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A bunch of links I like from every corner of the empire!
Northeastern University Security Seminar
Systems Approach Books
– Free textbooks on a variety of computer systems
Doom Emacs
– A configuration engine for Emacs that I could not live without
Amazon Price Tracker
– Not just for flights anymore!
TrueFood
– How processed are the foods you buy?
FixMyBlinds
– I love a website that just does
one
thing well
Sheldon Brown’s Bicycle Technical Info
Sleep Like the Dead
– Sleep advice. No ads. No products. Just info
Noun Project
– for when you need some random icon
Anonymous GitHub
– Anonymize your GitHub repo; great for double-blinded reviews
Here
– Don’t forget your roots!
Make it Yourself
– “1000 Useful Things to Make”
Citation Hunt
– Help Wikipedia fix citations!
Comprehensible Input Wiki
– A wiki for using the
comprehensible input
technique for language learning
Detexity
– For when you forget the LaTeX macro for some symbol
Annotated LaTeX Equations
– Make LaTeX equations look fancy and such
Obsidian
– A really great notetaking app. Basically just a fancy interface for Markdown files
Wayback Machine
– Find archives of old websites
Don’t Ask to Ask, Just Ask
– Just good advice
Twenty Eighth Amendment
– I made this, don’t tell anyone
Natural Number Game
– A fun game to learn how to use the LEAN theorem prover
Public Interest Tech
– A bunch of writings and links on pursuing a tech career in the public interest
A
tcpdump
zine
– Like manpages but for humans
SIGBOVIK
– In some ways, the most honest academic conference
Cal Newport’s Study Hacks
– This is a link to the archive, because he no longer has the “start here” page. His writing had a huge impact on me and my work habits
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