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Re:Fed announces details of new interbank service to support... by alasdair_ on Sunday August 09, 2020 @11:00PM (#24105053)
I’m from Glasgow. Completely random fact ahead:

The underground in Glasgow was comprised of orange trains. They “ran like clockwork” and had the nickname “the clockwork orange”, which is where the Stanley Kubrick movie title came from. Allegedly.

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Re:Fed announces details of new interbank service to support... by e2e8 on Monday August 10, 2020 @04:07AM (#24106757)
Based on a quick search, that does not seem to be true. The title of the movie comes from the title of the book it is based on. The book's author has given some explanations for the origin of the title that do not involve Glasgow trains. [0] It seems the name for the subway comes from the movie. There also seems to be some dispute about the usage of that name for the Glasgow subway. [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(novel)#Tit...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway#Nicknames

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Re:Fed announces details of new interbank service to support... by mayankkaizen on Monday August 10, 2020 @02:22AM (#24106162)
Holy shit!

Never thought I'd get to know what Clockwork Orange actually means through a random comment on HN.

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Re:Fed announces details of new interbank service to support... by dboreham on Monday August 10, 2020 @08:18AM (#24108444)
Except the comment is incorrect. The underground nickname came from the movie not vice versa.
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