Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (September 19, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for September 19, 2023 :</p>
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George Orwell Complete Works
Summary: George-Orwell.org is a dedicated site containing the complete works of George Orwell, including famous novels like 1984 and Animal Farm, as well as non-fiction works, essays, and quotes. The site also features a biography, pictures, and related articles. Contributions and feedback are welcome.
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Mythbusters: Wing Commander I Edition
Summary: Mythbusters: Wing Commander I Edition investigates the famous "thank you for playing Wing Commander" story, which claims that a programmer hex edited a memory manager's error reporting to display the message instead of fixing the issue. The story was confirmed to be true by Ken Demarest, the programmer involved, but he clarified that the hack was fixed before the game shipped, making it a clever engineering trick rather than evidence of a shoddy product.