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title: Links
author: Mark
slug: links
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# Bookmarks

This is a heavily opinionated bookmarks toolbar.

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## Podcasts

- :star: [Darknet Diaries](https://darknetdiaries.com/): A perennial classic.
- [Art of Manliness](https://www.artofmanliness.com/podcast/): Philosophy, literaure, psychology.
- [The Overanalyzers](https://www.theoveranalyzers.com/): Amateur podcasters talk amateur psychology. This is a complement---they're _very_ good!
- [Rust in Production](https://corrode.dev/podcast/): Operations, Rust, and modern tech.
- :star: [On the Metal](https://onthemetal.transistor.fm/): Quality stories from quality engineers.
- [Security Cryptography Whatever](https://securitycryptographywhatever.com/): Modern cryptography, for those who understand the underlying theory.

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## Essays

- [Real Programmers don't use Pascal](https://www.ee.torontomu.ca/~elf/hack/realmen.html)
- [A Mathematician's Lament](/files/lockhart.pdf)
- :star: [The Jargon File](http://www.catb.org/jargon/)

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## Textbooks

- :star: [OpenLogic](https://openlogicproject.org/): The gold standard
- [Operating Systems: from 0 to 1](https://github.com/tuhdo/os01)
- [Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces](https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/)
- [Crafting Interpreters](https://craftinginterpreters.com/contents.html)
- [An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography](https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-387-77993-5)
- [Stories about Maxima and Minima](https://archive.org/details/storiesaboutmaxi0000tikh)

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## Miscellanea

- [Hackaday](https://hackaday.com/)
- [Grumpy Website](https://grumpy.website/): Daily design crimes
- :star: [ZSA Voyager](https://www.zsa.io/voyager): World's best keyboard
- [Nikita Prokopov](https://tonsky.me/)
- [Faster Than Lime](https://fasterthanli.me/)
- [Pepper & Carrot](https://www.peppercarrot.com/): The open-source webcomic
- [User Friendly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Friendly): Old-school. Offline and archived.
- [PhD Comics](https://phdcomics.com/): Quality academic humor. Discontinued.
- :star: [Spintronics](https://store.upperstory.com/collections/spintronics/products/spintronics-act-one): Mechanical circuits. Very clever toy.
- :star: [Turing Tumble](https://store.upperstory.com/collections/turing-tumble-game/products/turing-tumble): Modern Dr. Nim

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## Tools

- :star: [Numbat](https://numbat.dev/)
- [MxToolbox](https://mxtoolbox.com/)
- [Brainfuck Interpreter](https://copy.sh/brainfuck/)
- [Compiler Explorer](https://godbolt.org/)
- [Monkeytype](https://monkeytype.com/)
- :star: [TLDR](https://tldr.sh/)
- [TOS;DR](https://tosdr.org/)
- [Regexr](https://regexr.com/)
- [Choose a License](https://choosealicense.com/)
- [DeepL](https://www.deepl.com/translator)
- [ShuffleCake](https://shufflecake.net/)
- [Zola](https://www.getzola.org/): Static site generator
- [Presenterm](https://github.com/mfontanini/presenterm)
- [mprocs](https://github.com/pvolok/mprocs): Simpler tmux
- [mask](https://github.com/jacobdeichert/mask)
- [gitui](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui): git tui
- [tokei](https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei): count lines of code
- [delta](https://github.com/dandavison/delta): pretty pager for diffs
- [dust](https://github.com/dandavison/delta): `du`, but better

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## Math Resources

- [Quantum Quest](https://www.quantum-quest.org/)
- [The Natural Number Game](https://www.ma.imperial.ac.uk/~buzzard/xena/natural_number_game/)
- [Intro to Lambda Calculus](https://www.driverlesscrocodile.com/technology/lambda-calculus-for-people-a-step-behind-me-1/)
- [FSM Simulator](https://ivanzuzak.info/noam/webapps/fsm_simulator/)
- [Euclidea](https://www.euclidea.xyz/)
- [Problems.ru](https://problems.ru/)

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## OS Dev Resources

- [OS Dev Wiki](https://wiki.osdev.org/Expanded_Main_Page)
- [Nand2Tetris](https://www.nand2tetris.org/course)
- :star: [Writing an OS in Rust](https://os.phil-opp.com/)
- [x86 Assembly Guide](https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs216/guides/x86.html)
- [Writing a simple x86 Bootloader](https://www.alanfoster.me/posts/writing-a-bootloader/)
- [FDC Programming](http://www.brokenthorn.com/Resources/OSDev20.html)
- [CS77 at Bristol College](http://www.c-jump.com/CIS77/CIS77syllabus.htm)

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## Misc Resources

- [Learn OpenGL](https://learnopengl.com/)
- [Learn WGPU](https://sotrh.github.io/learn-wgpu)
- [WGPU Fundamentals](https://webgpufundamentals.org/)
- [Acko](https://acko.net/)
- [Bezier Info](https://pomax.github.io/bezierinfo/)
- [SHA256 Algorithm](https://sha256algorithm.com/)
- [ML Playground](https://ml-playground.com/)
- [Learn you some Erlang](https://learnyousomeerlang.com/)
- [Learn you a Haskell](https://learnyouahaskell.github.io/)
- [Teach yourself CS](https://teachyourselfcs.com/)
- [The Architecture of Open Source Applications](http://aosabook.org/en/index.html)
- [wtfjs](https://github.com/denysdovhan/wtfjs): js [wat](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat)s


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## Reference

- [DevHints](https://devhints.io/)
- [OverAPI](https://overapi.com/)
- [TSConfig Cheat Sheet](https://www.totaltypescript.com/tsconfig-cheat-sheet)
- [Makefile Tutorial](https://makefiletutorial.com/)
- [The Pinouts Book](https://pinouts.org/)
- [Laws of UX](https://lawsofux.com/)

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## Rust
- [Understanding Memory Ordering in Rust](https://emschwartz.me/understanding-memory-ordering-in-rust/)
- [Unfair Rust Quiz](https://this.quiz.is.fckn.gay/): wtfjs, but in Rust.


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## Misc

- [Slide Rule Collection](https://www.followingtherules.info/)
- [MK-61 Command Reference](http://www.thimet.de/CalcCollection/Calculators/Elektronika-MK-61/CmdRef.html)
- [Why Privacy Matters](https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters)
- [Papers we Love](https://paperswelove.org/)
- [Grug Brain Dev](https://grugbrain.dev/)
- [Zen of Python](https://peps.python.org/pep-0020/)
- [The XY Problem](https://xyproblem.info/)
