Einstein's Philosophy of Science (2019)(plato.stanford.edu)

92 points by xingyzt 3 years ago | 14 comments

Affixes: The Building Blocks of English(affixes.org)

112 points by everybodyknows 1 year ago | 14 comments

Plotinus (2018)(plato.stanford.edu)

21 points by dedalus 3 years ago | 2 comments

Tool book of a Nuremberg knight from 1505(loeffelholz-codex.org)

148 points by edwardog 1 day ago | 80 comments

A project site presenting the 1505 Löffelholz Codex, a Nuremberg knight's tool book, page by page with facsimiles, transcriptions, modern readings and interpretations.

Albert Camus(plato.stanford.edu)

177 points by guerrilla 3 years ago | 66 comments

Archimedes Palimpsest(en.wikipedia.org)

80 points by YeGoblynQueenne 3 years ago | 8 comments

Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures(xlinux.nist.gov)

337 points by gballan 3 years ago | 41 comments

NIST-hosted Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures, a reference of algorithms, techniques, data structures, and problems edited by Paul E. Black.

Andrej Karpathy: Software in the era of AI [video](youtube.com)

1382 points by sandslash 1 year ago | 757 comments

YouTube video from Y Combinator of Andrej Karpathy's talk "Software Is Changing (Again)" about how AI and LLMs are reshaping software.

US vs. Google amicus curiae brief of Y Combinator in support of plaintiffs [pdf](storage.courtlistener.com)

402 points by dave1629 1 year ago | 862 comments

PDF of Y Combinator's amicus curiae brief supporting the plaintiffs in the US Department of Justice antitrust case against Google.

Why "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" matters (2011)(people.eecs.berkeley.edu)

334 points by AlexeyBrin 2 years ago | 251 comments

Brian Harvey's essay, written for the Boston Globe in 2011, explaining why the MIT textbook SICP and its use of Scheme revolutionized introductory computer science.

AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion

1248 points by nprateem 3 months ago | 727 comments

Hacker News discussion where a user reports an AWS estimated bill of $1.7 billion despite normal usage under $5, linked to an AWS billing data issue.

The Tyranny of Structurelessness (1970)(jofreeman.com)

365 points by yamrzou 1 year ago | 144 comments

Jo Freeman's 1970 essay "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" arguing that leaderless groups develop hidden informal elites, hosted on her personal site.