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We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002) web.mit.edu 1164 peak points 58 submissions · 51 people · 18.4 years Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998) norvig.com 586 peak points 32 submissions · 32 people · 18.6 years Cool URIs Don't Change (1998) www.w3.org 387 peak points 24 submissions · 21 people · 16.4 years What You Can't Say (2004) www.paulgraham.com 241 peak points 31 submissions · 31 people · 14.5 years

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Essays & writing1,160413 Hall · 747 CandidatesOpen typeResearch & data9325 Hall · 68 CandidatesOpen typeBooks & learning472179 Hall · 293 CandidatesOpen typeSoftware & code694253 Hall · 441 CandidatesOpen typeTools, games & demos225105 Hall · 120 CandidatesOpen typeReference384143 Hall · 241 CandidatesOpen typeAudio, video & images4516 Hall · 29 CandidatesOpen typeSites & organizations9842 Hall · 56 CandidatesOpen type

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