My Universal Repository of Links
[Let me know of any issues, or outdated links here.]Technical Stuff
- A Basic Guide to Git (in 15+ languages): git - the simple guide - no deep shit
- The Great, Big List of LATEX Symbols: PDF
How to setup your internet in IIT Bombay (before 2013): Coping with Netmon (Ubuntu Proxy Settings)
Blogs I sometimes read
- Andreas Zeller's Blog
- Embedded In Academia - John Regehr
- blog.might.net - Matt Might
- The Geomblog - Suresh Venkatasubramanian
- Tanya Khovanova's Math Blog
- CSE Blog - quant, math, computer science puzzles - Pratik Poddar
- The Serial Mentor - Claus Wilke
Interesting posts online
Academia
- A guide to reviewing by Mark Bernstein: Reviewing Conference Papers
- Thinking of going to Grad School? Here's what you might want to know. Applying to Ph.D. Programs in Computer Science (by Mor Harchol-Balter, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University)
- Useful read during every placement season at IIT. A parent's guide to understanding their kids' salaries
Programming Languages and Software Engineering
- A long list of PL Research People, Groups, and Projects hosted by Mark Leone (CMU) : Programming Language and Compiler Research Groups [some links in this page are outdated, sorry.]
- Programming Languages in Europe: European Association for Programming Languages and Systems
- Things you can do to get ready for PL grad school
Learning and Knowledge
- Vox Borders Series:
Rio 1 , 2 ,
Cuba 1 , 2 , 3 ,
Japan 1 , 2 , 3 ,
Europe 1 , 2 ,
Israel 1 , 2 ,
Americas 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 5 ,
Arctic 1 , 2 , 3 ,
Season 1 ,
Season 2 - Hong Kong
- A (somewhat) intuitive introductory course on special relativity by minutephysics: Intro to Special Relativity
- What is the Monte Carlo Tree Search Algorithm?
Life, the Universe, and Everything Else
- A really interesting read (based on a Tumblr post). ...And I Show You How Deep The Rabbit Hole Goes
- Various promising theories of fundamental physics expressed as a network of ideas. Theories of Everything, Mapped
- Is it difficult to make transistors any smaller because nature hates us and quantum mechanics are stealing our voltage? The Slow Winter
- Useful read during every placement season at IIT. A parent's guide to understanding their kids' salaries
Things on the Intenet for when you are bored
- Simple obstacle dodging game with interesting sounds (by Biborg). Pursuit of Sound
- Fight Pokémon battles with other people online: Pokémon Showdown!
- Move around your mouse to avoid he red dots: Sinuous Game
- A text-based RPG where you explore the world, and create your own- A Dark Room
- Master gravity by creating a planet system that won't crash: Super Planet Crash
- A game to understand special relativity, or at least to make it fun! Velocity Raptor
Funny Stuff
Here are some of the funniest things I have found on the internet:- Say Hello for me as well! Hello, Darkness.
- Me, literally, all the time. Life as a Student (original source unknown)
- The best song ever made in the world. The Best Song (Jon Lajoie)
- Probably the longest running gag online- Neutral Response
Besides XKCD and SMBC, here are some lesser known but still hilarious webcomics: