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• The Unix Philosophy
  >   The speech Professor Peter Bui gave at CSE graduation ceremony 2019
  >   https://yld.me/SAw?raw=1
   

• "A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept"
  >   Some inspiring post-lecture thoughts by Professor John Ousterhout at Stanford, class CS140
  >   https://gist.github.com/gtallen1187/e83ed02eac6cc8d7e185
   

• 50 Ideas That Changed My Life
  >   Some interesting thoughts & concepts
  >   https://www.perell.com/blog/50-ideas-that-changed-my-life
   

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• Falsehoods CS Students Believe Upon Graduating
  >   A list of things some CS students dont (and might never) know
  >   https://www.netmeister.org/blog/cs-falsehoods.html
   

• HTTPS explained with pigeons
  >   A nice introduction of cryptography with Alice, Bob, Mallory, and a pigeon
  >   https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/https-explained-with-carrier-pigeons-7029d2193351/
   

• How does the internet work?
  >   High-level overview of how internet works with basic explanation of common protocols
  >   https://web.stanford.edu/class/msande91si/www-spr04/readings/week1/InternetWhitepaper.htm
   

• The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security
  >   A humorous take on why things keep breaking
  >   http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/
  >   _{^{(^ thegwan added this. i dont actually understand the article.)}}
   

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• If it ever turns out we're inside a simulation...
  >   (Can i be a real CS student if i dont think i'm in a simulation??)
  >   https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5l4q4a/if_it_ever_turns_out_were_inside_a_simulation/
   

• Enough with the Trolley Problem
  >   What if self-driving cars are programmed to kill us?
  >   https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/got-99-problems-but-a-trolley-aint-one/556805/
   

• I, Pencil
  >   An economics podcast that explains the beauty of a free market
  >   http://freakonomics.com/podcast/i-pencil/
   

• Yes, You Should Delete Facebook
  >   You don't know if Facebook is listening to you, and you don't need to know.
  >   https://medium.com/s/story/yes-you-should-delete-facebook-heres-why-bc623a3b4625
   

• 'What Time is it in London?'
  >   NLP is hard isnt it?
  >   https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/05/22/what-time-is-it-in-london
  >   _{^{(Also Bing's live analog clock does look nice)}}
   

• Skyblock: Potato War
  >   "I've realized now that rank number one isn't an achievement, it's a prison, which forces you to dedicate your life to defend a temporary title."
  >   https://youtu.be/09CeBwGbCeg
  >   not sure why I spent so long following the potato war, but techno sure is a good story teller..