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Re:Amusing Ourselves to Death
on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @11:30AM (#41721650)
"Orwell had just published his groundbreaking book Nineteen Eighty-Four, which received glowing reviews from just about every corner of the English-speaking world. His French teacher, as it happens, was none other than Aldous Huxley who taught at Eton for a spell before writing Brave New World (1931), the other great 20th century dystopian novel."
Aldous Huxley to George Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949) - https://www.openculture.com/2018/08/aldous-huxley-george-orw...
Re:Exploring HN by mapping and analyzing 40M posts and comments for fun
on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:23AM (#40319397)
Very cool project. Thanks for sharing it!
Re:In Loving Memory of Square Checkbox
on Sunday January 28, 2024 @08:31PM (#39171815)
Spotify on Android too: when saving a song, you have to select one or more playlists using round checkboxes. Why?