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Just to clarify, Greg Newby was not the CEO of Project Gutenberg, which was founded in 01971, but of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, which he founded in 02000 or 02001. It has contributed immensely to Project Gutenberg, but they are not the same thing. Newby would never have attempted to take credit for PG. Edit: the post title has been fixed now.
You got me curious about the leading zero.
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You got me curious about the leading zero.
Oh, it's just a bit of fun: https://longnow.org/ideas/long-now-years-five-digit-dates-an... You'd be amazed at how seriously people can take things like date formats sometimes.
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You got me curious about the leading zero.
Oh, it's just a bit of fun: https://longnow.org/ideas/long-now-years-five-digit-dates-an... You'd be amazed at how seriously people can take things like date formats sometimes.
We should count from the beginning of time.
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I'm generally pretty good at figuring out even the most abstruse jokes, but not getting this one. Care to explain?
On the award of her Grammy, Kanye West grabbed the microphone and said this to Taylor Swift. I think Newby is Swift in this analogy. Edit: MTV Video Music Award, not Grammy.
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On the award of her Grammy, Kanye West grabbed the microphone and said this to Taylor Swift. I think Newby is Swift in this analogy. Edit: MTV Video Music Award, not Grammy.
Wow I can’t believe this happened!
RIP. Project Gutenberg and IMSLP are two of my favourite websites. Every January, when new works enter the public domain, I go and download a bunch of books and sheet music. HN readers, let's not forget to donate to these websites that keep the Internet worth surfing.
There are new tests coming that will catch cancer early so hopefully it’s not late stage, increasing one’s survival rates.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/grail-stock-price-cancer-st...
I’m about Greg’s age and I had colon cancer last year. Now I can’t unsee cancer in the media.
Just to clarify, Greg Newby was not the CEO of Project Gutenberg, which was founded in 01971, but of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, which he founded in 02000 or 02001. It has contributed immensely to Project Gutenberg, but they are not the same thing. Newby would never have attempted to take credit for PG. Edit: the post title has been fixed now.
Are the years intended to be read in octal?
Just to clarify, Greg Newby was not the CEO of Project Gutenberg, which was founded in 01971, but of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, which he founded in 02000 or 02001. It has contributed immensely to Project Gutenberg, but they are not the same thing. Newby would never have attempted to take credit for PG. Edit: the post title has been fixed now.