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Wow this is getting a lot of PR. I've seen this article on the on so many news sites now. It's funny, but front page news? Seems of all the random things that go on, this was picked as special for some reason. Just interesting how some things you wouldn't expect rise to the top.

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It's a fun mystery that gives the mind something to chew on apart from pandemic, elections, murder hornets, etc.

I mean, it’s pretty cool. There’s that fact. But my guess it’s probably being drive to top due to the parallels to 2001. I’d imagine there’s a large Kubrick fanbase on HN, if not just a 2001 fanbase.

Clarke.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke

The book and the film where written and developed cooperatively so both really ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ However, they are both based on clark's 1951 short story The Sentinel[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sentinel_(short_story)

Indeed, and to my feeble defense:

> The book was credited to Clarke alone.

TIL :)

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