwtk)
* [emojisupply.kitchen](https://emoji.supply/kitchen/)

## June 2022

* [Compound pejoratives on Reddit – from buttface to wankpuffin][1] ([archive][1w])
* [What caused the 2020 Homicide Spike?][2] ([archive][2w])
* [How Do Individual Contributors Get Stuck? A Primer ][3] ([archive][3w])
* [Lethal Partisanship][4] ([archive][4w])
* [The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics](https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethics/) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220618225755/https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethics/))
* [Rewriting the Technical Interview](https://aphyr.com/posts/353-rewriting-the-technical-interview) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220615123956/https://aphyr.com/posts/353-rewriting-the-technical-interview))
* [Why the government breeds and releases billions of flies a year](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/north-american-screwworm-barrier) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220621044438/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/north-american-screwworm-barrier))

[1]: http://colinmorris.github.io/blog/compound-curse-words
[1w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701220815/http://colinmorris.github.io/blog/compound-curse-words

[2]: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/what-caused-the-2020-homicide-spike
[2w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220703093234/https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/what-caused-the-2020-homicide-spike

[3]: https://www.elidedbranches.com/2017/01/how-do-individual-contributors-get.html
[3w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220703111528/https://www.elidedbranches.com/2017/01/how-do-individual-contributors-get.html

[4]: https://www.dannyhayes.org/uploads/6/9/8/5/69858539/kalmoe___mason_ncapsa_2019_-_lethal_partisanship_-_final_lmedit.pdf

## May 2022

* [Preventing the Collapse of Civilization / Jonathan Blow (Thekla, Inc)][1]
* [The World Order Reset][2] ([archive][2w])
* [How to Write a Spelling Corrector][3] ([archive][3w])
* [Never Trust a Number][4] ([archive][4w])
* [Walkthrough of UHC’s Claim Reimbursement Form Game][5] ([archive][5w])
* [Collections: When is a Tank not a Tank?][6] ([archive][6w])
* [Down the Golang nil Rabbit Hole][7] ([archive][7w])
* [First-Hand:No Damned Computer is Going to Tell Me What to DO - The Story of the Naval Tactical Data System, NTDS][8] ([archive][8w])
* [Static Integer Types][9] ([archive][9w])
* [Privacy Tools List by CKTN][10] ([archive][10w])
* [Programming Sucks][11] ([archive][11w])
* [My Students Cheated...A lot][12] ([archive][12w])

[1]: https://youtu.be/ZSRHeXYDLko

[2]: https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/the-world-order-reset
[2w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220531065327/https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/the-world-order-reset

[3]: https://norvig.com/spell-correct.html
[3w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220608042304/http://www.norvig.com/spell-correct.html

[4]: https://climateer.substack.com/p/numbers
[4w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220513002323/https://climateer.substack.com/p/numbers?s=r

[5]: https://github.com/MyUHCAdventure/MyUHCAdventure.github.io
[5w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220606220414/https://github.com/MyUHCAdventure/MyUHCAdventure.github.io

[6]: https://acoup.blog/2022/05/06/collections-when-is-a-tank-not-a-tank/
[6w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220607064407/https://acoup.blog/2022/05/06/collections-when-is-a-tank-not-a-tank/

[7]: https://blog.urth.org/2021/03/27/down-the-golang-nil-rabbit-hole/
[7w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220223131327/https://blog.urth.org/2021/03/27/down-the-golang-nil-rabbit-hole/

[8]: https://ethw.org/First-Hand:No_Damned_Computer_is_Going_to_Tell_Me_What_to_DO_-_The_Story_of_the_Naval_Tactical_Data_System,_NTDS
[8w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220521031203/https://ethw.org/First-Hand:No_Damned_Computer_is_Going_to_Tell_Me_What_to_DO_-_The_Story_of_the_Naval_Tactical_Data_System,_NTDS

[9]: https://tratt.net/laurie/essays/entries/static_integer_types.html
[9w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220531061546/https://tratt.net/laurie/essays/entries/static_integer_types.html

[10]: https://gitlab.com/ck-s-technology-news/privacy-tools-list-by-cktn
[10w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220602084027/https://gitlab.com/ck-s-technology-news/privacy-tools-list-by-cktn

[11]: https://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks
[11w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220526024022/http://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks

[12]: https://crumplab.com/articles/blog/post_994_5_26_22_cheating/index.html
[12w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220610082353/https://crumplab.com/articles/blog/post_994_5_26_22_cheating/index.html

