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Gwern

“The Last Muezzin”, Gwern 2011

The Last Muezzin

“Two Simple Happenings”, Gwern 2014

Two Simple Happenings

“Insert, Abort, Retry?”, Gwern 2012

Insert, Abort, Retry?

“The Buddha’s Wheel”, Gwern 2008

The Buddha’s Wheel

“Gryyfins of the Word”, Gwern 2008

Gryyfins of the Word

“On Justifications”, Gwern 2008

On Justifications

“The Jaguars of God”, Gwern 2008

The Jaguars of God

Links

“Streets of Fire (4K UHD Review)”, Bjork 2023

Streets of Fire (4K UHD Review)

“Meet the Archive Moles: There’s a Growing Band of People Digging through Library Stacks and Second-Hand Bookshops in Search of Lost Classics. I’m One of Them”, Scholes 2023

Meet the archive moles: There’s a growing band of people digging through library stacks and second-hand bookshops in search of lost classics. I’m one of them

“Searching for Cyclic TV Reference Paradoxes”, Pinheiro 2022

Searching for Cyclic TV Reference Paradoxes

“Rare Greek Variables”, Bayer 2021

Rare Greek Variables

“Reality Shifting: Psychological Features of an Emergent Online Daydreaming Culture”, Somer et al 2021

Reality shifting: psychological features of an emergent online daydreaming culture

“Goodreads Plans to Retire API Access, Disables Existing API Keys”, Alcorn 2020

Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

“We Are What We Watch: Movie Plots Predict the Personalities of Those Who ‘Like’ Them”, Nave et al 2020

We Are What We Watch: Movie Plots Predict the Personalities of Those who ‘Like’ Them

“A Chi Assomiglia Elena Ferrante? Un Profilo Stilometrico Aggiornato [Who Does Elena Ferrante Look Like? A Revised Stylometric Identikit]”, Cortelazzo & Tuzzi 2020

A chi assomiglia Elena Ferrante? Un profilo stilometrico aggiornato [Who Does Elena Ferrante Look Like? A Revised Stylometric Identikit]

“American Psycho: An Oral History, 20 Years After Its Divisive Debut”, Molly 2020

American Psycho: An Oral History, 20 Years After Its Divisive Debut

“Goodreads Scraper”, Antoniak & Walsh 2020

Goodreads Scraper

“Galadriel and Wyrd: Interlace, Exempla and the Passing of Northern Courage in the History of the Eldar”, Gallant 2020

Galadriel and Wyrd: Interlace, Exempla and the Passing of Northern Courage in the History of the Eldar

“Who Is the Real Dice Man? The Elusive Writer behind the Disturbing Cult Novel: A Search for the Mysterious Author of a Counterculture Classic Led to Someone Else Entirely. Or Did It?”, Carrère 2019

Who is the real Dice Man? The elusive writer behind the disturbing cult novel: A search for the mysterious author of a counterculture classic led to someone else entirely. Or did it?

“"O Uommibatto": How the Pre-Raphaelites Became Obsessed With the Wombat”, Trumble 2019

"O Uommibatto": How the Pre-Raphaelites Became Obsessed with the Wombat

“Bad Romance: To Cash in on Kindle Unlimited, a Cabal of Authors Gamed Amazon’s Algorithm”, Jeong 2018

Bad romance: To cash in on Kindle Unlimited, a cabal of authors gamed Amazon’s algorithm

“Kindle Unlimited Book Stuffing Scam Earns Millions and Amazon Isn’t Stopping It: Book Stuffer Chance Carter Is Gone. But Readers Are Still Paying for Books That Are 90% Filler.”, Zetlin 2018

Kindle Unlimited Book Stuffing Scam Earns Millions and Amazon Isn’t Stopping It: Book stuffer Chance Carter is gone. But readers are still paying for books that are 90% filler.

