Re:Ask HN: Famous anonymous inventions other than Bitcoin?
by jonny_eh on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @02:33PM
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JK Rowling published the first Harry Potter book using her initials to hide her gender, which was recommended by her publisher. She could go back on that, but it's too late now that she's known by it.
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Re:Ask HN: Famous anonymous inventions other than Bitcoin?
by btschaegg on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @06:41PM
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> She could go back on that, but it's too late now that she's known by it.
Interesting. I read the first Harry Potter novel (i.e. the german translation) as a kid about 3 or 4 years after it was released. I'm pretty sure I knew the "J" stood for Joanne from the get go.
OTOH, I still can't remember what H.G. Wells' first name was, although I must've looked it up a couple of times by now…