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A collection of my favorite stuff from across the web, loosly assorted into categories. If you find any broken links, please let me know!

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JUMP -> Wikis
JUMP -> Mathematics Resources
JUMP -> Academia Resources
JUMP -> Blog Posts and Articles
JUMP -> Personal Websites
JUMP -> Misc.

Competitive Programming Resources

Benjamin QI's USACO Repo - A cracked competitive programmer's repository containing his Q&A, solves, and resources
USACO.guide - A collection of high-quality resources curated for the USA computing olympiad
Clist.by - A database of future and active programming competitions
USACO Training - Hundreds of hours of computational problem solving instruction and countless practice problems
Codeforces - A great website for practicing
Leetcode - An inferior website for practicing. Use codeforces. Nerd.

Software Engineering Resources

The C Programming Language - A PDF of the greatest programming book of all time, imo
Unsplash - Free stock images
Pexels - More free stock images
Learn-regex - A great guide on regular expressions
Github Is My Resume - An interesting article on resumes vs portfolios
Github Student Developer Pack - Free access to great developer tools if you're a student
How to improve at any programming language - A great read
Carbon - Create pretty images of your source code
Weather.com API - A great weather API
Stanford large Network Dataset Collection - A massive amount of free data
Wikidata - Free and open data platform from Wikipedia
Tech Jobs For Good - How to work in tech and not be evil
x0.at - File pastebin
Termbin - Terminal-based file pastebin
hakyll - Using Haskell to build static websites
Rosetta Code - The Rosetta stone, but for code
PL notes - Northeastern's programming languages course notes
Compiler Explorer - Explore compiler behaviors
Headscale - Self-host tailscale infrastructure
Pyomo - My favorite optimization software
Lambda Explorer - Taught me lambda calculus

Cybersecurity Tools

Critical Reminder: I am not responsible for what you do with this stuff.

CTF101.org - Learn how to compete in CTFs
CTFtime - See upcoming CTFs
exploit.education - Learn binary exploitation
Sherlock Project - Track down social media accounts
Reverse Engineering for Beginners - Good book on assembly and reverse engineering. My go-to.
Massscan - "TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes."
NSA@home - password cracker
testssl.sh - /bin/bash based SSL/TLS tester
nmap - because duh. also read the book
OSINT Dojo
Veil - Tool for generating metasploit payloads that bypass common antiviruses
From 0x90 to 0x4c454554
privacy.sexy - Privacy is sexy
Reverse Shell Cheat Sheet - Reverse shell anything
linpeas - OP linux privilege escalation
hydra - SSH brute force
nikto - OP web server scanning
wfuzz - OP webapp fuzzing
winpeas - OP windows privilege escalation
The Copenhagen Book - implement auth right!

Misc. Tech Stuff

xkcd comics - Comics
A Cyberpunk Manifesto, by Christian A. Kirtchev (kinda edgy)
Geekhack.org - Mechanical Keyboard Community
Gopher Proxy - Proxy for an old, minimal internet protocol that was eventually supplanted by the current web stack
arrl.org - Ham Radio Licenses
https://prism-break.org/en/ - Alternatives to modern applications that emphasize privacy
portquiz - See if your ports are open
Labgopher - Tool for getting great deals on ebay
r/homelab's software wiki - List of software for home servers
OpenVPN - Best VPN
Lubed Holy Pandas - No explanation necessary
WTFPL - The epicly named "Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License
The World's Most Advanced Video Editing Tutorial - The best video editing tutorial avaiable, done by the main editor for Linus Tech Tips
xkcd 195
Preserving Laptop Stickers on Laptops
Don't Hex The Water - Digital privacy is important!
Online Spyware Watchdog
Mullvad VPN - The second best VPN
996 - fuck the ccp
12ft - "hop" any paywall
Pandoc - Universal document converter
Text Files - Reading
notes.andymatuschak.org - Andy Matuschak's fantastic working notes
pgp.mit.edu - MIT's PGP key server
HTTP Cats - HTTP Cats
The Invisible Internet Project
Temp Mail - Temporary email addresses
Xyte.ch - Sells modified Thinkpads
privacyguides.org - Privacy is important
secret.club - A group of people who break software
libreboot.org - don't boot intel management engine on system startup
orgroam.com - An emacs-based organization system that I do not use
loopsnoop - A proof that the halting problem is undecidable
catb.org/hacker-emblem/
plv.mpi-sws.org/rustbelt/ - Formally verifying rust
syncthing.net - A nice tool for syncing things between devices
The Internet Hosting Cooperative - Shared hosting environment
TOTP Token Generator - Two factor for the uninterested
Verifpal Manual - The best manual for any verification tool
Libreoffice - Genuinely good office suite alternative
SAT competition
LWN.net - Linux News
Linux Hardening Guide - The ultimate linux hardening guide, and backbone of some of my nuccdc scripts
Anti Software Software Club

