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24 alternatives to String Theory

A collection of David Foster Wallace’s best essays on tennis

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. String Theory launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hello HN! In a recent "Ask HN: What are you working on?" thread, I mentioned I was working on OCRing a large book: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41971614 The post generated some interest so I thought I would keep HN posted. The book is Saint-Simon’s Memoirs -- an invaluable historical account of the French court under Louis XIV, full of wit, sharp observations, and of incredible literary value. I'm OCRing the edition of reference made between 1879-1930, that contains a lot of comments and footnotes: 45 volumes, ~27,000 pages. Here's a link to a blog post that describes…

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