## April 2022

* [A Solar-Powered Website][1]
* [nickcammarata with Dall-E examples][2] ([archive][2w])
* [Self-Actualization is no the Sole Purpose of Human Existence][3] ([archive][3w])
* [Obscure Pregnancy Interventions: Much More Than You Wanted To Know][4] ([archive][4w])
* [How to spot great remote jobs: The Joel test for remote work][5] ([archive][5w])
* [The Best Engineering Interview Question I've Ever Gotten: Part 2][6] ([archive][6w])
* [Workmode: Great Places to Work From][7]
* [Chris Lattner on Garbage Collection vs. ARC][8] ([archive][8w])
* [How to Write a Git Commit Message][9] ([archive][9w])
* [103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known][10] ([archive][10w])

[1]: https://witch.solar/

[2]: https://twitter.com/nickcammarata/status/1511861061988892675?s=21&t=8aSpwebIGVPb0LkksGkgXA
[2w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220506030145/https://twitter.com/nickcammarata/status/1511861061988892675?s=21&t=8aSpwebIGVPb0LkksGkgXA

[3]: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/self-actualization-is-not-the-sole
[3w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220506030309/https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/self-actualization-is-not-the-sole

[4]: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/obscure-pregnancy-interventions-much
[4w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220506014012/https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/obscure-pregnancy-interventions-much

[5]: https://andreschweighofer.com/career/how-to-spot-great-remote-jobs-the-joel-test-for-remote-work/
[5w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220506025759/https://andreschweighofer.com/career/how-to-spot-great-remote-jobs-the-joel-test-for-remote-work/

[6]: https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2022/01/07/memcached-interview-solution/
[6w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220424023538/https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2022/01/07/memcached-interview-solution/

[7]: https://workmode.co/

[8]: https://atp.fm/205-chris-lattner-interview-transcript#gc
[8w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211101114918/https://atp.fm/205-chris-lattner-interview-transcript

[9]: https://cbea.ms/git-commit/
[9w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211219182849/https://cbea.ms/git-commit/

[10]: https://kk.org/thetechnium/103-bits-of-advice-i-wish-i-had-known/
[10w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220506010031/https://kk.org/thetechnium/103-bits-of-advice-i-wish-i-had-known/

## March 2022


* [Banana Nut Bread](http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/108/Banana-Nut-Bread/trn) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220331013307/http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/108/Banana-Nut-Bread/trn))
* [You are not your Name](https://www.lingerandlook.com/Names/You.htm) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220403043938/https://www.lingerandlook.com/Names/You.htm))
* [The AMD Branch (Mis)predictor: Just Set it and Forget it!](https://grsecurity.net/amd_branch_mispredictor_just_set_it_and_forget_it) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220222161113/https://grsecurity.net/amd_branch_mispredictor_just_set_it_and_forget_it))
* [Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people](https://mcdreeamiemusings.com/blog/2019/4/13/gsux1h6bnt8lqjd7w2t2mtvfg81uhx) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220403044056/https://mcdreeamiemusings.com/blog/2019/4/13/gsux1h6bnt8lqjd7w2t2mtvfg81uhx))
* [Scooping the Loop Snooper: A Proof that the Halting Problem is Undecideable](http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/loopsnoop.html) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220422071252/http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/loopsnoop.html))
* [dbrereton lists non-Google search engines](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30783391) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220506024813/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30783391))
* [Generics can Make your Go Code Slower](https://planetscale.com/blog/generics-can-make-your-go-code-slower) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220506024826/https://planetscale.com/blog/generics-can-make-your-go-code-slower))
* [The Uselessness of Phenylephrine](https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/uselessness-phenylephrine) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220506024857/https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/uselessness-phenylephrine))
* [Some examples of people quickly accomplishing ambitious things together](https://patrickcollison.com/fast)

## February 2022

* [Letter to the US Senate Judiciary Committee on App Stores](https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2022/01/letter-to-the-us-senate-judiciary-committee-on-app-stores.html), ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220305142704/https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2022/01/letter-to-the-us-senate-judiciary-committee-on-app-stores.html))
* [Words Known Better by Males than Females, and Vice Versa](https://observablehq.com/@yurivish/words) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220305143236/https://observablehq.com/@yurivish/words))
* [How to Drop Out](https://ranprieur.com/essays/dropout.html) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220224104041/https://ranprieur.com/essays/dropout.html))
* [dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible ](https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220305143706/https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible))
* [Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs](https://youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g)
* [My favorite essays of life advice](https://www.benkuhn.net/weeklyessays/) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220305143856/https://www.benkuhn.net/weeklyessays/))
* [programming time](https://punkjazz.org/programming-time/) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220305143947/https://punkjazz.org/programming-time/))
* [Rewriting the Technical Interview](https://aphyr.com/posts/353-rewriting-the-technical-interview) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220305144038/https://aphyr.com/posts/353-rewriting-the-technical-interview))