News Sources & Link Aggregators

Hacker News - Kind of like reddit, but for tech bros
Phoronix - Mostly Linux News
Pluralistic - Daily links from Cory Doctorow
lobste.rs - Similar to Hacker News, but for rust
tildes.net - Similar to Hacker News and Lobste.rs
news.t0.vc - Tech and science-oriented link aggregation across different sites
Lemmy - Link aggregator for the fediverse
Krebs On Security
n-o-d-e.net - Byte-sized tech news

Wikis

Thinkwiki - Wiki for all things Thinkpads
Arch Linux Wiki - Anything and everything Arch Linux
r/linuxmasterrace Reddit Wiki
Kernel.org - Linux Documentation Project
The Linux Documentation Project - Huuge repo of linux info

Mathematics Resources

A Manga Guide to Linear Algebra - A cute educational manga on linear algebra
Wolfram Alpha - Because, of course
The Natural Number Game - See the power of induction!
Erdos Number
web.evanchen.cc/napkin.html - The napkin
15-251 Great Ideas in Theoretical Computer Science - Peak CMU course in theoretical computer science
ncatlab - category theory godsend
1cat - essentially, ncat but for agda
Homotopy Type Theory Book - Canonical type theory resource
The Knot Atlas - Knots database
Integer Encyclopedia Database - Pretty integer sequences
Is Mathematics Obsolete? - Lovely talk
Number Theory Foundation
math.nist.gov - NIST's collection of mathematical algorithms and software. Also, see their guide

Academia Resources

CSRankings.org - A website I use to systematically discover interesting professors and PhD students.
Sci-Hub - Because open access is king
Library Genesis - Free books galore
Arxiv - A free, highly used distribution service for research papers
Mendely - An effective citation manager
Collaboration & Credit Principles - Interesting article on trust between researchers
The Academic Family Tree - A single, interdisciplinary academic genealogy
search.marginlia.nu - A search engine that prioritizes information-dense websites
Faculty Job Search Resources
HeVeA - LaTeX to HTML
6-045j - MIT's automata theory course
Zotero - Genuinely, honest to god, the best paper manager

