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- Dark Patterns.org - Dark Patterns are tricks used in websites and apps that make you buy or sign up for things that you didn’t mean to. The purpose of this site is to spread awareness and to shame companies that use them.
- Don’t Pursue Programming if You Aren’t Passionate About It - Like this article discusses about, don’t pursue programming if you don’t really like it.
- Four Column ASCII - This article shows why it’s interesting to visualize the ASCII table in divisions of 32.
- The Good-Enough Life - The desire for greatness can be an obstacle to our own potential. Great article.
- How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains - It is tempting to assume that animals need large brains to perform complicated tasks, but the immense skills of some insects and worms suggest small brains are surprisingly powerful. Great text from BBC.
- How Meal Timings affect your waistline - This report discusses how meal timing can be as important as the meal content itself.
- How Special Paint On The Hood Of The World War II Jeep Protected Soldiers’ Lives - Interesting article talking about a very special paint that was used during World War II.
- How to Know When to Give Up - Giving up isn’t always a failure. Scott H. Young’s text explains why.
- List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia list of laws and principles named after a person.
- The Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968) - As stated on the video’s description, The Mother of All Demos is a name given retrospectively to Douglas Engelbart’s December 9, 1968, demonstration of experimental computer technologies that are now commonplace. The live demonstration featured the introduction of the computer mouse, video conferencing, teleconferencing, hypertext, word processing, hypermedia, object addressing and dynamic file linking, bootstrapping, and a collaborative real-time editor.
- The Purpose of Sleep? To Forget, Scientists Say - Over the years, scientists have come up with a lot of ideas about why we sleep. This New York Times article discusses about the subject.
- Scientists Have Confirmed a Brand New Phase of Matter: Time Crystals - This text brings information on a new phase of matter. Looked kinda abstract for me, but an interesting read anyway.
- Successful male contraceptive gel trial brings new form of birth control closer - This text reports about the advances on the creation of a male contraceptive.
- A Visual and Interactive Guide to the Basics of Neural Networks - The first part of a simple to grasp guide to Neural Networks.
- A Visual And Interactive Look at Basic Neural Network Math - The second part of a simple to grasp guide to Neural Networks.
- What Is the Oldest Computer Program Still in Use?: you’ll probably be surprised by the answer. - At least I was surprised by the answer that this article brought.
- Why You Do Your Best Thinking In The Shower: Creativity & the “Incubation Period” - Great text on why we have the best ideas while we are on the shower.
- Yes, There Have Been Aliens - Are there any aliens nowadays? We’re not really sure. But this text explains that, at least in the past, there are strong evidences that they existed.