These whimsical post are the best thing about hacker news! Thanks for posting...
(I hate to call the linked page "whimsical", because in most ways, the provided information is the opposite of whimsical: clear language, deep subject matter knowledge, authoritative and extremely well presented. I use whimsical in the sense that it is likely of no immediate use to the overwhelming majority of visitors here)
This sort of article is also one of the main reasons I visit HN. Whilst I enjoy the technical stuff these occasional nuggets are extremely interesting.
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These whimsical post are the best thing about hacker news! Thanks for posting...
(I hate to call the linked page "whimsical", because in most ways, the provided information is the opposite of whimsical: clear language, deep subject matter knowledge, authoritative and extremely well presented. I use whimsical in the sense that it is likely of no immediate use to the overwhelming majority of visitors here)
This sort of article is also one of the main reasons I visit HN. Whilst I enjoy the technical stuff these occasional nuggets are extremely interesting.
Whimsy is absolutely necessary to intellectual curiosity.