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Ask HN: What are the best long-form essays or articles you've ever read?

by gsjbjt on 1/5/20, 5:53 AM with 6 comments

• by thrwaway69 on 1/5/20, 8:53 AM

  Death Note Anonymity by gwern:

  https://www.gwern.net/Death-Note-Anonymity

  Tenure by matt:

  http://matt.might.net/articles/tenure/

  Mitchell's suicide notes:

  https://web.archive.org/web/2015/geenstijl.nl/archives/image...

• by smiljo on 1/5/20, 5:56 AM

  You and Your Research by Richard Hamming: https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html

  It's rare to have a researcher of that caliber give nitty gritty advice on having the greatest impact in your research.

• by soulchild37 on 1/5/20, 8:35 AM

  https://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pr...

  Best in terms of ROI (I've gotten raise / more consulting project) and changed my thinking on my career.

• by CaninoDev on 1/5/20, 2:59 PM

  High Tech Cowboys of the Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace https://www.wired.com/2008/02/ff-seacowboys/