## January 2022

* [This World of Ours](https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf) ([pdf](static/pdf/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf))
* [How ISO C Became Unusable for OS Development](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.07845.pdf) ([pdf](static/pdf/2201.07845.pdf))
* [u/Ilforte on Lies and Loyalty](https://reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/s78sjo/_/ht9kfca/?context=1) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220124135911/https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/s78sjo/_/ht9kfca/?context=1))
* [XKCD: Average Familiarity](https://xkcd.com/2501/) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220124135814/https://xkcd.com/2501/))
* [LeanTL: A Lean version of Twitter Timeline](http://leantl.com/)
* [Twitter Thread of Naval Mistakes](https://twitter.com/thedreadships/status/1285870278174703617?s=21) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220124135718/https://twitter.com/thedreadships/status/1285870278174703617?s=21))
* [Analysing Network Quality on MacOS](https://danpetrov.xyz/macos/2021/11/14/analysing-network-quality-macos.html) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220124135630/https://danpetrov.xyz/macos/2021/11/14/analysing-network-quality-macos.html))
* [My First Impressions of Web3](https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220124135418/https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html)),  [HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29845208) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220124135412/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29845208))
* [Top Risks 2022](https://www.eurasiagroup.net/issues/top-risks-2022) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220103093756/https://www.eurasiagroup.net/issues/top-risks-2022))
* [Your Email Validation Logic is Wrong](https://www.netmeister.org/blog/email.html) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220124135117/https://www.netmeister.org/blog/email.html))
* [700000 Lines of Code and 20 Years: How Dwarf Fortress is Built](https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/31/700000-lines-of-code-20-years-and-one-developer-how-dwarf-fortress-is-built/), ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220124134954/https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/31/700000-lines-of-code-20-years-and-one-developer-how-dwarf-fortress-is-built/))

## December 2021

* [Lessons from my PhD](https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/lessonsfrommyphd.html) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20220102221404/https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/lessonsfrommyphd.html))
* [What's the Best Insult you Know?](https://reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/rj8q6k/whats_the_best_insult_you_know/) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20220102221255/https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/rj8q6k/whats_the_best_insult_you_know/))
* [Interfaces and Nil in Go, or, Don't Lie to Computers](http://www.jerf.org/iri/post/2957) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20211228214306/http://www.jerf.org/iri/post/2957))
* [Explaining AP style on Black and white](https://apnews.com/article/archive-race-and-ethnicity-9105661462) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194727/https://apnews.com/article/archive-race-and-ethnicity-9105661462))
* [The growth of command line options, 1979-Present](https://danluu.com/cli-complexity/) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194733/https://danluu.com/cli-complexity/))
* [Uncomfortable Truths in Software Engineering](https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/uncomfortable-truths-in-software-engineering/), ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194837/https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/uncomfortable-truths-in-software-engineering/)) [HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29564219), ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194748/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29564219))
* [Spiking Neural Networks](https://simons.berkeley.edu/news/spiking-neural-networks) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194731/https://simons.berkeley.edu/news/spiking-neural-networks))
* [The Evolutions of Lambdas in C++14, C++17 and C++20](https://www.fluentcpp.com/2021/12/13/the-evolutions-of-lambdas-in-c14-c17-and-c20/) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194514/https://www.fluentcpp.com/2021/12/13/the-evolutions-of-lambdas-in-c14-c17-and-c20/))
[HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29537660) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194602/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29537660))
* [Conflict vs. Mistake](https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/24/conflict-vs-mistake/) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194427/https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/24/conflict-vs-mistake/))
* [Is there a Right to Own a Gun?](http://www.owl232.net/papers/guncontrol.htm) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194334/http://www.owl232.net/papers/guncontrol.htm))
* [Untitled](https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/01/untitled/) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194124/https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/01/untitled/))
* ["Every so often..."](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/quapxg/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_november_15/hl4qa0s/) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218193922/https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/quapxg/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_november_15/hl4qa0s/))
* [This is what Makes my Head Spin](https://medium.com/@page88/this-is-what-makes-my-head-spin-f5542c493384) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218193751/https://medium.com/@page88/this-is-what-makes-my-head-spin-f5542c493384))
* [Burger Kang](http://stonetoss.com/comic/burger-kang/) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218193640/http://stonetoss.com/comic/burger-kang/))
* [So You Want to Fight Wokeness](https://eharding.substack.com/p/so-you-want-to-fight-wokeness) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218193526/https://eharding.substack.com/p/so-you-want-to-fight-wokeness))
* [Tao of Unix Programming](https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup), ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20211218193428/https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup))

## November 2021

* [New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529](https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/new-concerning-variant-b11529), Kaitlin Jetelina ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20211130193449/https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/new-concerning-variant-b11529))
* [Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29353980)
* [Hacker News Undocumented](https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20211130191445/https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented))
* [The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics](https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethics/) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20211130191353/https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethics/))
* [Anatomy of Racism](https://everythingstudies.com/2018/11/16/anatomy-of-racism/) ([archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20211130191402/https://everythingstudies.com/2018/11/16/anatomy-of-racism/))