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English is weirdly different from other languages
aeon.co · Software engineering
32.9durability84% evidence confidence
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No. 50Unchecked
Exploding Head Syndrome
en.wikipedia.org · Learning & ideas
34.6durability93% evidence confidence
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No. 51Unchecked
Poka-yoke
en.wikipedia.org · Learning & ideas
44.4durability100% evidence confidence
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Independent discovery19.1/20
Persistence17.8/20
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No. 52Unchecked
Why to start a startup in a bad economy (2008)
paulgraham.com · Startups & business
76.1durability100% evidence confidence
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Generational reach20.0/20
Sustained discussion10.0/10
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No. 53Live
Why GNU grep is Fast
lists.freebsd.org · Learning & ideas
90.1durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 54Unchecked
Monty Hall Problem
en.wikipedia.org · Learning & ideas
40.1durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 55Live
Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002)
web.mit.edu · Web & internet
89.4durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 56Unchecked
Jevons paradox
en.wikipedia.org · Learning & ideas
50.0durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 57Unchecked
Oh-My-God particle
en.wikipedia.org · Learning & ideas
46.1durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 58Unchecked
HN now comes with HTTPS?
news.ycombinator.com · Learning & ideas
47.5durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 59Unchecked
Kinda like apt-get, but for Windows
chocolatey.org · Learning & ideas
40.8durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 60Unchecked
Making Wrong Code Look Wrong (2005)
joelonsoftware.com · Software engineering
36.6durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 61Unchecked
GNU Nano 4.0
nano-editor.org · Learning & ideas
46.3durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 62Unchecked
List of unsolved problems in physics
en.wikipedia.org · Science & mathematics
37.8durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 63Unchecked
Folly – Faceboook’s open source C++ library
github.com · Learning & ideas
36.3durability95% evidence confidence
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Persistence16.6/20
Independent discovery14.7/20
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No. 64Unchecked
Hello world in every programming language
github.com · Software engineering
36.2durability93% evidence confidence
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No. 65Unchecked
Reasons not to buy from Amazon
stallman.org · Learning & ideas
33.5durability79% evidence confidence
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No. 66Unchecked
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
en.wikipedia.org · Learning & ideas
45.0durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 67Unchecked
Scoop – A command-line installer for Windows
scoop.sh · Learning & ideas
38.1durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 68Unchecked
The Most Expensive One-byte Mistake
queue.acm.org · Learning & ideas
41.6durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 69Unchecked
GitHub is down
status.github.com · Learning & ideas
40.3durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 70Unchecked
What is the best comment in source code you have ever encountered? (2011)
stackoverflow.com · Software engineering
42.5durability100% evidence confidence
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Independent discovery19.1/20
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No. 71Unchecked
AT&T Archives: The Unix Operating System [video] (1982)
youtube.com · Systems & infrastructure
40.0durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 72Unchecked
Lisp Flavoured Erlang
lfe.io · Software engineering
38.6durability100% evidence confidence
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