HackerNews Summary (2023-05-20 01PM)

Source: Martin Amis, era-defining British novelist, dies aged 73

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British novelist Martin Amis, known for his influential novels such as Money and London Fields, has passed away at the age of 73 after suffering from cancer of the oesophagus. Amis was part of a group of celebrated British authors including Salman Rushdie and Ian McEwan, whose works were representative of the British literary scene in the 1980s.

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💻 Amis’s 1984 novel Money was named one of the 100 best novels written in English and remains one of the dominant novels of the 1980s, a “zeitgeist book that’s turbo-charged with savage humour,” according to critics.

🎓 Amis graduated with first-class honours in English from Exeter College, Oxford, and credited his stepmother, novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, for sparking his interest in literature, which led to his literary career.

🏆 Amis’s father, Kingsley Amis, also an author, won the Booker Prize in 1986 for his novel The Old Devils. Although Martin Amis was nominated twice for the prize, he never won it.

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Source: An old classic DOS game from 1998

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Sadist is a classic DOS game from 1998 created by Grzegorz Drozd in Turbo Pascal 7.0. The game’s website is available and offers downloads, videos, and screenshots. The code is messy and not of high quality, but it serves as an example of how a programmer learns and develops his skills.

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🎮 Sadist is a classic DOS game created in Turbo Pascal 7.0 by Grzegorz Drozd.

🌎 The game’s website offers downloads, videos, and screenshots for interested users.

📝 The code is messy and not high quality but serves as an example of a programmer’s learning and skill development.

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Source: Python Infrastructure Status

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🚫 No downtime was recorded on this day.

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