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Kevin Fedarko's account of a record-speed dory run through the Grand Canyon.

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Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed
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Professional Linux Kernel Architecture ↗Learning & books
A book by Wolfgang Mauerer describing Linux kernel internals.
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street ↗Learning & books
Burton Malkiel's book on market efficiency and passive investing.
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications ↗Learning & books
A book by Martin Kleppmann on the architecture of data systems.
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Moonwalking with Einstein ↗Learning & books
Joshua Foer's account of becoming a competitive memory champion.
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Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value ↗Learning & books
A book by William Poundstone on the psychology of how people perceive value and prices.
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The World Record Paper Airplane Book ↗Learning & books
Ken Blackburn's book of paper airplane designs including tear-out paper.
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The Gervais Principle ↗Learning & books
An essay series by Venkatesh Rao analysing organisational dynamics through The Office.
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Advanced Paper Aircraft Construction Learning & books
A multi-volume series of paper aircraft designs by Campbell Morris.
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Careless People ↗
A memoir by former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams about the company's leadership.
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The Expanse ↗
A science fiction novel series later adapted for television.
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The Mythical Man-Month ↗
Fred Brooks' classic book of essays on software project management.
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Wikipedia
A free collaborative online encyclopedia.
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Blindsight ↗
A science fiction novel by Peter Watts that explores consciousness and perception.
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years ↗
A book by David Graeber on the history of debt, credit and money.
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Diátaxis ↗
A framework for organising technical documentation into tutorials, how-tos, reference and explanation.
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Forvo ↗
A website with crowdsourced audio recordings of how native speakers pronounce words.
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From Bauhaus to Our House ↗
Tom Wolfe's critique of modernist architecture.
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How Complex Systems Fail ↗
A short essay by Richard Cook on the nature of failure in complex systems.
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Superintelligence ↗
Nick Bostrom's book on the risks of advanced artificial intelligence.
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The Big Short ↗
A 2015 film about the 2008 housing and credit collapse.
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