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Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here? on Thursday January 15, 2026 @09:44AM (#46633216)
https://r0f1.github.io/ - I do statistical visualizations.

Ask HN: Papers with Statistical Puzzles?

Hi everybody,I recently read this paper [0], where the authors talk about a statistical phenomenon that runs counter to most peoples intuition. They clearly explain the phenomenon and give a lot of real-world examples and talk about its implications. I would like to find other papers like that. Can you recommend some?[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4841483/

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Re:Linux command line for you and me on Sunday September 18, 2022 @01:20PM (#32889392)
I've created my own list, which is a more condensed version: https://github.com/r0f1/linuxhelp
Re:Most Important Linux Commands Cheatsheet on Friday January 14, 2022 @03:27AM (#29931888)
Thanks, good idea. I will add that one.
Looks nice. I've got my own cheat sheet, if anyone is interested: https://github.com/r0f1/linuxhelp

Ask HN: Is YouTube being flooded by Cake+Story Videos?

Hi, I guess this is just yet another instance of some content farm producing highly addictive videos. But go to Youtube (in private browsing mode) and search for Cake Stories, Cake Storytime or something similar. Hundreds of videos will appear that are all very similar. They are all timelaps videos of cakes/desserts being prepared while a young female voices tells a story about some high school...

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Re:New language features since Java 8 to 17 on Sunday October 24, 2021 @03:21PM (#28981038)
Is there something similar for Python? They are releasing new Python standards with a crazy fast speed. Would be really helpful for me.
Re:Unconventional Sorting Algorithms on Thursday October 21, 2021 @01:20PM (#28947789)
What about this one? This one was mentioned a couple of weeks back and is really funny.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28758106

Obligatory link: https://shattered.io/
Thanks for this explanation :)
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Re:Resource efficient Thread Pools with Zig on Monday September 13, 2021 @07:47AM (#28510262)
Ah I did not know that. Thanks :)
Re:Resource efficient Thread Pools with Zig on Monday September 13, 2021 @07:29AM (#28510131)
I know this is off-topic, but does this website not look eerily familiar to dev.to?
Re:Linux Terminal Tools [pdf] on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:15PM (#27040756)
Nice presentation. I have made my own list, if anyone is interested: https://github.com/r0f1/linuxhelp
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