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Story Structure 101: Super Basic Shit
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The world of pipe fittings
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Bass: The physical sensation of sound (2015)
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The art of sharpening pencils (2007)
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How to buck a tree: Cutting logs for maximum yield (2018)
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Always tell kids the truth (2019)
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A better way to divide the pie
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How does perspective work in pictures?
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Misidentifying talent
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Learn accounting for free
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Hire for slope, not Y-Intercept
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How to spot a good fake ID
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Peak non-creepy dating pool
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Raiders of the Lost Ark as a Black-and-White Silent Film (2014)
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Guide to Visual Storytelling
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Ted Williams's Strike Zone
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Sleeve cap ease is bogus (2005)
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The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think (2016)
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Map Design – a guide to good looking maps (2008) [pdf]
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How to assess the quality of garments (2014)
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Ways to Lie with Charts (2014)
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Foundations of Animation
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Optical Networking [pdf]
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Photography Composition
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Making Slides
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'Striking weaknesses' in adult financial skills
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The One Product You Should Buy Online: Eyeglasses
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What the SATs Taught Us about Finding the Perfect Fit
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Why I will never have a girlfriend (1999)
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The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think
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The Dark Art of Mastering Music
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A Beginner’s Guide to Kerning Like a Designer
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Five Ways to Lie with Charts
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Can't you just turn up the volume?
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Red, Yellow, and Blue
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MicIO – HTML5 to MicroController Communication through a headphone jack
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Principles of good data analysis
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Figures: They Speak For Themselves (mildly NSFW)
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Google 'kerning' easter egg
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Color wheels are wrong? How color vision actually works
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Color wheels are wrong? How color vision actually works
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Newbie Fashion Tips for Grown-up Men
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How to pick more beautiful colors for your data visualizations (2020)
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Show HN: Parallel Arabic – Arabic reading and writing practice
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A long guide to giving a short academic talk (2022)
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Color Wheels Are Wrong (2011)
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Why does the chromaticity diagram look like that?
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