“Luis Alberto Urrea Tells a Quintessential Mexican American Story: In His Novel The House of Broken Angels, Luis Alberto Urrea Tells an Epic Tale of Immigration”, Kirch 2018

Luis Alberto Urrea Tells a Quintessential Mexican American Story: In his novel The House of Broken Angels, Luis Alberto Urrea tells an epic tale of immigration

“What Is Elena Ferrante? A Comparative Analysis of a Secretive Bestselling Italian Writer”, Tuzzi & Cortelazzo 2018

What is Elena Ferrante? A comparative analysis of a secretive bestselling Italian writer

“The NarrativeQA Reading Comprehension Challenge”, Kočiský et al 2017

The NarrativeQA Reading Comprehension Challenge

“Goodbooks-10k: a New Dataset for Book Recommendations”, Z. 2017

Goodbooks-10k: a new dataset for book recommendations

“`goodbooks-10k`: Ten Thousand Books, Six Million Ratings: Https://fastml.com/goodbooks-10k”, Z. 2017

goodbooks-10k: Ten thousand books, six million ratings: https://fastml.com/goodbooks-10k

“Drawing Elena Ferrante’s Profile [Workshop Proceedings, Padova, 7 September 2017]”, Tuzzi & Cortelazzo 2017

Drawing Elena Ferrante’s Profile [Workshop Proceedings, Padova, 7 September 2017]

“Why Are There So Many 17^th Century Paintings of Monkeys Getting Drunk?”, Breen 2017

Why Are There So Many 17^th Century Paintings of Monkeys Getting Drunk?

“The Secret History of Holywell Street, Home to Victorian London’s Dirty Book Trade: Victorian Sexuality Is Often Considered Synonymous With Prudishness, Conjuring Images of Covered-Up Piano Legs and Dark Ankle-Length Skirts. Historian Matthew Green Uncovers a Quite Different Scene in the Sordid Story of Holywell St, 19^th-Century London’s Epicentre of Erotica and Smut.”, Green 2016

The Secret History of Holywell Street, Home to Victorian London’s Dirty Book Trade: Victorian sexuality is often considered synonymous with prudishness, conjuring images of covered-up piano legs and dark ankle-length skirts. Historian Matthew Green uncovers a quite different scene in the sordid story of Holywell St, 19^th-century London’s epicentre of erotica and smut.

“Shakespeare in American Politics”, Greer 2015

Shakespeare in American Politics

“The Summer’s Most Unread Book Is… A Simple Index Drawn from E-Books Shows Which Best Sellers Are Going Unread (we’re Looking at You, Piketty)”, Ellenberg 2014

The Summer’s Most Unread Book Is… A simple index drawn from e-books shows which best sellers are going unread (we’re looking at you, Piketty)

“Lu Chi's 'The Art of Writing'”

Lu Chi's 'The Art of Writing'

“2013 State of the Herd Report”

2013 State of the Herd Report

“About Henry Darger”, Nostalgebraist 2011

About Henry Darger

“Mr. Beaks Talks The Lincoln Lawyer, Eddie And The Cruisers and Streets Of Fire With Michael Paré!”, Smith 2011

Mr. Beaks Talks The Lincoln Lawyer, Eddie And The Cruisers and Streets Of Fire With Michael Paré!

“Nordic Quack: Sweden’s Bizarre Tradition of Watching Donald Duck Cartoons on Christmas Eve”, Stahl 2009

Nordic Quack: Sweden’s bizarre tradition of watching Donald Duck cartoons on Christmas Eve

“The Disadvantage of a Good Reputation: Disney As a Target for Social Problems Claims”, Best & Lowney 2009

The Disadvantage of a Good Reputation: Disney as a Target for Social Problems Claims

“SAURON, Mount Doom, and Elvish Moths: The Influence of Tolkien on Modern Science”, Larsen 2007

SAURON, Mount Doom, and Elvish Moths: The Influence of Tolkien on Modern Science⁠:

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“Rule of Rose Staff Interview”, Atlus 2006

Rule of Rose Staff Interview

“The Dubious Quick Kill, Part 1⁄2: Sword Wounds and the Circulatory System”, Lurz 2006

The Dubious Quick Kill, part 1⁄2: Sword wounds and the circulatory system

“Transcript of a 6-Hour Interview With Jim Steinman § Pg4”, Steinman 2003

Transcript of a 6-hour interview with Jim Steinman § pg4

“Piracy Is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution: Seven Lessons from Tim O’Reilly’s Experience As an Author and Publisher”, O’Reilly 2002

Piracy is progressive taxation, and other thoughts on the evolution of online distribution: Seven lessons from Tim O’Reilly’s experience as an author and publisher

“George P. Elliott”, Brustein 1981

George P. Elliott

“Fiction, Non-Factuals, and the Principle of Minimal Departure”, Ryan 1980

Fiction, non-factuals, and the principle of minimal departure

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