[HN Gopher] Chimes at Midnight (2024)
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Chimes at Midnight (2024)
Author : chautumn
Score : 46 points
Date : 2025-02-09 09:45 UTC (1 days ago)
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| thesuperhacker wrote:
| What is happening at midnight?
| robinhouston wrote:
| The title is referencing a '60s movie, I think. Nothing
| particular is happening at midnight, as far as I know.
| jfengel wrote:
| The movie is based on a Shakespeare play, Henry IV part 1.
|
| All that happens at midnight is that the clock rings, which
| is pretty late if you're in the 16th century. The scene is
| two old men reminiscing about their wild youth:
|
| "We have heard the chimes at midnight"
|
| "That we have, that we have, that we have"
| zabzonk wrote:
| Anecdote: In Lincoln UK, the cathedral chimes are not rung
| after (or immediately before) 11 PM. Mythically, this is
| because Michael Todd, who played Guy Gibson, the leader of
| the Dambuster raid in the post-war film, found them too
| disturbing, at the White Hart hotel, next to the cathedral,
| when he was filming.
|
| As someone who lives in Lincoln, in the hearing of the
| bells I quite like it, but I'm not so close that it keeps
| me awake!
| robterrell wrote:
| "Chimes at Midnight" is a clever Orson Welles film that
| combines all of the Falstaff scenes from the various
| Shakespeare plays that he appears in.
| ndesaulniers wrote:
| Thanks! I just thought it was a song from Atlanta based
| metal band Mastodon.
| defrost wrote:
| It'll be Sunday lunch time in New York City @ midnight here.
| robinhouston wrote:
| I am amused by the way the author gives such detailed directions
| for "an enterprising trespasser" to pay an unauthorised visit to
| the Clock.
|
| It's also a clever device to make the account of the author's
| visit more vivid, because I as the reader imagine making the
| journey myself.
|
| (But I do think it would be a fun adventure to try to follow the
| directions.)
| tbolt wrote:
| Only half way through but damn what a good read.
| CoffeeOnWrite wrote:
| I actually didn't realize till reading this article that The Long
| Now was so closely tied to Singularity theory.
|
| The clock being deep in a cave reminds me of the clockworks in
| Even Cowgirls Get The Blues. The clockworks are more of an
| entropy amplifier than what we think of as a timekeeping device,
| which I guess is the point of the metaphor, in a way. The
| clockworks embody eastern philosophy and humility and Bezos'
| clock embodies manifest destiny and arrogance?
| pkkim wrote:
| You may be interested to know that the author of Even Cowgirls
| Get the Blues has just recently passed away.
| m463 wrote:
| I thought it said "Crimes at Midnight"
| mrbluecoat wrote:
| > Once you manage to bypass the gate -- which is illegal but
| not difficult
|
| Yeah, I just finished reading the DOGE teen article; bypassing
| legal due process seems to be the theme this week...
| data_ders wrote:
| Heavy recommend the biography of Stewart Brand that's quoted
| throughout!
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