Blog Posts and Articles

Personal Websites

Terence Tao's Blog - The blog of a fantastic mathematician
bramadams.dev
jeffhuang.com/ - Prof at Brown researching HCI
henryneeds.coffee
blog.cr.yp.to - Guy who sued the US govt over crypto
azdavis.net - A Fella
sookocheff.com - A distributed systems engineer
zhangmingming.org - A security researcher at Tsinghau university with similar research interests to mine
void.cc/
nilfm.cc - Digital minimalist
everest-pipkin - Great art
blog.ncase.me - Game dev
matt.might.net - Incredible prof
msx.gay - Radio person
kae.si
icyphox.sh
danielkirs.ch
samuelgruetter.net/ - Compiler guy
jmilne.org
dontvacuum.me - IoT security goat
cyber.dabamos.de
faultlore.com - Author of "you can't spell trust without rust"
h313.info
bernsteinbear.com
scottaaronson.blog - A guy who loves quantum computers
www.gwern.net - many edges
people.cispa.io
eli.thegreenplace.net
castel.dev
neelnanda.io
The Creative Independent
mattcolewilson.com
louismeunier.net
henryheffernan.com - ThreeJS<3
mogami.neocities.org
amieko.space - Great photographer
yin.neocities.org
sigbus.info
coelacanth-dream.com
analogdreams.blog
demin.ws
maya.land
suragu.net
wowana.me - a guy big into fediverse
datagubbe - Monke
gir.st
blog.bemoe.online
zlkj.in
surenaga.neocities.org
drkhsh.at - Gopher user
neugierig.org
raymii.org
m455.casa
swindlesmccoop.xyz - Serial Experiments Linux
casual.agency
ELI DOURADO - A great writer
blog.cjeller.site - Classical Guitar by Training, Cloud Engineer by Accident
cass.si
sneak.berlin
moxie.org - Hope to meet him
stephenfay.xyz - Good writing
www.lukeheine.com
www.boringcactus.com - An immortal programming person who works for the MBTA
mm4rk3t.neocities.org - Space
badd10de.dev
100r.co - Offgrid living
mrshll.com
electro.pizza
ad044.neocities.org - Another lain-er
evasive.tech - Art
davidovski.xyz - Vibes
Danish Prakash - A dev from India
Lisa Lee - PhD in ML at CMU who likes pokemon
Maruan Al-Shedivat - The founding editor of CMU's machine learning blog
Ariel Procaccia - CMU and Harvard prof into the relationship between algorithms and society. He's taught some interesting courses, including "Optimized Democracy" (Harvard CS238) and "Truth, Justice, and Algorithms" (CMU I5896)
Daniel Roy Greenfeld - ex-Nasa employee
Shriram Krishnamurthi - CS Prof at Brown into programming languages and formal methods
Qntm - Qntm
blog.soykaf.com - Lain person
Neg Serg
Daniel Howe - Prof at HKU focusing on privacy, surveillance, and disinformation
Jordan Ellenberg - Great mathematician and speaker
999eagle.moe/
eta.st
sqrtminusone.xyz - emacs freak. I prefer (n)vim, but I respect it
bryndr.sn
calnewport.com - Great author
justchokingaround - My favorite choker
Marc Lange - A philosophy prof at Purdue with a hilarious webpage
Ice1000 - Type theory
Travis Ormandly
Germacheck - Minimal website, lovely person
Jordan Ellenberg - A mathematician and writer
Justine Tunney
Erik Demaine - MIT Professor, computational origami
Xie Yuheng - Interaction net guy
Mazza - Interaction net goat
amelia.how
Julien Voisin - A cool reverser, great writer
Alexander Bulekov - fuzzer
j3s.sh
mcyoung - compiler/math dude
nick-black.com - Personal website turned cool mediawiki
thel3tterm - nice art
Evan Chen
Jeremy Avigad - Logic prof at CMU. A guy behind Lean's mathlib
Colin James - compiler.club
nayuki.io/ - the goat
pwn.cat - their thesis is okay
maxammann.org - fuzzer
David Adrian - Security Cryptography Whatever

Misc.

Pool Suite - R e t r o Internet Radio Station
Swapfest: The Flea at MIT - Flea market at MIT
Vessi Everyday Classic - Nice shoes
Eat Well Guide - Search by location for hand-picked restaurants, farms, markets and other sources of local, sustainable food
zettelkasten.de - Organization method
getting-rich-from-zero-to-hero-in-one-blog-post
polyphasic.net - Sleep 2 hours a day
Calm Tech - Design your websites nicely
Annas Archive - Read anything
listen.moe - Weeb radio
slowroads - d r i v e
Good Guy Godel
Wikivoyage - Find travel info about any place

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